[Costus root oil test in cancer patients; correlation with tumor stage].

Abstract

Delayed hypersensitivity skin responses to costus root oil were measured in patients with colon, stomach, breast and lung cancer and in healthy controls. Cancer patients were staged according to tumor spread. Differences were demonstrated between cancer patients and controls. Patients with localized cancer showed no impairment, but diminished responses did occur in patients with advanced or metastatic cancer. There were no significant differences among any cancer groups with lymph node involvement. In the late cancer stage, costus root oil sensitivity was lost to a greater extent in patients with gastric cancer than in those with colon cancer.

• Authors: I Takanami, T Utsunomiya, H Onishi, H Shinohara, T Besso, T Kondo
• Journal: Gan no rinsho. Japan journal of cancer clinics (Gan No Rinsho) Vol. 29 Issue 11 Pg. 1319-22 (Sep 1983) ISSN: 0021-4949 [Print] Japan
• PMID: 6632212 (Publication Type: English Abstract, Journal Article)

Chemical References

• Sesquiterpenes
• costus absolute

Topics

• Adult
• Aged
• Breast Neoplasms (immunology, pathology)
• Colonic Neoplasms (immunology, pathology)
• Humans
• Lung Neoplasms (immunology, pathology)
• Middle Aged
• Neoplasms (immunology, pathology)
• Patch Tests
• Sesquiterpenes (immunology)
• Stomach Neoplasms (immunology, pathology)