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Are herbal remedies and dietary supplements safe and effective for breast cancer patients?

There remains limited scientific evidence on the efficacy and safety of 'natural' therapies such as herbal remedies and dietary supplements. Nevertheless, breast cancer patients are particularly prone to purchasing such products because of the perception that 'natural' products a...

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Autor principal: Cassidy, Aedin
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2003
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC314418/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/14580245
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description There remains limited scientific evidence on the efficacy and safety of 'natural' therapies such as herbal remedies and dietary supplements. Nevertheless, breast cancer patients are particularly prone to purchasing such products because of the perception that 'natural' products are less toxic than conventional prescribed medicines. However, the potential for interactions of supplements with current medications, the potential for adverse effects from consumption at high levels, and the lack of disclosure of such treatments by the patient to their doctor are serious public health issues. Robust clinical trials are required to prove the efficacy and lack of adverse effects of such preparations, and communication between patients and doctors must be improved and doctors made more aware that their patients may be seeking advice and treatment from sources outside conventional medicine.
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spelling pubmed-3144182004-01-17 Are herbal remedies and dietary supplements safe and effective for breast cancer patients? Cassidy, Aedin Breast Cancer Res Commentary There remains limited scientific evidence on the efficacy and safety of 'natural' therapies such as herbal remedies and dietary supplements. Nevertheless, breast cancer patients are particularly prone to purchasing such products because of the perception that 'natural' products are less toxic than conventional prescribed medicines. However, the potential for interactions of supplements with current medications, the potential for adverse effects from consumption at high levels, and the lack of disclosure of such treatments by the patient to their doctor are serious public health issues. Robust clinical trials are required to prove the efficacy and lack of adverse effects of such preparations, and communication between patients and doctors must be improved and doctors made more aware that their patients may be seeking advice and treatment from sources outside conventional medicine. BioMed Central 2003 2003-10-07 /pmc/articles/PMC314418/ /pubmed/14580245 Text en Copyright © 2003 BioMed Central Ltd
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Are herbal remedies and dietary supplements safe and effective for breast cancer patients?
title Are herbal remedies and dietary supplements safe and effective for breast cancer patients?
title_full Are herbal remedies and dietary supplements safe and effective for breast cancer patients?
title_fullStr Are herbal remedies and dietary supplements safe and effective for breast cancer patients?
title_full_unstemmed Are herbal remedies and dietary supplements safe and effective for breast cancer patients?
title_short Are herbal remedies and dietary supplements safe and effective for breast cancer patients?
title_sort are herbal remedies and dietary supplements safe and effective for breast cancer patients?
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