CANCER AND CAM (COMPLEMENTARY AND ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE) PARADOX

Abstract

Herbal therapy or phyto therapy have been commonly used to treat patients

with herbs for thousands of years around the world particularly in such

regions as Anatolia and China. Herbal drugs are believed to be useful and

harmless among the public. The interaction of herbal products and cancer

drugs is a big problem encountered during cancer treatment and its effects

are not well-known. Cancer treatment is important and must not be

interrupted. In this review, we discussed the paradox of the interaction of

herbal products and cancer drugs in the light of experimental and

epidemiological evidences as well as the impact of online news regarding

the herbal medicines for cancer treatment.

Keywords

• Cancer,Phytotherapy,Paradox

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