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ArticleIntegrative cancer therapies

Recurrence of Breast Cancer After Primary Treatment: A Matched Comparison Study of Disease-Free Survival in Women Who Do and Do Not Receive Adjunctive Naturopathic Oncology Care.

L J Standish, E Sweet, Eunjung Kim, F Dowd, Ryan McLaughlin, P Chiang, L Dale, M Gaul, M R Andersen

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Article in Integrative cancer therapies. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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9 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

L J StandishBastyr University, Kenmore, WA, USA.
E SweetBastyr University, Kenmore, WA, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-4840-6125
Eunjung KimUniversity of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA.
F DowdBastyr University, Kenmore, WA, USA.
Ryan McLaughlinBastyr University, Kenmore, WA, USA.
P ChiangBastyr University, Kenmore, WA, USA.
L DaleBastyr University, Kenmore, WA, USA.
M GaulFred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA, USA.
M R AndersenUniversity of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA.
Bastyr University · USUniversity of Washington · USFred Hutch Cancer Center · US

Funding

Breast Cancer Integrative Oncology: Prospective Matched Controlled Outcomes StudyR01AT005873 · NCCIH · BASTYR UNIVERSITY · PI ANDERSEN, MARIN R, STANDISH, LEANNA J · 2010 to 2014
$2.9M
NCCIH NIH HHS R01 AT005873
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeTo compare disease free survival experienced by women who received usual oncologic care compared to a cohort of women who received naturopathic oncology care in addition to usual care.

methodsWomen with breast cancer who received naturopathic oncology (NO) care in Western Washington State (WA) (N = 176) were recruited to a prospective study of clinical health-related quality of life outcomes and then matched to women who received usual care (UC) only (N = 334).

resultsAmong 510 women with breast cancer stages 1 to 3, a total of 50 women (10%) experienced a disease-free survival (DFS) ending event within the observation period; 23 (6.8% of those in the UC cohort, and 27 (15.3% of those in the NO cohort (

conclusionsResults show that recurrence of breast cancer was associated with more advanced malignant lymph node involvement; and that naturopathic oncology services provided in 2009-2015 did not improve disease-free survival in these high-risk breast cancer patients.

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Breast NeoplasmsNaturopathyDisease-Free SurvivalFemaleHumansProspective StudiesQuality of Lifebreast cancercancer survivalintegrative medicinematched comparisonnaturopathic oncology

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PMID34894812
PMCPMC8671681
OpenAlexW4200532362

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