Vanita Noronha
Professors,Department of Medical Oncology ,Parel, HBNI, Mumbai, India
Publications
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Research Article
A Phase Ii Randomized Control Study to Assess The Efficacy of Curcumin and Honey in Cough on Patients with Lung Cancer at A Tertiary Cancer Center, Hbni, Mumbai
Author(s): Prathepa Jagdiish*, Snehal Shinde, Vijay Patil, Vanita Noronha, Nandini Menon, KumarPrabash, Vikram Ghota and Akash Pawar
Introduction: Lung cancer is the most important cancer in men and the 2nd most common cancer in women in India with the largest fatality .Squamous cell carcinoma and small cell undifferentiated lung cancer are more likely to be associated with cough. Symptoms include dyspnea , persistent cough and haemoptysis. In these scenario curcumin represents a promising and effective anticancer drug to be used alone or in combination with other drugs to treat cough . It affects different signalling pathways and molecular targets involved in the development of several cancers. Its biological activities such as antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, antimicrobial, antiviral, among which its anticancer potential has been the most described. Honey is rich in flavonoids. Flavonoids has its anticancer properties. The mechanisms suggested are rather diverse such as various signalling pathways.. Read More»
