Table 2 Search strategy (acupuncture)

#1

"lung neoplasms"[MeSH Terms]

#2

"carcinoma, non-small-cell lung"[MeSH Terms]

#3

"Lung"[Title/Abstract]

#4

"cancer*"[Title/Abstract] OR "tumor"[Title/Abstract] OR "carcinoma"[Title/Abstract] OR "neoplasm*"[Title/Abstract]

#5

#3 AND #4

#6

#1 OR #2 OR #5

#7

"acupuncture"[MeSH Terms] OR "acupuncture therapy"[MeSH Terms]

#8

"auriculotherapy"[MeSH Terms]

#9

"acupuncture"[Title/Abstract] OR "auriculotherapy"[Title/Abstract] OR "electroacupuncture"[Title/Abstract] OR "electro-acupuncture"[Title/Abstract]

#10

#7 OR #8 OR #9

#11

"randomized controlled trial"[Publication Type]

#12

"controlled clinical trial"[Publication Type]

#13

"randomized"[Title/Abstract]

#14

"RCT"[Title/Abstract]

#15

"random*"[Title/Abstract] AND "allocat*"[Title/Abstract]

#16

"random*"[Title/Abstract] AND "assign*"[Title/Abstract]

#17

#12 OR #13 OR #14 OR #15 OR #16

#18

#6 AND #10 AND #17