Wode, K.Schneider, T.Lundburg, I.Kienle, Gunver S.2024-05-232024-05-232009Wode, K., Schneider, T., Lundberg, I., & Kienle, G. S. (2009). Mistletoe treatment in cancer-related fatigue: A case report. Cases Journal, 2(1), 77. https://doi.org/10.1186/1757-1626-2-77https://doi.org/10.1186/1757-1626-2-77https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14430/376<p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Abstract: Cancer-related fatigue (CRF) is a major and very common disabling condition in cancer patients. Treatment options do exist but have limited therapeutic effects. Mistletoe extracts are widely-used complementary cancer treatments whose possible impact on CRF has not been investigated in detail. A 36-year-old Swedish woman with a 10-year history of recurrent breast cancer, suffering from severe CRF, started complementary cancer treatment with mistletoe extracts. Over two and a half years a correspondence was observed between the intensity of mistletoe therapy and the fatigue. Mistletoe extracts seemed to have a beneficial, dose-dependent effect on CRF. Although such effect has also been noted in clinical studies, it has never been the subject of detailed investigation. More research should clarify these observations.</p><p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Citation: Wode, K., Schneider, T., Lundberg, I., &amp; Kienle, G. S. (2009). Mistletoe treatment in cancer-related fatigue: A case report. <em>Cases Journal</em>, <em>2</em>(1), 77. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1186/1757-1626-2-77" target="_blank">https://doi.org/10.1186/1757-1626-2-77</a></p>immunomodulationchronic fatigue syndromegood general conditionlocal skin reactionSymptoms in cancer free patientsMistletoe extractsCancer-related fatigueMistletoeAnthroposophic medicineQOL quality of life/library/2019/1/30/mistletoe-treatment-in-cancer-related-fatigue