Five-Year Follow-Up of Patients with Early Stage Breast Cancer after a Randomized Study Comparing Additional Treatment with Viscum Album (L.) Extract to Chemotherapy Alone

Autor: Wilfried Tröger, Zdravko Ždrale, Nikola Stanković, Miodrag Matijašević
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2012
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Zdroj: Breast Cancer: Basic and Clinical Research, Vol 6 (2012)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1178-2234
DOI: 10.4137/BCBCR.S10558
Popis: Additional therapy with extracts of Viscum album [L.] (VaL) increases the quality of life of patients suffering from early stage breast cancer during chemotherapy. In the current study patients received chemotherapy, consisting of six cycles of cyclophosphamide, anthracycline, and 5-Fluoro-Uracil (CAF). Two groups also received one of two VaL extracts differing in their preparation as subcutaneous injection three times per week. A control group received CAF with no additional therapy. Six of 28 patients in one of the VaL groups and eight of 29 patients in the control group developed relapse or metastasis within 5 years. Subgroup analysis for hormone- and radiotherapy also showed no difference between groups. Additional VaL therapy during chemotherapy of early stage breast cancer patients appears not to influence the frequency of relapse or metastasis within 5 years.
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