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Herbal risk to breast cancer patients
Thursday November 14th, 2019
Patients with breast cancer are often tempted to turn to herbal therapies - but they may delay healing and interfere with treatments, a European conference will hear today.
Many
treatments, including popular herbal teas, may interfere with the healing
of wounds after surgery, including feverfew, garlic, ginger, ginseng,
hawthorn and horse chestnut, a Portuguese expert tells the Advanced Breast
Cancer Fifth International Consensus Conference (ABC5) in Lisbon.
Professor Maria João Cardoso, head breast surgeon at the Champalimaud Cancer Centre and a teacher at the Nova Medical School in Lisbon, Portugal, said that patients with breast cancer were particularly likely to resort to topical creams because the disease frequently metastasises to the skin, causing discomfort and distress.
Male cancer survivors may need hormone boost
Wednesday November 13th, 2019
Young male cancer survivors may benefit from treatment with replacement testosterone, British experts have reported. More
Vaping risk of vascular damage
Wednesday November 13th, 2019
Scientists have made further discoveries into the damage that can be done by vaping, it was announced today. More
Herbal risk to breast cancer patients
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