Influence of complementary Viscum album (Iscador®) administration on microcirculation and immune system of ear, nose and throat carcinoma patients treated with radiation and chemotherapy

Anticancer Research

Volumn 25, Issue 1 B, 2005, Pages 601-610

  Klopp, R ^a   Schmidt, W ^b   Werner, E ^b   Werner, M ^c   Niemer, W ^a   Beuth, J ^d  

^a Institute for Microcirculation   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

^c Institut Hiscia   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Immune modulation; Microcirculation; Oncology; Standardized mistletoe extract

Indexed keywords

CISPLATIN; FLUOROURACIL; INTERCELLULAR ADHESION MOLECULE 1; VISCUM ALBUM EXTRACT;

ADULT; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEAD AND NECK CARCINOMA; HUMAN; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNOMODULATION; INJECTION SITE REACTION; LARYNX CARCINOMA; LEUKOCYTE; MALE; MICROCIRCULATION; MICROSCOPY; PHARYNX CARCINOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REFLECTOMETRY; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; VISCUM ALBUM;

AGED; CARCINOMA; CELL MOVEMENT; HEMATOCRIT; HUMANS; LARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; LEUKOCYTES; MALE; MICROCIRCULATION; MIDDLE AGED; OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGIC NEOPLASMS; PHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT PROTEINS; TIME FACTORS; VISCUM ALBUM;

EID: 16444383200     PISSN: 02507005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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