It is quite common for many cancer patients to combine complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) with the conventional chemotherapy and radiation treatment. However, I've just come across an article which identifies a number of herbal products that are probably capable of causing interactions with anti-cancer drugs, thereby leading to therapeutic failure. The herbal products mentioned in the article are:
St. John's Wort
Kava-kava
Vitamin E
Quercetin
Ginseng
Garlic
B-carotene and
Echinacea
I'm not a medical professional, but I think it's advisable for cancer patients undergoing conventional chemotherapy and radiation treatments to discuss the use of CAM before embarking on the use of these herbal products. For further reading on this subject, please follow the link to http://theoncologist.alphamedpress.org/cgi/content/full/11/7/742
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