coli-stimulated

oxidative burst) <0.0001,<0.001             Büssing 2005 [65]     Surgery (51)                     Ovary IA–IC Iscador (75)       Self-regulation questionnaire, (score 1–6) median difference 0.30   <0.026 0.10–0.60 Grossarth 2007d [50]     None (75)                     Cervix IB-IVA Iscador (102)       Self-regulation questionnaire, (score 1–6) median difference 0.25   <0.0005 0.15–0.35 Grossarth 2007f [51]     None (102)                     Uterus IA-C Iscador (103)       Self-regulation questionnaire, (score 1–6) median difference 0.65   <0.0005 0.4–0.95 Grossarth 2008d [49]     None (103)   Androgen Receptor Antagonist mw                   Retrolective pharmaco-epidemiological cohort study Breast I–III Conventional therapy, Helixor (167)       Odds ratio for occurrence of disease- or treatment associated symptoms: AG-881 molecular weight 0.508   0.319–0.811 Beuth 2008 [69]     Conventional therapy (514)                       I–III Conventional therapy, Iscador (710) Adverse drug reactions ↓, Odds ratio: 0.47 95% CI 0.32–0.67 Odds ratio for being symptom-free 3.56 (vomiting, headache, exhaustion, depression,

concentration, sleep, dizziness, irritability) ↑   2.03–6.27 Bock 2004 [70]     Conventional therapy (732)                 BCKDHA       I–IV Conventional therapy, Eurixor (219)       Symptom mean score improved (nausea, appetite, stomach pain, tiredness, depression, concentration, irritability, sleep) <0.0001   Schumacher 2003 [71, 72]     Conventional therapy (470)                  

  I Chemotherapy (referring to the study by Piao et al.) – breast cancer: CAP, CAF (CAP: Cyclophosphamide, doxorubicin, cisplatin; CAF: Cyclophosphamide, doxorubicin, 5-fluorouracil); ovarian cancer: CP, IcP (CP: Cyclophosphamide, cisplatin, IcP: Ifosfamid, carboplatin); non-small cell-lung cancer: VP, MViP (VP: Vinorelbine, cisplatin; MViP: Mitomycin, vindesine, cisplatin). II Statistical significance of pre-post difference within each group QoL: Quality of life; KPS: Karnofsky Performance Status Scale SCE: Sister chromatid exchange; ↑: selleck inhibitor increase; ↓: decrease. P-value, 95% CI: Statistical significance of difference between mistletoe (or other verum) and control group; n.s.: not statistically significant; EC: Epirubicin, cyclophosphamide (F: 5-fluorouracil); VEC: Vindesine, epirubicin, cyclophosphamide; CMF: Cyclophosphamide, methotrexate 5-fluorouracil; CAF: Cyclophosphamide, doxorubicin, 5-fluorouracil. Table 6 Single-Arm Cohort Studies (e.g.