Results
Pain, pain
SOLID TUMORS
A total of 298 participants were enrolled (mean [SD] age, 58.7 [14.1] years, 200 [67.1%] were women, 33 [11.1%] Black, 220 [74.1%] White, 46 [15.4%] Hispanic, and 78.5% with solid tumors). The mean (SD) baseline worst pain score was 6.9 (1.5). During 26 weeks, acupuncture reduced the worst pain score, with a mean change of −2.53 (95% CI, −2.92 to −2.15) points, and massage reduced the Brief Pain Inventory worst pain score, with a mean change of −3.01 (95% CI, −3.38 to −2.63) points; the between-group difference was not significant (−0.48; 95% CI, −0.98 to 0.03; 