Iscador Cancer and Mistletoe (P)

Iscador, a plant-based cancer remedy, is a most widely recognized cancer medicine in Switzerland and Germany. In Iscador: Mistletoe in Cancer Therapy, editor Christine Murphy (Practical Home Care Medicine) has compiled writings by doctors and clinicians (some from Lilipoh, a holistic medicine journal Murphy edits) who use Iscador, which is never prescribed on its own, but in combination with various alternative and conventional treatments. Despite recent attention, some readers will be skeptical, since Iscador isn't as widely known in the U.S. as in Europe, and the book has a New Agey-looking flowery cover. But they might want to keep an open mind; Iscador is more often prescribed by oncologists and other conventional doctors than by practitioners of ""alternative"" medicine. ( July)