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Intravenous Mistletoe Treatment in Integrative Cancer Care: A Qualitative Study Exploring the Procedures, Concepts, and Observations of Expert Doctors
Joint Authors
Kiene, Helmut
Mussler, Milena
Fuchs, Dieter
Kienle, Gunver
Source
Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine
Issue
Vol. 2016, Issue 2016 (31 Dec. 2016), pp.1-16, 16 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2016-04-24
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
16
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Background.
Mistletoe therapy (MT) is widely used in patient-centered integrative cancer care.
The objective of this study was to explore the concepts, procedures, and observations of expert doctors, with a focus on intravenous MT.
Method.
A qualitative interview study was conducted with 35 highly experienced doctors specialized in integrative and anthroposophic medicine.
Structured qualitative content analysis was applied.
For triangulation, the results were compared with external evidence that was systematically collected, reviewed, and presented.
Results.
Doctors perform individualized patient assessments that lead to multimodal treatment approaches.
The underlying goal is to help patients to live with and overcome disease.
Mistletoe infusions are a means of accomplishing this goal.
They are applied to stabilize disease, achieve responsiveness, induce fever, improve quality of life, and improve the tolerability of conventional cancer treatments.
The doctors reported long-term disease stability and improvements in patients’ general condition, vitality, strength, thermal comfort, appetite, sleep, pain from bone metastases, dyspnea in pulmonary lymphangitis carcinomatosa, fatigue, and cachexia; chemotherapy was better tolerated.
Also patients’ emotional and mental condition was reported to have improved.
Conclusion.
Individualized integrative cancer treatment including MT aims to help cancer patients to live well with their disease.
Further research should investigate the reported observations.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Kienle, Gunver& Mussler, Milena& Fuchs, Dieter& Kiene, Helmut. 2016. Intravenous Mistletoe Treatment in Integrative Cancer Care: A Qualitative Study Exploring the Procedures, Concepts, and Observations of Expert Doctors. Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine،Vol. 2016, no. 2016, pp.1-16.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1104158
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Kienle, Gunver…[et al.]. Intravenous Mistletoe Treatment in Integrative Cancer Care: A Qualitative Study Exploring the Procedures, Concepts, and Observations of Expert Doctors. Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine No. 2016 (2016), pp.1-16.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1104158
American Medical Association (AMA)
Kienle, Gunver& Mussler, Milena& Fuchs, Dieter& Kiene, Helmut. Intravenous Mistletoe Treatment in Integrative Cancer Care: A Qualitative Study Exploring the Procedures, Concepts, and Observations of Expert Doctors. Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine. 2016. Vol. 2016, no. 2016, pp.1-16.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1104158
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1104158