Use of PC-SPES, a commercially available supplement for prostate cancer, in a patient with hormone-naive disease.

摘要

OBJECTIVES: PC-SPES, an over-the-counter supplement, is actually a combination of eight different herbs. It is being used by patients to treat cancer of the prostate at different stages of the disease and has been commercially available since November 1996. It has been observed to dramatically decrease prostate-specific antigen (PSA) values in several patients; however, its out-of-pocket cost (