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10/22/2018 / By Ellaine Castillo

Danggui, a herb used in Chinese medicine, holds potential for treating bladder cancer

In the U.S., there are over 74,000 new cases of bladder cancer every year, making the disease one of the most common types of cancer. With so many patients developing bladder cancer, it is unfortunate that treatment regimens for bladder cancer fail 95 percent of the time. To increase the survival of patients with bladder cancer, […]

10/18/2018 / By Ellaine Castillo

A compound in the dried bark of the Danggui analyzed for its potential effects on human bladder cancer cells

Researchers discovered that N-butylidenephthalide, a compound isolated from the dried bark of Danggui (Angelica sinensis), has anti-proliferative and anti-metastatic properties. In this study, which was published in BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine, the researchers looked at the potential effect of N-butylidenephthalide on bladder cancer. Bladder cancer treatments fail 95 percent of the time, which is why it’s […]

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