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ReviewEvidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM2020

The Effects of Auricular Therapy for Cancer Pain: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

Yulan Yang, Jian Wen, Jianyun Hong

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Review in Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 25 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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25citing papers in PubMed, 3 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

25 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 51 citations in OpenAlex.

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  15. [Deep learning approach for automatic segmentation of auricular acupoint divisions].Sheng wu yi xue gong cheng xue za zhi = Journal of biomedical engineering = Shengwu yixue gongchengxue zazhi · 2024
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  16. Acupuncture in cancer care: a narrative review.Revista da Associacao Medica Brasileira (1992) · 2024
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Yulan YangDepartment of Acupuncture, Maoming People's Hospital, Maoming, Guangdong, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8412-6425
Jian WenDepartment of Oncology, Maoming People's Hospital, Maoming, Guangdong, China.
Jianyun HongDepartment of Acupuncture, Maoming People's Hospital, Maoming, Guangdong, China.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveThis study aims to systematically assess the efficacy and safety of auricular therapy for cancer pain.

methodsA systematic search was conducted using PubMed, EMBASE, Cochrane library databases, CNKI, VIP, WanFang Data, and CBM for randomized controlled trials (RCTs). Review Manager 5.3 was used for meta-analysis.

resultsOf the 275 screened studies, nine RCTs involving 783 patients with cancer pain were systematically reviewed. Compared with drug therapy, auricular therapy plus drug therapy has significant advantages both in the effective rate for pain relief (RR = 1.40; 95% CI 1.22, 1.60;

conclusionOur meta-analysis indicated that auricular therapy is effective and safe for the treatment of cancer pain, and auricular therapy plus drug therapy is more effective than drug therapy alone, whether in terms of pain relief or adverse reactions. However, the included RCTs had some methodological limitations; future large, rigor, and high-quality RCTs are still needed to confirm the benefits of auricular therapy on cancer pain.

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PMID32565846
PMCPMC7267873
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