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Iscador
Mistletoe (Iskador mali) a preparation of Viscum album L.) off-label. Since decades Mistletoe has been used in European medicine for oncology[1]Mistletoe lectins (e.g. Iscador Q viscotoxin) have been identified as main active components and exhibit cytotoxic effects as well as immunomodulatory activity[2] [3]
Büssing et Ostermann (2012[4]) found some evidence for moderate improvement of quality of life associated with Iscador treatment (Weleda[5]). [6] Pine mistletoe extract (Iscador P Viscum album austriacus) can be used on equine sarcoids as safe and effective treatment.[7]
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- ↑ Safety of Intravenous Application of Mistletoe (Viscum album L.) Preparations in Oncology: An Observational Study
- ↑ Fermented Mistletoe Extract as a Multimodal Antitumoral Agent in Gliomas
- ↑ Targeting inflammation in cancer-related-fatigue: a rationale for mistletoe therapy as supportive care in colorectal cancer patients
- ↑ Quality of Life and Related Dimensions in Cancer Patients Treated with Mistletoe Extract (Iscador): A Meta-Analysis
- ↑ Iscador Newsletter summer 2015
- ↑ Quality of Life and Neutropenia in Patients with Early Stage Breast Cancer: A Randomized Pilot Study Comparing Additional Treatment with Mistletoe Extract to Chemotherapy Alone
- ↑ Treatment of clinically diagnosed equine sarcoid with a mistletoe extract (Viscum album austriacus)
- ↑ Mistletoe Preparation Iscador: Are there Methodological Concerns with Respect to Controlled Clinical Trials?