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ArticleCancers2023

Using Acupuncture for Adjunct Treatment for Cancer-Related Fatigue in Breast Cancer Patients Is Practicable. Reply to Hu et al. 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.

Terje Alraek, Stephen Birch, Tae-Young Choi, Lin Ang, Ji Hee Jun, Weidong Lu, Myeong Soo Lee

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Article in Cancers, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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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

0 citing papers in PubMed, 0 citations in OpenAlex.

No citing paper in PubMed yet.

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

7 authors at 3 institutions in 3 countries.

Terje AlraekSchool of Health Sciences, Kristiania University College, 0107 Oslo, Norway.ORCID 0000-0001-6876-1699
Stephen BirchSchool of Health Sciences, Kristiania University College, 0107 Oslo, Norway.ORCID 0000-0001-7986-6568
Tae-Young ChoiKM Science Research Division, Korea Institute of Oriental Medicine, Daejeon 34054, Republic of Korea.ORCID 0000-0003-0638-2153
Lin AngKM Science Research Division, Korea Institute of Oriental Medicine, Daejeon 34054, Republic of Korea.ORCID 0000-0002-7273-9600
Ji Hee JunKM Science Research Division, Korea Institute of Oriental Medicine, Daejeon 34054, Republic of Korea.ORCID 0000-0001-9084-903X
Weidong LuDana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School USA, Boston, MA 02215, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-2838-6307
Myeong Soo LeeKM Science Research Division, Korea Institute of Oriental Medicine, Daejeon 34054, Republic of Korea.ORCID 0000-0001-6651-7641
Korea Institute of Oriental Medicine · KRHøyskolen Kristiania · NOHarvard University · US

Funding

Korea Institute of Oriental Medicine KSN2022210Pink Ribbon, which is a collaboration between The Norwegian Cancer Association and the Breast Cancer Society Contract no.: 207697-2019
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We are grateful for the relevant comments by Hu et al. [...].

Identifiers

PMID37190156
PMCPMC10137070
OpenAlexW4362733783

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