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ArticleIntegrative cancer therapies

Response to "Statistical Concerns About Acupressure on Pain in Cancer Patients With Bone Metastasis Trial".

Sibel Serçe, Özlem Ovayolu, Lütfiye Pirbudak, Nimet Ovayolu

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Article in Integrative cancer therapies. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Sibel Serçe1 Gaziantep University Hospital, Gaziantep, Turkey.
Özlem Ovayolu2 Gaziantep University, Gaziantep, Turkey.
Lütfiye Pirbudak2 Gaziantep University, Gaziantep, Turkey.
Nimet Ovayolu2 Gaziantep University, Gaziantep, Turkey.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

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AcupressureBone NeoplasmsCancer PainHumansPain

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PMID30879342
PMCPMC6423669

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