Complementary Medicine, Refusal of Conventional Cancer Therapy, and Survival Among Patients With Curable Cancers.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

There is limited information on the association among complementary medicine (CM), adherence to conventional cancer treatment (CCT), and overall survival of patients with cancer who receive CM compared with those who do not receive CM.

Objectives

To compare overall survival between patients with cancer receiving CCT with or without CM and to compare adherence to treatment and characteristics of patients receiving CCT with or without CM.

Design, setting, and participants

This retrospective observational study used data from the National Cancer Database on 1 901 815 patients from 1500 Commission on Cancer-accredited centers across the United States who were diagnosed with nonmetastatic breast, prostate, lung, or colorectal cancer between January 1, 2004, and

SUBMITTER: Johnson SB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6233773 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature