Brandon Luu, Respirology Fellow at Queen’s University, shared a post on X:
“For breast cancer, alternative medicine alone was linked to a 267% higher mortality hazard. Even when combined with standard treatment, mortality hazard was still 45% higher.
Modern oncology saves lives. Please consider using it.”
Allison Fitzgerald, Hematology/Oncology Clinical Fellow at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, shared Brandon Luu’s post, adding:
“This is a very important study for clinical practice. In patients with breast cancer, adding alternative medicine to traditional cancer treatment Reduced overall survival. The study reports patients who received alternative care were less likely to complete standard care.”
Title: Use of Complementary and Alternative Medicine in the Management of Breast Cancer
Authors: Oluwaseun F. Ayoade, Giorgio Caturegli, Maureen E. Canavan, Benjamin J. Resio, Elizabeth R. Berger, Daniel J. Boffa
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Complementary and Alternative Medicine in Breast Cancer: NCDB Study Links CAM Use to Worse Survival
