Influence of pre-operative oral carbohydrate loading vs. standard fasting on tumor proliferation and clinical outcome in breast cancer patients ─ a randomized trial.

BMC Cancer · 2019 · PMC6842165 · PMID 31703648

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borderline significancep = 0.068so close (0.05 < p ≤ 0.1)

In general, the small number of patients and endpoints hampered a robust multivariable analysis. Overall survival The univariate analysis of OS in ER+ patients showed only a borderline significance of OS for the carbohydrate group (81%) compared to the fasting group (99%; p = 0.068; HR = 6.02; 95% CI 0.672–53.8; Fig. 5 a).

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