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Trial reportIntegrative cancer therapies

Moxibustion as a Therapy for Breast Cancer-Related Lymphedema in Female Adults: A Preliminary Randomized Controlled Trial.

Chunhui Wang, Ming Yang, Yingyi Fan, Xiaohua Pei

Open access · goldAbstract readRandomized Controlled Trial
In one paragraph

Trial report in Integrative cancer therapies. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 15 papers, 4 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
15citing papers in PubMed, 4 pooled it
1.6field-weighted citation impact, top 14% 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

15 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 28 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Effect of eight different acupuncture and moxibustion therapies on breast cancer-related lymphedema: a Bayesian network meta-analysis.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2025
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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

4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Chunhui Wang1 Fangshan Hospital of Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing, China.ORCID 0000-0001-6686-1696
Ming Yang2 Beijing Tongzhou Integrative Medicine Hospital, Beijing, China.
Yingyi Fan3 The 3rd Affiliated Hospital of Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing, China.
Xiaohua Pei3 The 3rd Affiliated Hospital of Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing, China.ORCID 0000-0003-3043-8874
Beijing University of Chinese Medicine · CNBeijing Royal Integrative Medicine Hospital · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

Indexed as

Breast Cancer LymphedemaBreast NeoplasmsFatigueFemaleHumansMiddle AgedMoxibustionQuality of LifeTreatment OutcomeBCRLbreast cancer–related lymphedemaeffect observationmoxibustionrandomized controlled trialtraditional Chinese medicine

Identifiers

PMID31422715
PMCPMC6700867
OpenAlexW2969296286

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