BACKGROUND Malignant pleural effusion is a common problem in patients with solid tumours. It has a significant impact on quality of life, and, hence, there is a substantial need to investigate new agents to treat it. PATIENTS AND METHODS This is a prospective randomised controlled study, including patients with symptomatic recurrent malignant pleural effusion of different primaries. Patients ...

There is growing evidence that tumor-associated immune imbalance is an important prognostic factor in several types of malignancy. Results from basic research as well as several case reports on sarcoma patients suggest that immune function may be improved by plant immunomodulators. Such treatments hold promise to partially restore the impaired balance along the regulatory access of the innate i...

Mistletoe (Viscum album L.; VA) has been traditionally used in folk medicine to combat fatigue and stress. Evidence shown that chronic consumption of VA results an enhancement oxidative metabolism exercise performance. However, no studies have investigated how acute influences The purpose this brief report was investigate the effects ingestion on rowing Physically active females were recruited ...

Çankırı- Eldivan Orman İşletme Şefliği ormanlarındaki 371’nolu bölmede bulunan bazı karaçam (Pinus nigra L.) meşcerelerinde görülen çam ökseotu (Viscum album parazitinin, doğal gençliklerine bulaşma yoğunluğu ve yetişme ortamı özellikleri ile ökseotunun arasındaki ilişkiyi belirlemek için 21 örnek alanda meşcere parametreleri derecesi belirlenmiştir. Ökseotunun birey üzerindeki miktar 6 derecel...

CONTEXT In anthroposophical medicine, total extracts of Viscum album (mistletoe) have been developed to treat cancer patients. The oldest such product is Iscador. Although Iscador is regarded as a complementary cancer therapy, it is the most commonly used oncological drug in Germany. OBJECTIVE To determine whether Iscador treatment prolongs survival time of patients with carcinoma of the colo...

BACKGROUND The unfavourable side-effects of late-stage pancreatic cancer treatments call for non-toxic and effective therapeutic approaches. We compared the overall survival (OS) of patients receiving an extract of Viscum album [L.] (VaL) or no antineoplastic therapy. METHODS This is a prospective, parallel, open label, monocentre, group-sequential, randomised phase III study. Patients with l...

Mistletoe Extracts (ME) are of growing interest to pharmacological research because of their apoptosis-inducing/cytostatic and immunomodulatory effects. The standardization of the three different groups of Mistletoe Isolectins (ML-I, II and III) is often rendered more difficult since the primary structures are nearly identical. Their classification is based on their Galactose- and N-acetyl-D-ga...