Use of biologically based complementary medicines in patients with neuroendocrine tumors

Scandinavian Journal of Gastroenterology
Mette BorreHenning Grønbaek

Abstract

Background: Biologically based complementary medicines (BB-CMs) are popular in patients with cancer. However, there are only limited data for BB-CMs in patients with neuroendocrine tumors (NET). We aimed to identify the prevalence and type of BB-CM use and the association to the nutritional risk score (NRS-2002) in NET patients. Methods: We performed a cross-sectional questionnaire study in NET outpatients at the Department of Hepatology and Gastroenterology at Aarhus University Hospital. The nutritional risk was determined by the NRS-2002. Results: We included 186 patients (51% women, median age 66 years). Sixty-six percent were regular BB-CM users. Forty-two percent used at least two supplements. The most popular BB-CMs were vitamin and mineral supplements (47%), calcium and vitamin D (34%). One-third used non-vitamin non-mineral supplements such as fish oil, herbs, Ginger, Q-10, garlic and probiotics. The use of BB-CMs was associated with female gender (48% vs. 37%, p < .05). Intake was significantly more frequent among patients with an NRS score ≥ 3, (60% vs. 76%) and in patients with change in performance status (58% vs. 76%), (p < .05, all). Patients reporting dietary changes used BB-CMs more frequently than patients with...Continue Reading

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