Table 1

Search strategy used in PubMed

NumberSearch terms
#1(Neoplasms[mesh]) OR (Neoplas*[ti/ab]) OR (Tumor*[ti/ab]) OR (Tumour*[ti/ab]) OR (cancer*[ti/ab]) OR (Malignanc*[ti/ab]) OR (Malignant*[ti/ab])
#2(Leukemia[mesh]) OR (Leukemias[ti/ab]) OR (Leucocythaemia[ti/ab]) OR (Leucocythemia[ti/ab])
#3(Lymphoma[mesh]) OR (Lymphoma*[ti/ab]) OR (Germinoblast*[ti/ab]) OR (Reticulolymphosarcoma*[ti/ab])
#4(Radiotherapy[mesh]) OR (Radiotherap*[ti/ab]) OR ((Therap*[ti/ab]) OR (Treatment*[ti/ab]) AND (Radiation*[ti/ab]))
#5(Antineoplastic Agents[mesh]) OR (Antineoplastic*[ti/ab]) OR (((Anticancer[ti/ab]) OR (Antitumor[ti/ab]) OR (Cancer[ti/ab])) AND ((Agent*[ti/ab]) OR (Drug*[ti/ab])))
#6(Bone Marrow Transplantation[mesh]) OR ((Bone Marrow[ti/ab]) AND ((Grafting[ti/ab]) OR (Transplantation[ti/ab])))
#7(Stomatitis[mesh]) OR (Stomatitides[ti/ab]) OR (Oral Mucositis[ti/ab]) OR (Mucositides, Oral[ti/ab]) OR (Oral Mucositides[ti/ab]) OR (Oromucositis[ti/ab])
#8(Hangeshashinto[ti/ab]) OR (TJ-14[ti/ab]) OR (Banxia Xiexin[ti/ab]) OR (Banxiaxiexin*[ti/ab]) OR (Ban Xia Xie Xin[ti/ab]) OR (Banha-Sasim-Tang[ti/ab]) OR (Pinellia Heart-draining[ti/ab]) OR (Pinellia Decoction for Draining the Heart[ti/ab])
#9(#1 OR #2 OR #3 OR #4 OR #5 OR #6 OR #7) AND #8