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Table 5: Controlled Clinical Studies on VAE Treatment in <strong>Breast</strong> and Gynaecological <strong>Cancer</strong>: Reduction of side effects of chemotherapy, radiation or surgery; QoL (Continued)<br />

Retrolective pharmaco-epidemiological cohort study<br />

<strong>Breast</strong> I–III Conventional<br />

therapy,<br />

Helixor (167)<br />

I–III<br />

I–IV<br />

Conventional<br />

therapy (514)<br />

Conventional<br />

therapy,<br />

Iscador (710)<br />

Conventional<br />

therapy (732)<br />

Conventional<br />

therapy,<br />

Eurixor (219)<br />

Conventional<br />

therapy (470)<br />

Adverse drug reactions ,<br />

Odds ratio: 0.47<br />

95% CI 0.32–<br />

0.67<br />

Odds ratio for occurrence of disease- or treatment<br />

associated symptoms: 0.508<br />

Odds ratio for being symptom-free 3.56 (vomiting,<br />

headache, exhaustion, depression, concentration, sleep,<br />

dizziness, irritability) <br />

Symptom mean score improved (nausea, appetite,<br />

stomach pain, tiredness, depression, concentration,<br />

irritability, sleep)<br />

0.319–0.811 Beuth 2008<br />

[69]<br />

2.03–6.27 Bock 2004<br />

[70]<br />

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