Healers, providers of complementary/ alternative medicine, may be dangerous to all oncological patients including themselves

6137 Background: It is well known that healers may be dangerous to patients with malignant oncological diseases. We had the possibility to examine, treat and follow-up 3 locally well-known healers from 3 towns of the Czech-Moravian Highland at our hospital in 1999–2000. Methods: Healers used for their clients following healing practices: the sensual establishing causes (”diagnosis“) of client's health problems, removal of a bad energy or pain with hands cleaned in water, providing positive energy, treatment with herbal mixtures and teas, homeopathy, etc. Currently used medical therapy was offered to all of them. Results: All three healers were females, aged 57–64 years at diagnosis who came with very advanced tumors after the 6–36 months of symptoms duration in which two had tried to cure themselves. The 64 year-old woman with breast cancer T4b N2 M1 (SKI, LYM) survived 13 months after radiotherapy plus tamoxifen. The 57 year-old female with breast cancer T4b N2 M0 and 60 year-old one with eosophageal can...