Homeopathy for cancer?

Current Oncology

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 128-130

  Ernst, Edzard ^a   Sagar, Stephen M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

CAM; Cancer; Complementary medicine; Homeopathy

Indexed keywords

ACONITUM EXTRACT; AMYL NITRATE; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; ARNICA MONTANA EXTRACT; BELLADONNA ALKALOID; BELLIS PERENNIS EXTRACT; CALCAREA CARBONICA EXTRACT; CALENDULA EXTRACT; CARCINOSIN; CAUSTICUM; CHAMOMILE; COBALT DERIVATIVE; COMFREY EXTRACT; ECHINACEA PURPUREA EXTRACT; HAMAMELIS EXTRACT; HEPAR SULFURIS EXTRACT; HOMEOPATHIC AGENT; HYPERICUM EXTRACT; KALI CARBONICUM EXTRACT; MERCURIUS EXTRACT; MILLEFOLIUM EXTRACT; NATRUM MURIATICUM EXTRACT; NATURAL PRODUCT; PLACEBO; PLANT EXTRACT; RADIOISOTOPE; SANGUINARIA CANADENSIS EXTRACT; SULFUR; TRAUMEEL S; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG;

ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; BELLIS PERENNIS; BREAST CANCER; CALCAREA CARBONICA; CANCER PATIENT; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL TRIAL; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG POTENCY; DRUG RESEARCH; ECHINACEA; ECHINACEA ANGUSTIFOLIA; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HOMEOPATHY; HUMAN; KALI CARBONICUM; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MEDICAL CARE; MEDICINAL PLANT; MENOPAUSAL SYNDROME; MERCURIUS; MILLEFOLIUM; MUCOSA INFLAMMATION; NATRUM MURIATICUM; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SAFETY; POTASH SULFURATED; PRESCRIPTION; RADIATION INJURY; SANGUINARIA; SANGUINARIA CANADENSIS; SHORT SURVEY; SKIN INJURY; SYMPTOM;

EID: 51649102569     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17187729     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3747/co.2007.128     Document Type: Short Survey

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