Re:Cancer and Mistletoe-Canadian Medical Association

[Guest guest]

Thanks here is a link to the Canadian Medical Association

Journals view of Unconventional therapies for cancer including

iscador. They also mention green tea, essiac and several others

I have never heard of. Hydrazine sulfate and 714-X . I wish there

were more studies on essiac.

 

http://collection.nlc-bnc.ca/100/201/300/cdn_medical_associatio

n/cmaj/series/therapy.htm

 

herbal remedies, " chinesemedicineman "

<chinesemedicineman> wrote:

> In checking my files I came across this article.

>

> Michael

>

> ISCADOR

>

> MAJOR NEW CANCER STUDY IS PUBLISHED AS MISTLETOE

> THERAPY IS IN THE NEWS

> Alternative Therapies in Health and Medicine May

> 2001

> PRESS RELEASE April 30, 2001

> Mistletoe extract (Iscador) has been in the news since actress

Suzanne Somers announced that she is

> using it as an adjunctive therapy to fight breast Sign up today to

cancer following lumpectomy and

> radiation. Some medical experts have claimed that there is no

scientific evidence to support taking

> this natural

> approach.

>

> However, a major groundbreaking study being published in the

May issue of the peer-reviewed journal

> Alternative Therapies in Health and Medicine found that

individuals who took mistletoe extract in

> addition to their conventional medical treatment lived 40%

longer.

>

> " There is mounting basic science and clinical evidence for the

efficacy of mistletoe as an adjunctive

> cancer therapy for solid tumors. " says David Riley, MD, Editor

in Chief of Alternative Therapies, and a

> Clinical Associate Professor at the University of New Mexico

Medical School. " Mistletoe, " Dr. Riley

> adds, " is the most commonly used cancer drug in Germany

today. "

>

> The study* followed 35,000 residents of Heidelberg, Germany

over 30 years, identifying 5,000 who

> had cancer. Six hundred of these cancer patients were sorted

into pairs. One member of each pair took

> mistletoe extract in addition to conventional treatment; the

other, who had a similar type and stage

> of disease, received only conventional treatment. After

comparing the length of survival, the study

> concluded that participants who added mistletoe extract to their

treatment lived 40% longer than

> those who did not.

>

> Research indicates that mistletoe extract is most effective

when used in conjunction with

> conventional medical care for the treatment of solid tumors

such as breast cancer, according to Dr.

> Riley. It does not appear to be useful as an adjunctive

treatment for other cancers like lymphoma or

> leukemia.

>

> *Grossarth-Maticek R, Kiene H, Baumgartner SM, Ziegler R:

Use of Iscador, an Extract of European

> Mistletoe (Viscum Album), in Cancer Treatment. Alternative

Therapies in Health and Medicine May

> 2001

>

>

> herbal remedies, " Sandy " <innerchildtheone>

wrote:

> > In the book I mentioned, they said that Iscador an extract from

> > mistletoe, combined with radiation had good results. I

showed

> > this book to my GYN recently and she said they were using

> > Iscador, knew about it and she had heard really good things

> > about it.

> >

> > Sandy