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SynthesisFrontiers in oncology2020

Effect of Tai Chi Chuan in Breast Cancer Patients: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

Xiao-Chao Luo, Jie Liu, Jia Fu, Hai-Yan Yin, Li Shen, Mai-Lan Liu, Lei Lan, Jian Ying, Xiu-Lan Qiao, Chun-Zhi Tang and 1 more

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In one paragraph

Synthesis in Frontiers in oncology, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 28 papers, 7 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in
28citing papers in PubMed, 7 pooled it
2.7field-weighted citation impact, top 8% 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

28 citing papers in PubMed, 7 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 54 citations in OpenAlex.

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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 6 institutions in 1 country.

Xiao-Chao LuoAcupuncture and Tuina School, Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chengdu, China.
Jie LiuSichuan Provincial People's Hospital, Chengdu, China.
Jia FuMedical & Nursing School, Chengdu University, Chengdu, China.
Hai-Yan YinAcupuncture and Tuina School, Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chengdu, China.
Li ShenAcupuncture and Tuina School, Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chengdu, China.
Mai-Lan LiuThe School of Acupuncture, Moxibustion & Tuina, Hunan University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Changsha, China.
Lei LanAcupuncture and Tuina School, Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chengdu, China.
Jian YingChongqing Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital, Chongqing, China.
Xiu-Lan QiaoChongqing Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital, Chongqing, China.
Chun-Zhi TangSchool of Acupuncture & Rehabilitation Medicine, Guangzhou University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, China.
Yong TangAcupuncture and Tuina School, Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chengdu, China.
Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine · CNFirst People's Hospital of Chongqing · CNChengdu University · CNGuangzhou University · CNHunan University of Traditional Chinese Medicine · CNSichuan Provincial Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine · 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 cancermeta-analysisphysical and psychological symptomsquality of lifeTai Chi Chuan

Identifiers

PMID32391277
PMCPMC7191057
OpenAlexW3017482635

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