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A total of 120 oncological surgical patients were randomly allocated to either the intervention group (\n                    <jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic>\n                    \u2009=\u200960) or the control group (\n                    <jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic>\n                    \u2009=\u200960). Data were collected from February 2025 to September 2025 as a randomized controlled trial. While EFT (once a day, for 3\u2009days) was applied to the patients in the intervention group in addition to the clinical procedure, the control group only followed the clinical procedure without any intervention. Following EFT, participants in the intervention group showed statistically significant reductions in both cancer\u2010related anxiety and death anxiety scores (\n                    <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                    \u2009&lt;\u20090.001). 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