JUNIPER PUBLISHERS-Journal of Complementary Medicine & Alternative Healthcare
Observational Study: Cancer Cases Treated with Homeopathy in the Basque Country/Navarre between 2013 and 2015
Authored by Victoria Claramunt Palou*
The Study included 50 women and 15
men aged between 11 and 85 years. There we 44 patients with advanced tumour
disease and 21 with early-stage disease. Conventional cancer treatment was
chosen by 64 patients and one of them chose homeopathy only. Four patients made
important changes in their lifestyle, and 8 had bio-decoding sessions. All patients
had taken homeopathic medicines as palliative care tailored to different stages
of their disease. A single drug treatment was used in 18 cases, based on the
entire case. Ten cases we treated by applying Banergi protocols and
constitutional medicine, and 37 cases were treated with different successive or
combined drugs, depending on the state of the patient at the time, with the
Minotti protocol for palliative care being applied in 9 cases. The predominant
homeopathic dilutions were centesimals. The great variability of medications
used on each of the patients shows the individuality of patient symptoms with
the same clinical diagnosis, as well as the great variability in the criteria
of homeopathy doctors when establishes a therapeutic strategy.
Homeopathy has helped to control the
tumour disease (patient free of disease) in 10 cases of early stage cancer and
12 cases of advanced tumour disease. Homeopathy was only palliative in 7 cases
of early-stage cancer, in 22 cases of advanced tumour disease, and in five
other cancers without staging. Homeopathy did not work in one case of early
stage cancer, in two cases of advanced tumour disease, and in one case without
staging. There were 5 cases in which results could not be assessed at the time
of the study. According to the subjective assessment by the homeopathic doctor,
homeopathy contributed to the control of tumour disease (patient free of
disease with biological and /or imaging tests) in 22 cases, it was palliative
in 34 cases, 4 patients died, and 5 cases cannot yet be evaluated. According to
the assessment by the patient, it helped to control and improve their quality
of life in 55 cases and it does not help them at all in 5 cases. This
observational study has enabled us to evaluate the effectiveness of our work in
the context of our clinical reality and more accurately describe all parameters
involved in the case, including conventional treatments and their impact.
Patient opinion is part of the evaluation of the results and requires
questionnaires that can be adapted and standardized. Homeopaths carry out their
work within an ethical framework bound by civil responsibility and respect for
patient autonomy, open to collaboration with the work of the other
professionals with a common goal, which is none to cure, relieve the patient,
and contribute to the advancement of knowledge.
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