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Efficacy and tolerability of sulforaphane in the therapeutic management of cancers: a systematic review of randomized controlled trials
Frontiers in Oncology
2023
13:1251895
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- PubMed
- PMID 38074675
- PubMed Central
- PMC10710291
- Funding
- Qatar University funded publication of the article.
- Competing interests
- The authors declared that the research was conducted without commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest.
Study snapshot
| Design | Systematic review of randomized controlled trials |
|---|---|
| Model | Human cancer patients across prostate, breast, pancreatic cancer and melanoma trials |
| Sample | |
| Intervention | Sulforaphane or sulforaphane-rich interventions used as the primary experimental treatment across eight randomized controlled trials |
| Duration | Variable across included trials |
| Endpoints | Cancer-related gene expression; Histological biomarkers; PSA outcomes; Overall survival; Adverse events |
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