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SynthesisInternational journal of clinical oncology2014

Massage interventions and treatment-related side effects of breast cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Yuan Q Pan, Ke H Yang, Yu L Wang, Lai P Zhang, Hai Q Liang

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Synthesis in International journal of clinical oncology, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT05067777 (Massage for Prostate Cancer-Related Fatigue), which is not on this map. Cited by 33 papers, 8 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

NCT05067777 phase2terminatednot on this mapstarted 2022, after this paper: background citation

Massage for Prostate Cancer-Related Fatigue (mPROSTATE)

TypeinterventionalSponsorUniversity of UtahRan2022 to 2025Enrolled28ConditionsProstate CarcinomaArmsSwedish Massage Therapy (SMT), Light Touch (LT) Control, Waitlist Control (WLC)
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

33 citing papers in PubMed, 8 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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  2. Massage therapy significantly improves cancer-related fatigue in cancer patients: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2023
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  12. The living centre: an innovative open-access model of breast cancer survivorship care.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2024
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Yuan Q PanDepartment of Medical Psychology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, China.
Ke H Yang
Yu L Wang
Lai P Zhang
Hai Q Liang

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundMassage as a complementary and alternative therapy has been associated with enhancing health and coping with treatment-related side effects in patients with breast cancer worldwide. This systematic review examined whether massage interventions provide any measurable benefit in breast cancer-related symptoms.

methodsRandomized controlled trials (RCTs) were searched for in PubMed, EMBASE.com and the Cochrane Library through June 2013. We evaluated the quality of the studies included by the Cochrane Handbook 5.2 standards and analyzed the data using the Cochrane Collaboration's RevMan 5.2 software.

resultsEighteen RCTs with a total of 950 participants were included. Compared with the control group, our meta-analysis showed that patients receiving regular use of massage had significantly greater reductions in anger and fatigue symptoms. However, there were no significant differences in depression, anxiety, pain, upper limb lymphedema, cortisol and health-related quality of life.

conclusionsThe current evidence demonstrates that there was mild evidence that massage may be a useful intervention in alleviating negative emotions and fatigue in patients with breast cancer. More trials with longer follow-up are needed to determine the exact long-term efficacy of this class of complementary and alternative medicine on breast cancer-related symptoms and quality of life.

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MassageAnxietyBreast NeoplasmsFemaleHumansQuality of LifeRandomized Controlled Trials as Topic

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PMID24275985

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