Voedingsadvies El MondoResearch Question:
Total vitamin C intake reduces and breast cancer-related mortality?
Study Design:
This overview article contained 10 studies (vitamin C supplements (n = 6) and vitamin C through feeding (n = 7)) with 17696 patients with breast cancer and kill, which have gone to 2791 1558 breast cancer death.
Results and conclusions:
The researchers found that the use of vitamin C supplements after the diagnosis of breast cancer, the risk of total mortality significantly with 19% [95% CI = 0.72-0.91] reduced.
The researchers found that the use of vitamin C supplements after the diagnosis of breast cancer, the risk of breast cancer-related mortality significantly with 15% [95% CI = 0.74-0.99] reduced.
The researchers found that each increase of 100 mg vitamin C through feeding, the risk of total mortality significantly with 27% [95% CI = 0.59-0.89] reduced.
The researchers found that each increase of 100 mg vitamin C through feeding, the risk of breast cancer-related mortality significantly with 22% [95% CI = 0.64-0.94] reduced.
The researchers concluded that vitamin C reduced breast cancer-related mortality total as well.
Original title:
Vitamin C and survival among women with breast cancer: A Meta-analysis by Harris HR, Orsini N and Cloud A.
Link:
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24613622
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