TY - JOUR
AU - Tian, Li
AB - Support Care Cancer (2018) 26:415–425 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00520-017-3955-6 REVIEW ARTICLE 1 2 2 3 1 Yan Zhang & Lu Lin & Huiling Li & Yan Hu & Li Tian Received: 19 July 2017 /Accepted: 30 October 2017 /Published online: 11 November 2017 Springer-Verlag GmbH Germany, part of Springer Nature 2017 Abstract remaining study reported some manageable events, including Purpose This study was designed to critically evaluate the spot bleeding and bruising. effect of acupuncture on cancer-related fatigue (CRF). Conclusions Acupuncture is effective for CRF management Methods Seven databases (Cochrane Library, Embase, and should be recommended as a beneficial alternative thera- Medline, Web of Science, CBM, Wanfang, and CNKI) were py for CRF patients, particularly for breast cancer patients and systematically reviewed from inception to November 2016 for those currently undergoing anti-cancer treatment. randomized controlled trials (RCTs). Two reviewers critically . . and independently assessed the risk of bias using Cochrane Keywords Acupuncture Cancer-related fatigue Collaboration criteria and extracted correlated data using the Meta-analysis designed form. All analyses were performed with Review Manager 5. Results Ten RCTs, including 1327 patients (acupuncture, Introduction 733; control, 594), meeting the inclusion criteria for the meta-analysis were identified. Acupuncture had a marked ef- Among cancer patients, 
TI - Effects of acupuncture on cancer-related fatigue: a meta-analysis
JF - Supportive Care in Cancer
DO - 10.1007/s00520-017-3955-6
DA - 2017-11-11
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/springer-journals/effects-of-acupuncture-on-cancer-related-fatigue-a-meta-analysis-G67V600usV
SP - 415
EP - 425
VL - 26
IS - 2
DP - DeepDyve
ER -