Kurzfassung

Mistletoe preparations are administered in alternative medicine for various tumor entities. However, the data situation is incomplete. Little is known about effects on urologic tumors. Initial studies showed an antitumor effect of mistletoe preparations on urologic tumor cells. More in-depth analyses should now further investigate the antitumor effects of mistletoe preparations from different host plants on various urologic tumor entities. In particular, the induction of different types of...Mistletoe preparations are administered in alternative medicine for various tumor entities. However, the data situation is incomplete. Little is known about effects on urologic tumors. Initial studies showed an antitumor effect of mistletoe preparations on urologic tumor cells. More in-depth analyses should now further investigate the antitumor effects of mistletoe preparations from different host plants on various urologic tumor entities. In particular, the induction of different types of cell death, the formation of reative oxygene species and the influence on cell matabolism after treatment of prostate, bladder and renal cell carcinoma cell lines with different mistletoe extracts will be investigated.» weiterlesen» einklappen