Abstract
Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) in Uro-Oncology The West German Comprehensive Cancer Center is confronted with more than 30 000 questions per year concerning unconventional anti-cancer strategies. Unconventional or complementary drugs are not to be compared with placebos. Similar to cytotoxic drugs, unconvetional drugs have to be tested according to the guidelines of «good clinical practice» (GCP). An adjuvant treatment with unconventional drugs is not indicated. Because an possible immunomodulating effect, long-term results have to be considered – especially related to tumor progression. Right now a routine application of unconventional drugs is not indicated in the field of urological oncology.
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