| CAM | Complementary and alternative medicine |
| PRISMA | Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses |
| AMSTAR | Assessing the methodological quality of systematic reviews |
| RCT | Randomized controlled trial |
| CHM | Chinese herbal medicine |
| ME | Mistletoe extract |
| AHCC | Active hexose correlated compound |
| NA | Not available |
| NRS | Numeric rating scale |
| TEAS | Transcutaneous electrical acupoint stimulation |
| Nab-P + G | Nanoparticle albumin-bound paclitaxel plus gemcitabine |
| WHO | World Health Organization |
| PROMs | Patient-reported outcomes |