Is the traditional Chinese medicine helpful for patients with hematologic malignant diseases? A meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials

Table 2 The PubMed searching strategy

(1) "Complementary therapies" (Mesh)

(2) Tradition or tradition* OR china or chinese OR herb or herbal OR complement* or tcm or "zhong yi" or chm or ethno* or folk or home or indigenous or primitive or materia* or nosod* or east or eastern or orient or oriental or asian or Korea* or Tibet* or herbaceous or plant or plants or botan* or kampo or mongol* or phytogenic or phytotherapy or alternative

(3) Medicine or medicinal or medical or remed* or therapy or therapies or therapeutic or therapeutics or therapist or treat or treatment or drug or drugs

(4) (2) and (3)

(5) (1) or (4)

(6) Leukemia or lymphoma or "multiple myeloma" (mesh)

(7) Hemotolog* or anemia or thrombocytopen* or pancytope* or "bone marrow" or transplant or "stem cell"

(8) Leukemia OR lymphoma OR cancer OR dysplas* OR malignant OR hyperplas* OR hypoplas* or myelom* or Hodgkin or non-hodgkin or blast or blasts or "progression free survival" or "disease free survival" or "overall survival" or OS or PFS or DFS or chemotherapy or (chemical treatment) or radiotherapy or irradia* or oncolog* or monoclon*

(9) (7) and (8)

(10) (6) or (9)

(11) (((((Randomized controlled trial [Publication type]) OR controlled clinical trial [Publication type]) OR (randomized or placebo[Title/Abstract])) OR drug therapy [MeSH Subheading]) OR (randomly or groups or trial [Title/Abstract])) OR rct

(12) Animals [mh] NOT humans [mh]

(13) (11) not (12)

(14) (5) and (10) and (13)

(15) (Cancer or carcinoma or sarcoma)[ti]

(16) Carcinoma[mesh] or sarcoma[mesh]

(17) (14) not (15) or (16)