Carmen Loquai, Dagmar Dechent, Marlene Garzarolli, Martin Kaatz, Katharina C Kaehler, Peter Kurschat, Frank Meiss, Annette Stein, Dorothee Nashan, Oliver Micke, Ralph Muecke, Karsten Muenstedt, Christoph Stoll, Irene Schmidtmann, Jutta Huebner
Complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) is used widely among cancer patients. Beside the risk of interaction with cancer therapies, interactions with treatment for comorbidities are an underestimated problem. The aim of this study was to assess prevalence of interactions between CAM and drugs for comorbidities from a large CAM usage survey on melanoma patients and to classify herb-drug interactions with regard to their potential to harm. Consecutive melanoma outpatients of seven skin cancer centers were asked to complete a standardized CAM questionnaire including questions to their CAM use and their taken medication for comorbidities and cancer...
May 2016: Medical Oncology