This article has been accepted for publication and undergone full peer review but has not been through the copyediting, typesetting, pagination and proofreading process which may lead to differences between this version and the Version of Record. Please cite this article as doi: 10.1002/pon.4470 This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved. 02.06.17 Kind of blue - a systematic review and meta-analysis of music interventions in cancer treatment by Margrethe Langer Bro 1,2 Kira Vibe Jespersen 3 Julie Bolvig Hansen 4,5 Peter Vuust 3 Niels Abildgaard 6 Jeppe Gram 7 Christoffer Johansen 8,9 Abstract: word count = 250 Full text: word count = 3324 1 The Danish National Academy of Music, Odense, Denmark 2 Institute of Regional Health Science, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark. 3 Center for Music in the Brain, Institute of Clinical Medicine, Aarhus University/The Royal Academy of Music, Aarhus/Aalborg, Denmark 4 Departments of Sports Science and Clinical Biomechanics, The University of Southern Denmark (SDU) 5 Musculoskeletal Statistics Unit, The Parker Institute, Bispebjerg and Frederiksberg Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark 6 Department of Haematology, Odense University Hospital, Denmark 7 Department of Endocrinology, Hospital of Southwest Denmark 8 Oncology Clinic, Rigshospitalet, University of Copenhagen, Denmark 9 Unit of Survivorship, Danish Cancer Society Research Center, Copenhagen, Denmark Corresponding author: Margrethe Langer Bro. University of Southern Denmark, J. B. Winsløws Vej 19, 5000 Odense, Denmark. E-mail: mlbro@health.sdu.dk . Tel +45 2231 0140