Mistletoe as a treatment for cancer

British Medical Journal

Volumn 333, Issue 7582, 2006, Pages 1282-1283

  Ernst, Edzard ^a  

^a PENINSULA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKALOID DERIVATIVE; LECTIN; PACLITAXEL; VINBLASTINE; VINCRISTINE; VISCUM ALBUM EXTRACT;

ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ANAPHYLAXIS; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ARTHRALGIA; CANCER; CANCER INHIBITION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; DRUG BIOAVAILABILITY; DRUG COST; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG SAFETY; DYSPNEA; EDITORIAL; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; GERMANY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEMORRHAGIC COLITIS; HERPES SIMPLEX; HERPES ZOSTER; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; INJECTION SITE INFLAMMATION; INJECTION SITE REACTION; KIDNEY FAILURE; LYMPHANGITIS; PARESTHESIA; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RELIABILITY; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SARCOIDOSIS; SKIN INFLAMMATION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; ULCER; UNITED KINGDOM; VERTIGO; VISCUM ALBUM;

ANTHROPOSOPHY; HUMANS; MATERIA MEDICA; MISTLETOE; NEOPLASMS; PHYTOTHERAPY;

EID: 33845944564     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.39055.493958.80     Document Type: Editorial

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