ArticleCancers2021
Efficacy and Safety of Auricular Acupuncture for the Treatment of Insomnia in Breast Cancer Survivors: A Randomized Controlled Trial.
Article in Cancers, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 28 papers, 12 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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28 citing papers in PubMed, 12 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Acupuncture as treatment of cancer-therapy induced fatigue: a critical systematic review with a focus on the methodological assessment of blinding.Journal of cancer research and clinical oncology · 2026Pooled it
- Interventions for managing clinically relevant sleep disturbances or insomnia in cancer patients and survivors: an up-to-date systematic review and meta-analysis of self-reported sleep disturbance.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Pooled it
- Effectiveness of acupuncture for cancer-related fatigue: a systematic reviews and meta-analysis.Frontiers in oncology · 2026Pooled it
- Meta-Analysis of the Clinical Efficacy of Auricular Acupressure on Patients with Depression.Alpha psychiatry · 2025Pooled it
- Effects of acupuncture on improving sleep quality and the risk of emotional maladjustment of breast cancer patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in oncology · 2025Pooled it
- Efficacy of acupuncture therapy on cancer-related insomnia: a systematic review and network meta-analysis.Frontiers in neurology · 2024Pooled it
- Current perspectives and trends in acupuncture for sleep disorders: a bibliometric analysis.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2024Pooled it
- Efficacy of non-pharmacological interventions on sleep quality in patients with cancer-related insomnia: a network meta-analysis.Frontiers in neurology · 2024Pooled it
- Acupuncture therapies for cancer-related fatigue: A Bayesian network meta-analysis and systematic review.Frontiers in oncology · 2023Pooled it
- Association of Acupuncture and Auricular Acupressure With the Improvement of Sleep Disturbances in Cancer Survivors: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Frontiers in oncology · 2022Pooled it
- The clinical efficacy and safety of acupuncture intervention on cancer-related insomnia: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in neuroscience · 2022Pooled it
- Chinese Medicines Treatment for Sleep Disturbance in Breast Cancer Survivors: A Network Meta-Analysis.Integrative cancer therapiesPooled it
- Trial
- Acupuncture for chemotherapy-associated insomnia in breast cancer patients: an assessor-participant blinded, randomized, sham-controlled trial.Breast cancer research : BCR · 2023Trial
- Frequency-Dependent Effects of Transauricular Vagus Nerve Stimulation on Alleviating Visceral Hypersensitivity: Involvement of the Nesfatin-1/CRF/CRF1R Pathway.Neurogastroenterology and motility · 2026Article
- Application of auriculotherapy in cancer-related fatigue symptom cluster: a scoping review.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2026Article
- Auricular acupuncture for insomnia in female patients with non-metastatic breast cancer: study protocol for a multicenter, randomized, controlled clinical trial.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2026Article
- Acupuncture versus cognitive behavioral therapy for anxiety among cancer survivors with insomnia: An exploratory analysis of a randomized clinical trial.Integrative medicine research · 2025Article
- Acupuncture for cancer-related insomnia: An evidence mapping.Integrative medicine research · 2025Review
- Traditional Chinese medicine in the treatment of breast Cancer.Molecular cancer · 2025Review
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Abstract
Among women, breast cancer is the most commonly diagnosed cancer worldwide. Sleep problems impair 40-70% of breast cancer survivors. This randomized controlled trial evaluates the effect of auricular acupuncture on sleep quality in breast cancer survivors suffering from insomnia. Fifty-two female breast cancer survivors with insomnia (mean age 55.73 ± 8.10 years) were randomized either to 10 treatments of auricular acupuncture within five weeks (
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