Cancer Treatment Reviews
Volume 35, Issue 7 , Pages 597-607 , November 2009

Harnessing the fruits of nature for the development of multi-targeted cancer therapeutics

  • Fazlul H. Sarkar

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Address: Department of Pathology, Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute, Wayne State University School of Medicine, 740 Hudson Webber Cancer Research Center, 4100 John R, Detroit, MI 48201, USA. Tel.: +1 313 576 8327; fax: +1 313 576 8389.
    • ,
  • Yiwei Li

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pathology, Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute, Wayne State University School of Medicine, 715 Hudson Webber Cancer Research Center, 4100 John R, Detroit, MI 48201, USA. Tel.: +1 313 576 8318; fax: +1 313 576 8389.

Received 8 June 2009 ,Revised 30 June 2009 ,Accepted 2 July 2009.

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