Homöopathie bei Krebs: eine nicht systematische Übersicht

Zusammenfassung

Obwohl die Homöopathie weder vom Wirkprinzip her verstanden ist, noch sich in systematischen Reviews allgemein und bei Krebs im besonderen eindeutig besser als Placebo zeigte, wird sie von einem großen Teil der an Krebs erkrankten Patienten nachgesucht und es existieren ein Fülle an positiven Fallberichten. Dieser Artikel soll einen Überblick über die Anwendung von Homöopathie bei Krebs geben.

Summary

Homeopathy in cancer patients: a non systematic review: Although it is still not understood how homeopathy can work, nor has it shown it's effectiveness in systematic reviews, also not for cancer, a relevant proportion of cancer patients seeks help by homeopathy and there are many positive case reports. The aim of this article is to give an overview of the use of homeopathy in cancer.

Schlüsselwörter

Homöopathie - Tumorerkrankungen - Krebs - alternative Therapie - komplementäre Therapie - Review

Keywords

Homeopathy - tumor - cancer - complementary and alternative therapies - review

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