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SynthesisIntegrative cancer therapies

The Efficacy of Acupuncture in Chemotherapy-Induced Peripheral Neuropathy: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

Tsai-Ju Chien, Chia-Yu Liu, Ching-Ju Fang, Chun-Yu Kuo

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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 36 papers, 7 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
36citing papers in PubMed, 7 pooled it
2.6field-weighted citation impact, top 8% 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

36 citing papers in PubMed, 7 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 84 citations in OpenAlex.

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  7. The effects of exercise on chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy symptoms in cancer patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2021
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  14. Chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy in breast cancer: a narrative review.Translational breast cancer research : a journal focusing on translational research in breast cancer · 2026
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  16. Chronic Pain in the Cancer Survivor.Current pain and headache reports · 2025
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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

4 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Tsai-Ju ChienTaipei City Hospital, Taipei.ORCID 0000-0001-9646-5272
Chia-Yu LiuNational Yang-Ming University, Taipei.
Ching-Ju FangNational Cheng Kung University, Tainan.ORCID 0000-0002-7892-8840
Chun-Yu KuoNational Yang-Ming University, Taipei.
National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University · TWNational Cheng Kung University Hospital · TW

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

Indexed as

Acupuncture TherapyAntineoplastic AgentsChinaClinical Trials as TopicHumansPeripheral Nervous System DiseasesRandomized Controlled Trials as TopicSurveys and QuestionnairesAntineoplastic Agentsacupuncturecancerchemotherapyneuropathysystematic review

Identifiers

PMID31833790
PMCPMC7242803
OpenAlexW2995845719

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