Research Article

Adverse Drug Reactions and Expected Effects to Therapy with Subcutaneous Mistletoe Extracts (Viscum album L.) in Cancer Patients

Table 4

Incidences of adverse drug reactions experienced during mistletoe therapy with concurrent conventional therapies.

Conventional therapiesNumber of patientsIncidence
(%)
Included in analysis*Mistletoe and conventional
therapy crossover
ADR during therapy
crossover

Chemotherapy832415102.41
Targeted therapies22612010.83
Hormone therapy18511310.88
Bisphosphates422000.00
Radiation therapy54320752.42
Surgery137127031.11

Only patients that had both start and end dates for mistletoe extract therapy and the appropriate conventional therapy were included in each analysis. ADR: adverse drug reaction.