A Randomised, Double Blind, Placebo-Controlled Pilot Study of Oral Artesunate Therapy for Colorectal Cancer

Background: Artesunate is an antimalarial agent with broad anti-cancer activity in in vitro and animal experiments and case reports. Artesunate has not been studied in rigorous clinical trials for anticancer effects. Aim: To determine the anticancer effect and tolerability of oral artesunate in colo...

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Published in:	EBioMedicine
Main Authors:	Sanjeev Krishna, Senthil Ganapathi, Irina Chis Ster, Mohamed E.M. Saeed, Matt Cowan, Caroline Finlayson, Hajnalka Kovacsevics, Herwig Jansen, Peter G. Kremsner, Thomas Efferth, Devinder Kumar
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Elsevier 2015-01-01
Subjects:	Colorectal cancer Artesunate Dihydroartemisinin Ki67 Neutropaenia
Online Access:	http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352396414000346