A comparison study of nonmetastatic breast cancer patients who were prescribed mega-doses of vitamins and minerals with a matched control group and a control population

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dc.contributor.authorForde, Natalie Judithen_US
dc.date.accessioned2024-08-13T22:22:54Z
dc.date.available2024-08-13T22:22:54Z
dc.date.copyright2000en_US
dc.date.issued2000
dc.degree.departmentDepartment of Mathematics and Statistics
dc.degree.levelMaster of Science M.Sc.en
dc.description.abstractThis study used the statistical methods of survival analysis to compare the life expectancy of breast cancer patients who received conventional cancer treatment along with mega-doses of vitamins and minerals, versus control patients who received conventional treatment alone. The vitamin and mineral regime was administered by Dr. Abram Hoffer, a practicing physician in Victoria, British Colombia. The Hoffer patients were compared to two different control groups. A set of matched controls was generated from the BC Cancer Agency database for the first analysis, and the entire population of nonmetastatic, nonbilateral breast cancer patients, diagnosed between the years 1989 to 1996, at the Vancouver Island BC Cancer Agency was used for the second analysis. The results of the analyses using parametric survival models indicate that women with nonmetastatic breast cancer, diagnosed between the years 1989 and 1996 who have no known bilateral cancer and received Hoffer's treatment, do not have longer survival times than those who did not receive Hoffer's treatment.
dc.format.extent154 pages
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1828/17794
dc.rightsAvailable to the World Wide Weben_US
dc.titleA comparison study of nonmetastatic breast cancer patients who were prescribed mega-doses of vitamins and minerals with a matched control group and a control populationen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US

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