ArticleBreast cancer research and treatment2025
Body-mind exercise for cancer-related cognitive impairment in breast cancer patients: a network meta-analysis.
Article in Breast cancer research and treatment, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.
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.
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.
Who cites it
1 citing paper in PubMed.
- Efficacy of walking or exercise for improving perceived cognitive function in adults during and after cancer therapy: a systematic review and network analysis.Journal of cancer survivorship : research and practice · 2026Review
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
5 authors.
Funding
Abstract
purposeCancer-related cognitive impairment (CRCI) is one of the most common adverse effects in breast cancer patients, which seriously affects their quality of life. Existing studies have shown that mind-body exercise (MBE) can improve CRCI in breast cancer patients, but the differences in efficacy between various MBEs have not been clarified. This review aimed to evaluate the efficacy of different types of MBEs on CRCI in breast cancer patients through network meta-analysis, and identify the optimal MBE intervention.
methodsEight databases were searched from their construction up to September 24, 2024. Randomized controlled trials and quasi-randomized controlled trials concerning the effects of MBEs on CRCI in breast cancer patients were included. The Cochrane Risk of Bias Tool 2.0 (RoB 2.0) and the Cochrane-recommended Risk Of Bias In Non-randomized Studies-of Interventions (ROBINS-I) tool were used to assess the quality of the included studies. Network meta-analysis was performed using Stata 18 software.
resultsA total of 20 studies were included, involving 1,353 patients and covering four types of MBEs: yoga, Tai Chi/Qigong, Baduanjin, and dance. The network meta-analysis results showed that Baduanjin, compared with usual care, can alleviate cognitive impairment in breast cancer patients (P < 0.05). Among the four included MBEs, the comparison between Baduanjin and yoga showed statistically significant differences (P < 0.05). The surface under the cumulative ranking curve value indicated that the best MBE for cognitive impairment in breast cancer patients is Baduanjin, followed by yoga and Tai Chi/Qigong.
conclusionBaduanjin is the most effective in improving cognitive impairment in breast cancer patients, while yoga, Tai Chi/Qigong, and dance show no significant improvement effects. More large-sample, rigorously designed interventional studies are still needed to further verify the impact of different MBEs on cognitive impairment in breast cancer patients.
Indexed as
Identifiers
40676329What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.