Additional treatment with mistletoe extracts for patients with breast cancer compared to conventional cancer therapy alone - efficacy and safety, costs and cost-effectiveness, patients and social aspects, and ethical assessment
Ger Med Sci. 2022 Jul 14;20:Doc10. doi: 10.3205/000312. eCollection 2022.ABSTRACTBACKGROUND: Chemotherapy is often used in the treatment of breast cancer in women. Side effects such as diarrhea, fatigue, hair loss, fever or disturbances in blood formation impair the women's quality of life. An essential treatment goal of the accompanying mistletoe therapy (MT) used in complementary medicine is to improve the health-related quality of life during cancer therapy.AIM AND METHODS: The HTA report on which this article is based examines the medical efficacy and safety, costs and cost-effectiveness, patient and social aspects, an...
Source: GMS German Medical Science - September 26, 2022 Category: General Medicine Authors: Petra Schnell-Inderst Caroline Steigenberger Marcel Mertz Ilvie Otto Magdalena Flatscher-Th öni Uwe Siebert Source Type: research
