MISTLETOE IN TUMOUR THERAPY
Basic Research and Clinical Practice
Interdisciplinary Mistletoe Symposium
Organizers:
Association of Anthroposophic Doctors in
Germany
Society for Medicinal Plant and Natural Product Research
Society for Phytotherapy
Zentralverband der Ärzte für Naturheilverfahren u.
Regulationsmedizin (ZAEN) e.V.
Co-operation partners:
APV The International Association for Pharmaceutical
Technology
Deutsche Pharmazeutische Gesellschaft e.V. (German
Pharmaceutical Society)
European Society for Integrative Oncology
Funding by foundations:
Karl and Veronica Carstens Foundation
Directors:
Dr. Rainer Scheer, Carl Gustav Carus-Institut,
Niefern-Öschelbronn
Prof. Dr. Harald Matthes, Gemeinschaftskrankenhaus Havelhöhe,
Berlin
Scientific Organisation:
Prof. Dr. Susanne Alban, Kiel
Prof. Dr. Reinhild Klein, Tübingen
Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Kreis, Hemhofen
Dr. Ann-Kathrin Lederer, Freiburg
PD Dr. Gero Leneweit, Niefern-Öschelbronn
Prof. Dr. Harald Matthes, Berlin
Dr. Emanuela Portalupi, Mailand, Italien
Dr. Günther Spahn, Mainz
Dr. Rainer Stange, Berlin
Objectives:
The 9th Mistletoe Symposium is the continuation of a series of
mistletoe symposia that take place every 4 years as face-to-face
events. Here scientists and doctors shall come together, present
and discuss latest results from medicine and pharmacy,
research and clinical practice, that a comprehensive picture of the
current state of knowledge of the mistletoe in tumour therapy is
created. Based on this the use of mistletoe preparations can be
developed further, and their potential and limitations be
identified. This explains why this interdisciplinary dialogue,
which cuts across the borders of the various therapy approaches, is
so important. The organisers would like to extend an invitation to
this symposium.
In the clinical part of the symposium a current clinical topic
or on the treatment of a single tumour entity is chosen as
a topic for special attention. This shall be
dealt with in depth from the perspective of the conventional
oncology and in terms of the contribution which mistletoe
preparations can make to the management of this condition.
The organizers are calling for scientific work
(short lectures and poster
presentations) on the following subjects and/or
questions which are vitally important for mistletoe therapy and its
scientific advancement:
- Botany, physiology, pharmacy and
phytochemistry: appropriate standardisation,
assurance of pharmaceutical quality of mistletoe preparations,
their analytics and galenic.
- Immunology, pre-clinic, cytotoxicity, mode of
action profile of the active ingredients and total extracts
- Posology, mode of application: Dosing regimens
and therapeutic range, effects of the route of administration on
the therapeutic range
- Tumour-specific application: for solid and
epithelial tumours, haemoblastoses, for benign tumours, for
recurrence prophylaxis after tumour surgery, for defined
precancerous lesions, influence of mistletoe therapy on
metastasis
- Immune parameters before and during mistletoe
therapy; immune status; suitable follow-up parameters for
monitoring mistletoe therapy
- Clinical research and proof of
efficacy: clinical studies with mistletoe in tumour
therapy; objective criteria for proof of efficacy; further
developments in mistletoe therapy
- Health services research data/Real World Data
on outcome, tolerability, safety and cost-effectiveness
- Drug safety: analysis of side effects with
regard to effect and efficacy, type and frequency of adverse drug
reactions, pseudo allergic reactions
- Contributions to meta-analyses; systematic
reviews and their evaluation
- Regulatory topics
- Pharmacoeconomics
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In order to create a common basis for discussion,
general overview lectures are
planned.
Integrated face-to-face/online further training course
entitled "Practice of Mistletoe Therapy"
This 5-hour training is integrated into the Mistletoe Symposium
and is offered as a hybrid event. The intended target group are
doctors, pharmacists and all those involved in the treatment of
tumour patients.
Registration fees:
The Mistletoe Symposium is financially supported by the
organisers, the Karl and Veronica Carstens Foundation and other
foundations and sponsors. Therefore, no separate event fees are
charged for participation in the Mistletoe Symposium, neither for
the face-to-face nor the online (hybrid) part,
Accommodation and meals are the responsibility of each
participant.
Continuing education certificates and certificates of
attendance:
If you would like to receive a certificate of
participation, you are welcome to fill in lists in the conference
center with your name, address and e-mail address. We will
send you the certificates of participation by e-mail after the
mistletoe symposium.
Certificates of attendance will not be issued for
participation in the online training because we do not know who is
participating.
Access to the online training is freely available
without registration (see Online-Further-Training).
The Medical Association and the Chamber of Pharmacists will be
applying for continuing education points for the mistletoe
symposium. Certificates of attendance will be issued on
request.
Publication of an abstract book:
The abstracts of the contributions to the mistletoe symposium
will again be published in a scientific journal and will be
available at the time of the symposium.
Languages:
The symposium language is German. But all lectures can be
presented also in English language. The organizers offer the
simultaneous translation of all lectures including the discussions
into English language. The poster presentations are given in
English language.
Publication of a book:
In turn, all lectures and posters presented on this symposium
are to be published as quickly as possible after the symposium.
Thus all authors are requested to provide their manuscripts ready
for printing. The manuscripts should meet our instructions for
authors (see "format directions for authors"). They
should be submitted until 31 January of the following year
after the symposium.
For more details please contact:
Dr. Rainer Scheer, c/o
Carl Gustav Carus Institut
Allmendstr. 55
D-75223 Niefern-Öschelbronn
Phone +49 (0)7233 7043-118
Fax +49 (0)7233 7043-110.
E-mail: rainer.scheer@carus-institut.de
Subject to alterations
Niefern-Öschelbronn, October 2024, Dr. Rainer Scheer