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Influence of adjunctive classical homeopathy on global health status and subjective wellbeing in cancer patients – A pragmatic randomized controlled trial
Michael Frass,Helmut Friehs,Christiane Thallinger,Narinderjit Kaur Sohal,Christine Marosi,Ilse Muchitsch,Katharina Gaertner,Andreas Gleiss,Ernst Schuster,Menachem Oberbaum +9 more
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Results suggest that the global health status and subjective wellbeing of cancer patients improve significantly when adjunct classical homeopathic treatment is administered in addition to conventional therapy.About:
This article is published in Complementary Therapies in Medicine.The article was published on 2015-06-01. It has received 81 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Homeopathy & Randomized controlled trial.read more
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Clinical practice guidelines on the evidence-based use of integrative therapies during and after breast cancer treatment.
Heather Greenlee,Melissa DuPont-Reyes,Lynda G. Balneaves,Linda E. Carlson,Misha Cohen,Gary Deng,Jillian A. Johnson,Matthew Mumber,Dugald Seely,Suzanna M. Zick,Lindsay M. Boyce,Debu Tripathy +11 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors provided updated clinical practice guidelines from the Society for Integrative Oncology on the use of integrative therapies for specific clinical indications during and after breast cancer treatment, including anxiety/stress, depression/mood disorders, fatigue, quality of life/physical functioning, chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting, lymphedema, chemotherapyinduced peripheral neuropathy, pain, and sleep disturbance.
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Communication predictors and consequences of Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) discussions in oncology visits
Debra L. Roter,Kathleen J. Yost,Thomas J. O'Byrne,Megan E. Branda,Aaron L. Leppin,Brittany Kimball,Cara Fernandez,Aminah Jatoi,Ashok Kumbamu,Victor M. Montori,Barbara A. Koenig,Gail Geller,Susan Larson,Jon C. Tilburt +13 more
TL;DR: CAM discussions do not occur at random; they take place in visits characterized by patient-centered communication and are associated with higher visit satisfaction.
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Is There a Role for Homeopathy in Cancer Care? Questions and Challenges
Moshe Frenkel,Moshe Frenkel +1 more
TL;DR: The findings from several lab and clinical studies suggest that homeopathy might have some beneficial effect in cancer care; however, further large, comprehensive clinical studies are needed to determine these beneficial effects.
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Homeopathic Treatment as an Add-On Therapy May Improve Quality of Life and Prolong Survival in Patients with Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer: A Prospective, Randomized, Placebo-Controlled, Double-Blind, Three-Arm, Multicenter Study.
Michael Frass,Peter Lechleitner,Christa Gründling,Claudia Pirker,Erwin Grasmuk-Siegl,Julian Domayer,Maximilian Hochmair,Katharina Gaertner,Cornelia Duscheck,Ilse Muchitsch,Christine Marosi,Michael Schumacher,Sabine Zöchbauer-Müller,Raj K Manchanda,Andrea Schrott,Otto C. Burghuber +15 more
TL;DR: The study suggests that homeopathy positively influences not only quality of life (QoL) and survival in patients with NSCLC but also survival, and improves significantly in the homeopathy group compared with placebo.
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Evaluating the anticancer activity and nanoparticulate nature of homeopathic preparations of Terminalia chebula.
Kirtee Wani,Nilesh Shah,Asmita Prabhune,Arun B. Jadhav,Prabhakar K. Ranjekar,Ruchika Kaul-Ghanekar +5 more
TL;DR: The anticancer activity of homeopathic preparations of TC against breast cancer is reported and their nanoparticulate nature is revealed, warranting further mechanistic studies at both in vitro and in-vivo levels to evaluate the potential of TC as nanomedicine in breast cancer.
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