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Quality of Life in Breast Cancer Patients Treated With Mistletoe Extracts: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

Martin LoefDaniela PaepkeHarald Walach
Published in: Integrative cancer therapies (2023)
Our results indicate a clinically relevant, medium-sized effect of mistletoe extracts on the quality of life in breast cancer patients which may be based on the immunomodulating effects of mistletoe extracts during chemotherapy. The limitations of evidence include the risk of bias which is mainly caused by the difficulty of blinding. Further RCTs and real-world evidence need to confirm this result, especially in the setting of neoadjuvant chemotherapy and in breast cancer survivors.
Keyphrases
  • neoadjuvant chemotherapy
  • locally advanced
  • lymph node
  • sentinel lymph node
  • rectal cancer
  • squamous cell carcinoma
  • radiation therapy
  • early stage