Mistletoe- an evidence based therapy

thenewme

A few links to share regarding mistletoe (Iscador)

National Cancer Institute Summary of the Evidence for Mistletoe Extracts

Mistletoe - viable alternative cancer treatment, or just a placebo with dangerous side-effects? 

Memorial Sloan Kettering: Bottom Line: Because there is no solid proof that it works, mistletoe should not be used to treat cancer, hepatitis, or any other disease. 

Anonymous

That's great P0000368 !  Let us know how you're doing 

Use of Iscador, an extract of European mistletoe (Viscum album), in cancer treatment: prospective nonrandomized and randomized matched-pair studies nested within a cohort study

RESULTS:

In the nonrandomized matched-pair study, survival time of patients treated with Iscador was longer for all types of cancer studied. In the pool of 396 matched pairs, mean survival time in the Iscador groups (4.23 years) was roughly 40% longer than in the control groups (3.05 years; P < .001). Synergies between Iscador treatment and self-regulation manifested in a longer survival advantage for Iscador patients with good self-regulation (56% relative to control group; P = .03) than for patients with poor self-regulation. Results of the 2 randomized matched-pair studies largely confirmed the results of the non-randomized studies.

CONCLUSION:

Iscador treatment can achieve a clinically relevant prolongation of survival time of cancer patients and appears to stimulate self-regulation.

That study dates back to 2001 !!  Did BigPharm kill this one too ? 

Kaara

Maud:  Thanks for posting that.

Anonymous

Something I never heard of.  Learned a lot from this thread so far.  Thank you all for sharing so much info, including Dr. Block who happens to be within driving distance for me.  I am pleased to know this too.

Kadia

Clearly "big Pharma" didn't kill mistletoe since it is being used in Europe, Canada, and the u.s. (via Import). looks like its efficacy is still an unknown quality, so it hasn't been approved for more widespread use. Big Pharma conspiracy? Maybe, but where's the evidence?

dp4peace

Interesting posts. My naturopathic Dr. just told me to research mistletoe. Too late now to read everything, but thank you for all the research and links!!