Homeopathy in cancer patients: What does the ``best'' evidence tell us?

Alexandre De Nonneville (1) , Anthony Goncalves (2, 1)

1 CRCM - Centre de Recherche en Cancérologie de Marseille
2 IPC - Institut Paoli-Calmettes

Homeopathic medicines are used by many patients with cancer, usually alongside conventional treatment. A recent report by the European Academies' Science Advisory Council concluded that ``that there are no robust and reproducible evidence that homeopathy is effective''. This literature review aims to make the analysis of published controlled randomized trials involving homeopathic treatment in the field of oncology.

Domaines: Sciences du Vivant [q-bio]

Alexandre De Nonneville, Anthony Goncalves. Homeopathy in cancer patients: What does the ``best'' evidence tell us?. Bulletin du Cancer, 2018, 105 (4), pp.426-430. ⟨10.1016/j.bulcan.2017.12.005⟩. ⟨hal-02143616⟩