Acupoint Injection for Alleviating Side Effects of Chemotherapy in People with Cancer: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Acupoint Injection for Alleviating Side Effects of Chemotherapy in People with Cancer: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Objective. This study aimed to investigate the efficacy of acupoint injection for alleviating side effects of chemotherapy in people with cancer. Methods. PubMed, EMBASE, Cochrane library databases, CNKI, VIP, WanFang Date, and CBM were searched for randomized controlled trials (RCTs) from inception...

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Veröffentlicht in:Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine 2021, Vol.2021, p.9974315-8
Hauptverfasser: Yang, Yulan, Su, Hairong, Wen, Jian, Hong, Jianyun
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Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Acupuncture
Alternative medicine
Bias
Bone marrow
Cancer
Cancer therapies
Chemotherapy
Granulocytes
Injection
Lung cancer
Meta-analysis
Nausea
Quality of life
Review
Side effects
Software
Statistical analysis
Systematic review
Thrombocytopenia
Vomiting
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Zusammenfassung:Objective. This study aimed to investigate the efficacy of acupoint injection for alleviating side effects of chemotherapy in people with cancer. Methods. PubMed, EMBASE, Cochrane library databases, CNKI, VIP, WanFang Date, and CBM were searched for randomized controlled trials (RCTs) from inception through December 28, 2020. This meta-analysis was performed using Review Manager 5.3. Results. A total of 8 RCTs including 557 participants were eligible and included in the meta-analysis. The selected RCTs studied acupoint injection for alleviating side effects of chemotherapy in people with cancer. Statistically significant improvements were observed for the incidence of nausea and vomiting (RR = 0.39; 95% CI 0.26, 0.58; P 
ISSN:1741-427X
1741-4288
DOI:10.1155/2021/9974315