Association of Ginseng Use with Survival and Quality of Life among Breast Cancer Patients

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Hi all,

 

Taken from:

http://www.chinesemedicinetimes.com/page.php?xPage=news.html#news11

 

The authors evaluated the associations of ginseng use as a complementary

therapy with survival and quality of life (QOL) in a cohort of 1,455 breast

cancer patients who were recruited to the Shanghai Breast Cancer Study

between August 1996 and March 1998 in Shanghai, China. Patients were

followed through December 2002.

 

Information on ginseng use before cancer diagnosis was collected at baseline

recruitment and was linked to survival. Survivors' ginseng use after cancer

diagnosis was obtained at the follow-up survey and was correlated to QOL at

the same time. The Kaplan-Meier method and Cox regression models were

applied to evaluate the association of ginseng use with overall and

disease-free survival. The relation of ginseng use and QOL was evaluated by

using multiple linear regression models.

 

Approximately 27% of study participants were regular ginseng users before

cancer diagnosis. Compared with patients who never used ginseng, regular

users had a significantly reduced risk of death; adjusted hazard ratios

associated with ginseng use were 0.71 (95% confidence interval: 0.52, 0.98)

for total mortality and 0.70 (95% confidence interval: 0.53, 0.93) for

disease-specific mortality/recurrence. Ginseng use after cancer diagnosis,

particularly current use, was positively associated with QOL scores, with

the strongest effect in the psychological and social well-being domains.

Additionally, QOL improved as cumulative ginseng use increased.

 

Kind regards,

 

Attilio D'Alberto

Doctor of (Beijing, China)

BSc (Hons) TCM, MATCM

Editor

Times

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enquiries

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[Guest guest]

Attillio:

 

Can I forward this email to a patient of mine or do you want me to do it another

way.

 

Thanks,

 

Anne

-------------- Original message ----------------------

" Attilio D'Alberto " <attiliodalberto

> Hi all,

>

> Taken from:

> http://www.chinesemedicinetimes.com/page.php?xPage=news.html#news11

>

> The authors evaluated the associations of ginseng use as a complementary

> therapy with survival and quality of life (QOL) in a cohort of 1,455 breast

> cancer patients who were recruited to the Shanghai Breast Cancer Study

> between August 1996 and March 1998 in Shanghai, China. Patients were

> followed through December 2002.

>

> Information on ginseng use before cancer diagnosis was collected at baseline

> recruitment and was linked to survival. Survivors' ginseng use after cancer

> diagnosis was obtained at the follow-up survey and was correlated to QOL at

> the same time. The Kaplan-Meier method and Cox regression models were

> applied to evaluate the association of ginseng use with overall and

> disease-free survival. The relation of ginseng use and QOL was evaluated by

> using multiple linear regression models.

>

> Approximately 27% of study participants were regular ginseng users before

> cancer diagnosis. Compared with patients who never used ginseng, regular

> users had a significantly reduced risk of death; adjusted hazard ratios

> associated with ginseng use were 0.71 (95% confidence interval: 0.52, 0.98)

> for total mortality and 0.70 (95% confidence interval: 0.53, 0.93) for

> disease-specific mortality/recurrence. Ginseng use after cancer diagnosis,

> particularly current use, was positively associated with QOL scores, with

> the strongest effect in the psychological and social well-being domains.

> Additionally, QOL improved as cumulative ginseng use increased.

>

> Kind regards,

>

> Attilio D'Alberto

> Doctor of (Beijing, China)

> BSc (Hons) TCM, MATCM

> Editor

> Times

> +44 (0) 1189 612512

> enquiries

> www.chinesemedicinetimes.com

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

Hi Anne,

 

Sure no problem, forward it to whoever you like.

 

Attilio

 

Chinese Medicine , anne.crowley

wrote:

>

> Attillio:

>

> Can I forward this email to a patient of mine or do you want me to

do it another way.

>

> Thanks,

>

> Anne

> -------------- Original message ----------------------

> " Attilio D'Alberto " <attiliodalberto

> > Hi all,

> >

> > Taken from:

> > http://www.chinesemedicinetimes.com/page.php?

xPage=news.html#news11

> >

> > The authors evaluated the associations of ginseng use as a

complementary

> > therapy with survival and quality of life (QOL) in a cohort of

1,455 breast

> > cancer patients who were recruited to the Shanghai Breast Cancer

Study

> > between August 1996 and March 1998 in Shanghai, China. Patients

were

> > followed through December 2002.

> >

> > Information on ginseng use before cancer diagnosis was collected

at baseline

> > recruitment and was linked to survival. Survivors' ginseng use

after cancer

> > diagnosis was obtained at the follow-up survey and was correlated

to QOL at

> > the same time. The Kaplan-Meier method and Cox regression models

were

> > applied to evaluate the association of ginseng use with overall

and

> > disease-free survival. The relation of ginseng use and QOL was

evaluated by

> > using multiple linear regression models.

> >

> > Approximately 27% of study participants were regular ginseng

users before

> > cancer diagnosis. Compared with patients who never used ginseng,

regular

> > users had a significantly reduced risk of death; adjusted hazard

ratios

> > associated with ginseng use were 0.71 (95% confidence interval:

0.52, 0.98)

> > for total mortality and 0.70 (95% confidence interval: 0.53,

0.93) for

> > disease-specific mortality/recurrence. Ginseng use after cancer

diagnosis,

> > particularly current use, was positively associated with QOL

scores, with

> > the strongest effect in the psychological and social well-being

domains.

> > Additionally, QOL improved as cumulative ginseng use increased.

> >

> > Kind regards,

> >

> > Attilio D'Alberto

> > Doctor of (Beijing, China)

> > BSc (Hons) TCM, MATCM

> > Editor

> > Times

> > +44 (0) 1189 612512

> > enquiries

> > www.chinesemedicinetimes.com

> >

> >

> >