Can J Urol. 2005 Oct;12(5):2841-2.

Remission of hormone-refractory prostate cancer attributed to Essiac.

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Division of Urology, The Princess Margaret Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

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Essiac is a popular complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) that is utilized by many cancer patients in North America. Much anecdotal reporting exists about its cancer-fighting qualities, but so far no clinical trials have been preformed to validate those claims. We describe here the case of a 64-year-old man whose hormone-refractory prostate cancer responded well to Essiac tea.

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