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ArticleCancers2022

Is Acupuncture an Ideal Adjunctive Treatment for Cancer-Related Fatigue? Comment on Choi et al. Acupuncture for Managing Cancer-Related Fatigue in Breast Cancer Patients: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

Xiaoqian Hu, Beibei Feng, Jindong Xie, Xinpei Deng, Yutian Zou

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Article in Cancers, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
5citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
1.9field-weighted citation impact, top 13% 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

5 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 7 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

5 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Xiaoqian HuSchool of Biomedical Sciences, The University of Hong Kong, 21 Sassoon Road, Hong Kong SAR, China.
Beibei FengDepartment of Rehabilitation Medicine, The Sixth Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510655, China.ORCID 0000-0001-8266-6313
Jindong XieState Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China, Department of Breast Oncology, Collaborative Innovation Center for Cancer Medicine, Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center, 651 Dongfeng East Road, Guangzhou 510060, China.ORCID 0000-0002-2482-7358
Xinpei DengState Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China, Department of Breast Oncology, Collaborative Innovation Center for Cancer Medicine, Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center, 651 Dongfeng East Road, Guangzhou 510060, China.
Yutian ZouState Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China, Department of Breast Oncology, Collaborative Innovation Center for Cancer Medicine, Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center, 651 Dongfeng East Road, Guangzhou 510060, China.ORCID 0000-0002-5205-9923
Sun Yat-sen University · CNUniversity of Hong Kong · HK

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We read with great interest the results of the systematic review and meta-analysis conducted by Choi et al. showing the beneficial effects of acupuncture (AT) on cancer-related fatigue (CRF) in patients with breast cancer that was published in your esteemed journal (Volume 14, Issue 18) and congratulate the authors [...].

Identifiers

PMID36612219
PMCPMC9818848
OpenAlexW4313361208

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