Curative effect of acupuncture combined with Chinese medicine on cancer pain: Systematic review and meta-analysis
Guocheng Xue, Siqi Zhang, Afeng Miao, Yubo Teng, Hao Ming, Miao Zhang · 2026
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Guocheng Xue and co-authors pool trial evidence in a 2026 review of acupuncture plus Chinese medicine for cancer pain. Cancer and its treatment often bring severe pain, and drug care alone can fall short. Past trials of needle therapy combined with herbal medicine have grown in number, so the team weighed them together.
Eight databases, half in English and half in Chinese, were searched through fall 2024. Ten trials with eight hundred eighty-four patients qualified. Most trials found the combined care cut pain more than the care it was compared with, such as needles alone or standard pain drugs. A pooled score across six trials backed good pain relief with low variation between studies. Bias checks were run with standard tools.
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| CREATOR | Guocheng Xue, Siqi Zhang, Afeng Miao, Yubo Teng, Hao Ming, Miao Zhang |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 26 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |