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ArticleBMC palliative care2014

Oxidative stress level is not associated with survival in terminally ill cancer patients: a preliminary study.

Chang Hwan Yeom, Youn Seon Choi, Hong Yup Ahn, Su Hey Lee, In Cheol Hwang

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Article in BMC palliative care, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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5 · Who and what money

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5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Chang Hwan Yeom
Youn Seon Choi
Hong Yup Ahn
Su Hey Lee
In Cheol HwangPalliative Care Unit, Division of Cancer Control & Prevention, Incheon Regional Cancer Center, 1198 Guwol-dong, Namdong-gu, Incheon 405-760, Republic of Korea. spfe0211@gmail.com.
Korea University Medical Center · KRDongguk University · KR

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundWhile cancer patients have higher oxidative stress (OS) and lower antioxidant activity, evidence for the association of these parameters with survival in patients with terminally ill cancer is lacking.

methodsWe followed 65 terminal cancer patients prospectively. We assessed their performance status, some symptoms, and serum levels of vitamin C and OS level. The Gehan's generalized Wilcoxon test was used to examine the association between survival times and variables.

resultsSubjects' performance status was very poor and they had a high level of OS and a low level of vitamin C. No significant association of these two parameters with survival time was noted (p-value, 0.637 for high OS and 0.240 for low vitamin C). Poor performance status was independently related to high OS status after adjusting for potential confounders (adjusted OR, 4.45; p-value, 0.031).

conclusionsIn this study, OS was not associated with survival of terminally ill cancer patients and its prognostic role requires further study.

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PMID24655562
PMCPMC3994424
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