Re:Cancer and Mistletoe

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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