Oral Cavity Cancer

Efficacy of Alternative and Other Treatments According to GRADE* Ranking:

Turmeric [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7]:

Please note, this management does NOT treat the condition itself. It is proposed only as a weak supportive symptomatic support, and even then, has insufficient evidence to back up this claim at present.

Recommendation: Weakly in favor (Early laboratory studies show that turmeric may be of benefit in the treatment of cancer. However, clinical trials on humans are needed)

Grade of Evidence: low quality of evidence

* www.gradeworkinggroup.org


Summary References

Treatments:

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/turmeric

3. http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/druginfo/natural/patient-turmeric.html

4. http://nccam.nih.gov/health/turmeric/index.htm

5. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/1668932.stm

6. http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/top-stories/2009/10/28/curry-kills-cancer-cells-and-other-health-benefits-of-the-nations-favourite-dish-115875-21779950/

7. http://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/results?term=turmeric

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