Greater risk of death with alternative-only Tx

ksusan

I'm posting this study here where people can consider it as they make treatment decisions. It concerns alternative-only treatments, not switching to alternative treatment after conventional treatment, and not complementary treatment (CAM--conventional plus alternative treatment).

Take-home point:

"Patients who initially chose AM for treatment of curable cancer in lieu of CCT were rare and had statistically significantly worse survival. After controlling for sociodemographic and clinical factors, the magnitude of difference was largest for breast cancer because women who used AM as initial treatment without CCT had more than a fivefold increased risk of death."

Video:

http://www.cancernetwork.com/astro/greater-risk-de...

Study:

https://academic.oup.com/jnci/article/doi/10.1093/...

Use of Alternative Medicine for Cancer and Its Impact on Survival

Skyler B. Johnson Henry S. Park Cary P. Gross James B. Yu JNCI: Journal of the National Cancer Institute, Volume 110, Issue 1, 1 January 2018, djx145, https://doi.org/10.1093/jnci/djx145 Published:10 August 2017