Intended for healthcare professionals

Rapid response to:

Editorials

Mistletoe as a treatment for cancer

BMJ 2006; 333 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.39055.493958.80 (Published 21 December 2006) Cite this as: BMJ 2006;333:1282

Rapid Response:

A patient's response part 2

I had rather hoped that in putting forward a patient's (or in my case
an ex-patient's) point of view that I would add to a fully rounded debate
rather than what has turned out to be a two sided argument from opposing
entrenched positions.

Issues I've raised, particularly on the subject of the potential
indirect harm of mistletoe, haven't really been addressed. I'm very
surprised at this. Is it, I wonder, because I'm an ex-patient and not a
doctor.

Competing interests:
None declared

Competing interests: No competing interests

19 January 2007
S Mitchell
Ex-cancer patient
Stirling