Publications by authors named "A Loewe-Mesch"
Article Synopsis
- The study aimed to find effective surrogate markers for a trial on mistletoe treatment in breast cancer patients, focusing on tolerability, quality of life, and immune responses during chemotherapy.
- It involved 66 patients (33 receiving mistletoe alongside chemotherapy and 33 acting as a control) with evaluations before and after treatment regarding various health parameters and quality of life metrics.
- Results showed a slight increase in platelets and reduced nausea/vomiting in the mistletoe group, but overall laboratory parameters were similar to controls, suggesting mistletoe treatment might help improve quality of life but needs more investigation.
[Problems of randomized studies in complementary medicine demonstrated in a study on mistletoe treatment of patients with breast cancer].
Forsch Komplementarmed Klass Naturheilkd
June 2004
Background: Prospective randomized studies on mistletoe therapy repeatedly demonstrated that there is a basic problem in the matter of enrolling the appropriate number of patients within a reasonable amount of time. Most studies have to face this problem. However, recent experience suggests that this problem is more pronounced in the case of mistletoe treatment of cancer patients.
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