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Phytotherapy and nutritional supplements on breast cancer
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Breast cancer is the most frequent type of nonskin malignancy among women worldwide. In general, conventional cancer
treatment options (i.e., surgery, radiotherapy, chemotherapy, biological therapy, and hormone therapy) are not completely effective.
Recurrence and other pathologic situations are still an issue in breast cancer patients due to side effects, toxicity of drugs in normal
cells, and aggressive behaviour of the tumours. From this point of view, breast cancer therapy and adjuvant methods represent a
promising and challenging field for researchers. In the last few years, the use of some types of complementary medicines by women
with a history of breast cancer has significantly increased such as phytotherapeutic products and nutritional supplements. Despite
this, the use of such approaches in oncologic processes may be problematic and patient’s health risks can arise such as interference
with the efficacy of standard cancer treatment. The present review gives an overview of the most usual phytotherapeutic products
and nutritional supplements with application in breast cancer patients as adjuvant approach. Regardless of the contradictory
results of scientific evidence, we demonstrated the need to perform additional investigation, mainly well-designed clinical trials
in order to establish correlations and allow for further validated outcomes concerning the efficacy, safety, and clinical evidencebased recommendation of these products.