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. André-Michael Beer, Hattingen
Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Blaschek, Kronshagen
Prof. Dr. Reinhild Klein, Tübingen
Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Kreis, Hemhofen
PD Dr. Gero Leneweit, Niefern-Öschelbronn
Prof. Dr. Harald Matthes, Berlin
Dr. Günther Spahn, Mainz
Dr. Rainer Stange, Berlin
Objectives:
The 8th Mistletoe Symposium
continues a series of symposia which are held about every four
years. 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"
Date: Friday, November 10, 2023, 5 to approximately 9:30
p.m.
This further training course, which is integrated into the
Mistletoe Symposium, is offered as a hybrid event. The target
groups are physicians, pharmacists and all those involved in the
therapy of tumour patients. For further information please see this
homepage at 8th Mistletoe Symposium.
Registration fees:
The Mistletoe Symposium is financially supported by the
organizers and the Karl and Veronica Carstens Foundation.
Therefore, no separate event fees will be 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.
Certificates of participation:
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).
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 your
certificate of participation by e-mail after the mistletoe
symposium.
Certificates of participation 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 prior registration (see Online-Further-Training).
Publication of an abstract book:
All abstracts of the contributions presented at the 8th
Mistletoe Symposium will be published in a supplement volume of the
Journal of
Integrative and Complementary Medicine (JICM) and will be
available online at the symposium date. All participants will
receive access to the abstract book as well as a hard copy if
desired.
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.
Continuing education certificates:
Applications for recognition as a continuing education event
will be submitted to the medical association of Saarland and the
pharmacy association of Saarland.
For registration and more details please contact:
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Please note: Registration deadline for the face-to-face
symposium is 20 of October 2023.
This does not apply to the online training. You do not need to
register for this. For more information, please see the Online-Further-Training section
on this website.
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
Accommodations:
There are 67 rooms available for overnight stay at the conference
center. This number is most likely below the expected number of
participants at the symposium and the resulting accommodation
possibilities.
Since we want to avoid that participants with contributions to the
symposium have to take care of accommodation outside the conference
center, reservations for overnight stays of participants without
contributions at the conference center are only possible after
reviewing the abstracts submitted to the College, i.e. from June
2023.
There are also overnight accommodations in the surrounding area;
for example, at Gästehaus Alte
Mühle, Nonnweiler or at Bostal Lake in Merker's Bostal Hotel,
Nohfelden-Bosen. Or you can get information at the tourist
information office of the commune of Nonnweiler.
Subject to alterations
Niefern-Öschelbronn, 15th August 2023, Dr. Rainer Scheer