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Alternative Therapies for Cancer Patients Reduce Survival Rates

posted by martyb on Sunday July 22 2018, @10:16AM   
from the best-to-use-what-works dept.

takyon writes:

Alternative cancer therapies linked to reduced survival

Cancer patients who use alternative therapies may be more likely to shun conventional treatments and risk their chances of survival, research suggests.

A study of 1,290 patients in the US found people who received such therapies often refused life-saving care such as chemotherapy or surgery.

Fewer of them survived five years after starting treatment compared to those on standard care, researchers found.

Experts urged patients not to ditch proven cancer medicines.

Tell that to Steve Jobs.

Complementary Medicine, Refusal of Conventional Cancer Therapy, and Survival Among Patients With Curable Cancers (open, DOI: 10.1001/jamaoncol.2018.2487) (DX)

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• Re:How would you try to convince a loved one?Re:How would you try to convince a loved one? (Score: 2) by Grishnakh on Monday July 23 2018, @03:41AM (3 children)

  by Grishnakh (2831) on Monday July 23 2018, @03:41AM (#711048)

  There's nothing you can do. This stuff is a religion. My ex-wife believes in this stuff too; it's one of the reasons we divorced. There's just no point in talking about alternative vs. conventional medicine with these people; you can't change their mind, just like you can't change the mind of a devout religious person about their religion of choice.

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• Re:How would you try to convince a loved one?(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday July 23 2018, @04:47AM

  by Anonymous Coward on Monday July 23 2018, @04:47AM (#711059)

  http://amishamerica.com/do-amish-visit-doctors/ [amishamerica.com]

  https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11503162 [nih.gov]

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• Re:How would you try to convince a loved one?Re:How would you try to convince a loved one? (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday July 23 2018, @05:06AM (1 child)

  by Anonymous Coward on Monday July 23 2018, @05:06AM (#711064)

  More: http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0051560 [plos.org]
  https://www.bmj.com/content/353/bmj.i2139 [bmj.com]

  Amazing how they never suspect its some aspect of their "healthcare" thats reducing lifespan. I wonder if bloodletters were just as smug.

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  • Re:How would you try to convince a loved one?(Score: 3, Insightful) by All Your Lawn Are Belong To Us on Monday July 23 2018, @05:45PM

    by All Your Lawn Are Belong To Us (6553) on Monday July 23 2018, @05:45PM (#711341) Journal

    I wonder if bloodletters had journals detailing their mortality rates? Well, no I don't.

    What you're actually seeing in those articles you cited is medical science and healthcare, in case you'd missed that.

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