ReviewCancers2022
Acupuncture for Managing Cancer-Related Fatigue in Breast Cancer Patients: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.
Review in Cancers, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 27 papers, 11 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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27 citing papers in PubMed, 11 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Pooled it
- Exercise and mind-body therapies for fatigue in breast cancer: evidence mapping from systematic reviews.BMJ supportive & palliative care · 2026Pooled it
- Acupuncture as treatment of cancer-therapy induced fatigue: a critical systematic review with a focus on the methodological assessment of blinding.Journal of cancer research and clinical oncology · 2026Pooled it
- Chemotherapy-related cognitive impairment and non-pharmacological interventions targeting the nervous system: a systematic review.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2026Pooled it
- Effectiveness of acupuncture for cancer-related fatigue: a systematic reviews and meta-analysis.Frontiers in oncology · 2026Pooled it
- Efficacy of traditional Chinese medicine external therapy on cancer-related fatigue: a systematic review and network meta-analysis.Frontiers in oncology · 2026Pooled it
- Efficacy and safety of acupuncture in the treatment of chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy in breast cancer patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in neurology · 2025Pooled it
- Expectancy Effect of Acupuncture on Cancer-Related Outcomes: A Systematic Review.Oncology nursing forum · 2024Pooled it
- Effect of cognitive-behavioral therapy on fatigue in cancer patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in psychology · 2024Pooled it
- Bibliometric and visualization analyses of cancer-related fatigue research published worldwide from 2001 to 2023.Frontiers in oncology · 2024Pooled it
- Acupuncture for tumor-related depression: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in oncology · 2023Pooled it
- Electro-acupuncture for quality of life during adjuvant chemotherapy in gastric cancer: a randomized trial.Journal of the National Cancer Institute · 2026Trial
- Acupuncture vs. sham acupuncture for cancer-related fatigue in patients with breast cancer: a double-center, randomized, single-blind pilot study.BMC complementary medicine and therapies · 2026Trial
- Effects of Mind-Regulation Acupuncture Therapy on Serum Ghrelin, Gastric Inhibitory Polypeptide, Leptin, and Insulin Levels in Breast Cancer Survivors with Cancer-Related Fatigue: A Randomized Controlled Trial.International journal of general medicine · 2023Trial
- Breaking Through Cancer Pain: From Single-Drug Management to Multimodal Analgesia.Pain research & management · 2026Review
- Exocrine pancreatic insufficiency and quality of life after oncologic gastric surgery: Evaluation from a single tertiary center.World journal of gastrointestinal surgery · 2025Article
- Acupuncture and moxibustion in integrative oncology and new progress in China.Integrative medicine research · 2025Review
- Article
- Effect of Laser Auriculotherapy on Quality of Life, Fatigue, and Anxiety in Women with Advanced Breast Cancer: Randomized Clinical Trial.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- The effect of Time-Acupoints-Space Acupuncture on fatigue in postoperative chemotherapy patients with breast cancer: a randomized controlled trial.Frontiers in oncology · 2025Article
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Abstract
Breast cancer (BC) is the most common cancer in women and is a serious threat to women's health. Cancer-related fatigue (CRF) is a distressing symptom in BC patients during and after chemotherapy or radiation therapy that severely affects quality of life (QoL). AT is widely used for fatigue management. However, the effect of AT on CRF is still uncertain. This study aimed to evaluate the efficacy and safety of AT in the management of CRF in patients with BC. Eleven databases were searched through June 2022. Two researchers independently performed the database search, study selection, data extraction, and risk of bias assessment. Study selection was performed based on predefined Participants, Intervention, Comparators, Outcomes, Study design (PICOS) criteria, and the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) guidelines were followed when reporting the results. A meta-analysis was performed according to the Cochrane systematic review method using RevMan 5.3. A total of 12 studies including a total of 1084 participants were included. The results showed that AT had a beneficial effect compared with sham AT (
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