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ArticleJournal of Cancer2018

Outpatient acupuncture effects on patient self-reported symptoms in oncology care: a retrospective analysis.

Gabriel Lopez, M Kay Garcia, Wenli Liu, Michael Spano, Susan Underwood, Seyedeh S Dibaj, Yisheng Li, Rocio Moguel, Janet Williams, Eduardo Bruera and 1 more

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In one paragraph

Article in Journal of Cancer, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT03996642 (Feasibility of Delivering an Avatar Life-review Intervention to Support Patients With Active Cancer), which is not on this map. Cited by 18 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
18citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
4.1field-weighted citation impact, top 7% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

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.

NCT03996642 nacompletednot on this mapstarted 2019, after this paper: background citation

Feasibility of Delivering an Avatar Life-review Intervention to Support Patients With Active Cancer

TypeinterventionalSponsorVirginia Commonwealth UniversityRan2019 to 2019Enrolled11ConditionsCancerArmsAvatar Life Review
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

18 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 31 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Pooled it
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  3. Acupuncture for cancer symptoms: Clinical application and longitudinal impact a retrospective observational real-world data study.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2026
    Observational
  4. The effect of yoga therapy consultations on symptom burden in inpatient cancer care: a retrospective observational study.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2025
    Observational
  5. Acupuncture for the treatment of the pain-fatigue-sleep disturbance-numbness/tingling symptom cluster in breast cancer survivors: a feasibility trial.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2024
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  8. Frequencies and predictors of health psychology referrals after integrative oncology consultation.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2022
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  11. Is pain part of a systemic syndrome in head and neck cancer?Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2020
    Review
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Gabriel LopezDepartment of Palliative, Rehabilitation, and Integrative Medicine, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center.
M Kay GarciaDepartment of Palliative, Rehabilitation, and Integrative Medicine, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center.
Wenli LiuDepartment of Palliative, Rehabilitation, and Integrative Medicine, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center.
Michael SpanoDepartment of Palliative, Rehabilitation, and Integrative Medicine, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center.
Susan UnderwoodDepartment of Palliative, Rehabilitation, and Integrative Medicine, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center.
Seyedeh S DibajDepartment of Biostatistics, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center.
Yisheng LiDepartment of Biostatistics, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center.
Rocio MoguelDepartment of Palliative, Rehabilitation, and Integrative Medicine, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center.
Janet WilliamsDepartment of Palliative, Rehabilitation, and Integrative Medicine, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center.
Eduardo BrueraDepartment of Palliative, Rehabilitation, and Integrative Medicine, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center.
Lorenzo CohenDepartment of Palliative, Rehabilitation, and Integrative Medicine, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center.
The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

Indexed as

AcupunctureComplementary health approachEdmonton Symptom Assessment SystemIntegrative MedicineIntegrative OncologyPatient Reported Outcomes

Identifiers

PMID30310519
PMCPMC6171034
OpenAlexW2891343135

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Registered trials

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