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  • Diet & nutrition
    • Breuss cancer cure
      • What is Breuss cancer cure?
      • How well does Breuss cancer cure work?
      • Is Breuss cancer cure safe?
      • Breuss cancer cure conclusions
    • Carctol
    • Co-enzyme Q10
    • Gerson diet
    • Green tea for prevention
    • Lacto-ovo vegetarian diet
    • Megamin
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• CAM and the law
• Prevalence of CAM use

Breuss cancer cure conclusions

The core of the Breuss Cancer Cure is a rigid diet, which is based on vegetable juices and teas and during which, according to the proponents, any conventional cancer therapies are forbidden. Diets like the "Breuss Cancer Cure" exert a certain attraction as patients may feel some degree of control over their treatment. But the claims of efficacy are not supported by acceptable evidence and there are no reliable scientific data to support the claimed mode of action. Cancer patients who follow the strict dietary instructions are at risk of malnourishment. The prohibition of concomitant conventional cancer treatments could urge patients to forego possibly beneficial therapies. Without a scientific examination of benefits and dangers, the Breuss cure is not to be recommended.