Evidence map›Paper›PMID 31127466›Full record

SynthesisBreast cancer research and treatment2019

Yoga has a solid effect on cancer-related fatigue in patients with breast cancer: a meta-analysis.

Bei Dong, Congyan Xie, Xiuchen Jing, Lu Lin, Li Tian

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In one paragraph

Synthesis in Breast cancer research and treatment, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 43 papers, 14 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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43citing papers in PubMed, 14 pooled it
8.0field-weighted citation impact, top 2% 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.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

43 citing papers in PubMed, 14 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 92 citations in OpenAlex.

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  4. Yoga for fatigue in people with cancer.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2025
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  7. Effect of yoga as a complementary therapy in prostate cancer survivors: a systematic review.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2024
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  12. Mind-body practices for cancer-related symptoms management: an overview of systematic reviews including one hundred twenty-nine meta-analyses.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2022
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  13. Interventions for multidimensional aspects of breast cancer-related fatigue: a meta-analytic review.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2021
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  17. Yoga therapy to reduce fatigue in cancer: effects of reminder e-mails and long-term efficacy.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2021
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  20. Fatigue relief is possible.Frontiers in integrative neuroscience · 2026
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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

5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Bei Dong *The First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University/School of Nursing, Soochow University, No. 188 Shizi Road, Suzhou, 215006, People's Republic of China.
Congyan Xie *The First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University/School of Nursing, Soochow University, No. 188 Shizi Road, Suzhou, 215006, People's Republic of China.
Xiuchen JingThe First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University/School of Nursing, Soochow University, No. 188 Shizi Road, Suzhou, 215006, People's Republic of China.
Lu LinThe First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University/School of Nursing, Soochow University, No. 188 Shizi Road, Suzhou, 215006, People's Republic of China. linlu@suda.edu.cn.
Li TianThe First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University/School of Nursing, Soochow University, No. 188 Shizi Road, Suzhou, 215006, People's Republic of China. tianlisz@suda.edu.cn.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6243-6331
Soochow University · CN

Funding

Humanity and Social Science Youth Foundation of Ministry of Education of China 18YJCZH164
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeThis study was designed to critically evaluate the effect of yoga on cancer-related fatigue in patients with breast cancer.

methodsEight databases (Cochrane Library, PubMed, Ovid-Medline, Web of Science, CBM, Wanfang, VIP, and CNKI) were systematically reviewed from inception to January 2019 for randomized controlled trials (RCTs). Two reviewers critically and independently assessed the risk of bias using Cochrane Collaboration criteria and extracted correlated data using the designed form. All analyses were performed with Review Manager 5.3.

resultsA total of 17 qualified studies that included 2183 patients (yoga: 1112, control: 1071) were included in the meta-analysis. Yoga had a large effect on fatigue in post-treatment breast cancer patients and had a small effect on intra-treatment patients. The meta-analysis also indicated that supervised yoga class had a significant effect on CRF; the six-week program had a moderate beneficial effect while the 60/90 min/session supervised yoga class and the eight-week program demonstrated a large effect on fatigue in patients with breast cancer. Yoga could markedly mitigate the physical fatigue in breast cancer patients, had a medium impact on cognitive fatigue, and manifested a small effect on mental fatigue. Eight studies reported the adverse events, whereas ten studies did not.

conclusionsYoga can be considered as an alternative therapy for relieving fatigue in breast cancer patients who have completed treatment or are undergoing anti-cancer treatment.

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YogaBreast NeoplasmsClinical Trials as TopicFatigueFemaleHumansPatient CompliancePublication BiasTime FactorsTreatment OutcomeBreast cancerFatigueMeta-analysisYoga

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PMID31127466
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