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ArticleJournal of pain research2026

Methodological Concerns Regarding the Partially Randomized Design and Statistical Inference in Preoperative TEAS for Breast Cancer Patients: A Letter to the Editor [Response to Letter].

Can Ma, Hong Xiong, Wenchao Fu, Shihua Lv, Lijuan Zhang, Dengming Zhao, Cong Hu, Xiuli Wang, Wenzhi Li

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Article in Journal of pain research, 2026. 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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Can MaThe Key Laboratory of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Research of Heilongjiang Province, Harbin, Heilongjiang, People's Republic of China.
Hong XiongThe Third People's Hospital of Chengdu, Chengdu, Sichuan, People's Republic of China.
Wenchao FuThe Key Laboratory of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Research of Heilongjiang Province, Harbin, Heilongjiang, People's Republic of China.
Shihua LvThe Key Laboratory of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Research of Heilongjiang Province, Harbin, Heilongjiang, People's Republic of China.
Lijuan ZhangThe Key Laboratory of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Research of Heilongjiang Province, Harbin, Heilongjiang, People's Republic of China.
Dengming ZhaoThe Key Laboratory of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Research of Heilongjiang Province, Harbin, Heilongjiang, People's Republic of China.
Cong HuThe Key Laboratory of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Research of Heilongjiang Province, Harbin, Heilongjiang, People's Republic of China.
Xiuli WangDepartment of Anesthesiology, The Third Hospital of Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang, Hebei, People's Republic of China.
Wenzhi LiThe Key Laboratory of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Research of Heilongjiang Province, Harbin, Heilongjiang, People's Republic of China.

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