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World Service,19 Feb 1997,13 mins

Can Homeopathy Treat Breast Cancer?

Health Matters

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Treating breast cancer with both orthodox medicine and homeopathy. Different approaches to treating breast cancer are explored in the programme. In the UK 16,000 women a year die of the disease and there are different ways of treating it. Homeopathy, using tiny does of active ingredients often competes with orthodox treatments such as radiotherapy and chemotherapy.

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