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SynthesisIntegrative cancer therapies

Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Acupuncture for Modulation of Immune and Inflammatory Markers in Cancer Patients.

Wenli Liu, Baisong Zhong, Richard W Wagner, M Kay Garcia, Jennifer L McQuade, Wen Huang, Yisheng Li, Graciela M Nogueras Gonzalez, Michael R Spano, Alessandro Cohen and 2 more

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Synthesis in Integrative cancer therapies. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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9citing papers 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

9 citing papers in PubMed.

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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

12 authors.

Wenli LiuThe University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA.
Baisong ZhongAmerican College of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine, Houston, TX, USA.
Richard W WagnerThe University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-5957-1743
M Kay GarciaThe University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA.
Jennifer L McQuadeThe University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA.
Wen HuangAmerican College of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine, Houston, TX, USA.
Yisheng LiThe University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA.
Graciela M Nogueras GonzalezThe University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA.
Michael R SpanoThe University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA.
Alessandro CohenThe University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA.
Yimin GengThe University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA.
Lorenzo CohenThe University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA.

Funding

Placebo Controlled Trial Of Acupuncture To Prevent Radiation-Induced XerostomiaR01CA148707 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF TX MD ANDERSON CAN CTR · PI COHEN, LORENZO · 2011 to 2014
$2.7M
Community-Based, Phase III Trial of acupuncture to treat chronic XerostomiaR01CA160880 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF TX MD ANDERSON CAN CTR · PI COHEN, LORENZO · 2012 to 2017
$1.8M
NCI NIH HHS R01 CA148707NCI NIH HHS R01 CA160880
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

Indexed as

Acupuncture TherapyInflammationNeoplasmsBiomarkersCytokinesHumansKiller Cells, NaturalRandomized Controlled Trials as TopicBiomarkersCytokinesacupuncturecancerimmunityinflammationintegrative medicinemeta-analysissystematic reviewtraditional Chinese medicine

Identifiers

PMID39663880
PMCPMC11635873

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