Hoxsey Herbal Treatment

 

Other Contra-Indication

Our Records are Incomplete for Other Contra-Indications

 

Class Contra-Indication

Our Records are Incomplete for Drug Class Contra-Indications

We have incomplete side-effect data.

Efficacy of Hoxsey Herbal Treatment as an Alternative Medicine According to GRADE* Ranking [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]: 

Please note, this management does NOT treat the condition itself. It may mildly help with some of the symptoms, and even then has insufficient evidence to back up this claim at present.

Recommendation: No recommendation (There is no reliable evidence to support claims that Hoxsey Herbal Treatment can help treat or prevent lung cancer or breast cancer in any way. Available evidence has yielded mixed or unreliable results.)

Grade of Evidence: Low level of evidence 


References: 
1. Ades T, Alteri R, Gansler T, Yeargin P, "Complete Guide to Complimentary & Alternative Cancer Therapies", American Cancer Society, Atlanta USA, 2009

2. http://www.cancer.org/Treatment/TreatmentsandSideEffects/ComplementaryandAlternativeMedicine/HerbsVitaminsandMinerals/hoxsey-herbal-treatment

3. http://www.quackwatch.org/01QuackeryRelatedTopics/OTA/ota04.html

4. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15695477

5. http://www.mskcc.org/mskcc/html/69258.cfm

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