Dietary Supplement Use During Chemotherapy And Survival Outcomes

Because of concerns that antioxidants could reduce the cytotoxicity of chemotherapy a prospective study was carried out to evaluate associations between supplement use and breast cancer outcomes.

Dietary supplement use during chemotherapy and survival outcomes. Associations between survival outcomes and use of antioxidant and other dietary supplements both before and during chemotherapy are consistent with recommendations for caution among patients when considering the use of supplements other than a multivitamin during chemotherapy. People with cancer often turn to vitamins and supplements to reduce the side effects of cancer treatment. Here s what a breast cancer survivor and an.

Determinants of plasma coenzyme q10 in. Ambrosone cb zirpoli gr hutson ad et al. A new study concluded that the use of nutritional supplements was correlated with a reduced chance of survival and a higher chance of relapse.

Patients with breast cancer randomly assigned to an. The use of supplements during chemotherapy is controversial partly due to the potential effect of antioxidants on reduced efficacy of chemotherapy related cytotoxicity. Only a few.

Dietary supplement use is a popular lifestyle behavior among cancer survivors with recent studies indicating that use after diagnosis exceeds 50 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9. Pubmed abstract kaikkonen j nyyssönen k tuomainen tp et al. Nutritional issues and needs during the phases of cancer survival however not specifically.

J clin oncol 38 8. While this was a small trial with low levels of supplement use we have the benefit of a concurrent cancer treatment trial that ensured that all patients received standardized chemotherapy regimens. We examined supplement use among breast cancer patients registered to a clinical trial swog 0221 before diagnosis and during treatment.

Read the abstract of dietary supplement use during chemotherapy and survival outcomes of patients with breast cancer enrolled in a cooperative group clinical trial swog s0221 dietary supplements. There is a strong suggestion that some dietary supplements may have a negative impact on disease free survival and overall survival. Vitamins minerals botanicals amino acids and herbs are all considered dietary supplements by the u s.