Biedka, Sarah https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9111-4307
Lape, Miranda https://orcid.org/0009-0009-1699-4111
Irias, Camila Casaw https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8388-6377
Popkin, Karen https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0681-2187
Mcnally, Sean https://orcid.org/0009-0001-8389-1392
Ricciarelli, Alessandro
Bryl, Karolina L. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1804-367X
Mao, Jun J. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9229-0380
Liou, Kevin https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2438-9749
Bradt, Joke https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7313-9829
Article History
Received: 8 April 2026
Accepted: 23 June 2026
First Online: 7 July 2026
Declarations
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: This study was performed in line with the principles of the Declaration of Helsinki. Approval was granted by the Ethics Committee of the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center Institutional Review Board (IRB: 21–516).
: All participants included in the study provided informed consent.
: All participants provided informed consent regarding the publication of their data.
: Jun J. Mao reports receiving grants from Tibet CheeZheng Tibetan Medicine Co Ltd and Zhongke Health International LLC to Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center outside the submitted work and serving in an unpaid leadership or fiduciary role as co-president of the Society for Acupuncture Research. Dr. Mao is a co-founder of Greatly Health. All other authors have no relevant financial or non-financial interests to disclose.
: All statements in this report, including its findings and conclusions, are solely those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the views of the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI), its Board of Governors, or Methodology Committee.