ArticleJournal of women's health (2002)2012
Complementary and alternative medicine use and breast cancer prognosis: a pooled analysis of four population-based studies of breast cancer survivors.
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Clinical Study on Wide Spectrum Micronutrients Supplementation in Patients With Cancer Related Fatigue During Neoadjuvant and Adjuvant Chemotherapy
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12 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Clinical practice guidelines on the evidence-based use of integrative therapies during and after breast cancer treatment.CA: a cancer journal for clinicians · 2017Guideline
- Cancer survivorship services for indigenous peoples: where we stand, where to improve? A systematic review.Journal of cancer survivorship : research and practice · 2016Pooled it
- Clinical practice guidelines on the use of integrative therapies as supportive care in patients treated for breast cancer.Journal of the National Cancer Institute. Monographs · 2014Guideline
- Prevalence and frequency of self-management strategies among female cancer survivors: the neglected roles of social relations and conscious living.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2020Article
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- U.S. Filipino Adults' Patterns of CAM Use and Medical Pluralism: Secondary Analysis of 2012 National Health Interview Survey.Asian/Pacific Island nursing journal · 2018Article
- Complementary and Alternative Medicines and Patients With Breast Cancer: A Case of Mortality and Systematic Review of Patterns of Use in Patients With Breast Cancer.Plastic surgery (Oakville, Ont.) · 2017Review
- Complementary and Alternative Medicine Use and Latina Breast Cancer Survivors' Symptoms and Functioning.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2016Article
- Association Between Complementary and Alternative Medicine Use and Breast Cancer Chemotherapy Initiation: The Breast Cancer Quality of Care (BQUAL) Study.JAMA oncology · 2016Article
- Latent class analysis suggests four distinct classes of complementary medicine users among women with breast cancer.BMC complementary and alternative medicine · 2015Article
- Economic constraints - the growing challenge for Western breast cancer centers.Breast care (Basel, Switzerland) · 2013Review
- Complementary and Alternative Medicine Use among Norwegian Cancer Survivors: Gender-Specific Prevalence and Associations for Use.Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM · 2013Article
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Abstract
backgroundComplementary and alternative medicine (CAM) use is common among breast cancer survivors, but little is known about its impact on survival.
methodsWe pooled data from four studies conducted in Hawaii in 1994-2003 and linked to the Hawaii Tumor Registry to obtain long-term follow-up information. The effect of CAM use on the risk of breast cancer-specific death was evaluated using Cox regression.
resultsThe analysis included 1443 women with a median follow-up of 11.8 years who had a primary diagnosis of in situ and invasive breast cancer. The majority were Japanese American (36.4%), followed by white (26.9%), Native Hawaiian (15.9%), other (10.6%), and Filipino (10.3%). CAM use was highest in Native Hawaiians (60.7%) and lowest in Japanese American (47.8%) women. Overall, any use of CAM was not associated with the risk of breast cancer-specific death (hazard ratio [HR] 1.47, confidence interval [CI] 0.91-2.36) or all-cause death (HR 0.82, 95% CI 0.63-1.06). However, energy medicine was associated with an increased risk of breast cancer-specific death (HR 3.19, 95% CI 1.06-8.52). When evaluating CAM use within ethnic subgroups, Filipino women who used CAM were at increased risk of breast cancer death (HR 6.84, 95% CI 1.23-38.19).
conclusionsOur findings suggest that, overall, CAM is not associated with breast cancer-specific death but that the effects of specific CAM modalities and possible differences by ethnicity should be considered in future studies.
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