Table 1.

Summary of search terms used in the PubMed online database to identify articles reporting on the association between Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) and cancer risk factors in adulthood.

Terms related to adverse childhood experiences	((“ACE”) OR (“ACEs”) OR (“adverse childhood experiences”) OR (“adverse childhood events”) OR (“childhood maltreatment”) OR (“child maltreatment”) OR (“childhood adversity”) OR (“child adversity”) OR (“childhood adversities”) OR (“child adversities”) OR (“early adversity”) OR (“early adversities”) OR (“physical abuse”) OR (“sexual abuse”) OR (“childhood neglect”) OR (“child neglect”) OR (“physical neglect”) OR (“child abuse”) OR (“childhood abuse”) OR (“emotional abuse”) OR (“child emotional neglect”) OR (“childhood emotional neglect”) OR (“child trauma”) OR (“childhood trauma”) OR (“emotional neglect”) OR (“parental incapacities”) OR (“family incapacities”) OR (“adverse family experiences”) OR (“adverse family events”))
AND
Terms related to cancer riskfactor – Alcohol	((“alcohol consumption”) OR (“alcohol drinking”) OR (“consumption of alcoholic beverages”) OR (“consumption of alcohol”) OR (“alcohol dependence”) OR (“alcohol abuse”) OR (“excessive drinking”) OR (“binge drinking”) OR (“heavy drinking”) OR (“heavy alcohol drinking”) OR (“underage drinking”) OR (“drinking underage”))
OR
Terms related to cancer risk factor – Environmental Cancer Causing Substance	((“environmental carcinogens”) OR (“aflatoxins”) OR (“aspergillus flavus”) OR (“aspergillus parasiticus”) OR (“aristolochic acids”) OR (“arsenic”) OR (“asbestos”) OR (“benzene”) OR (“benzidine”) OR (“beryllium”) OR (“1, 3-butadiene”) OR (“cadmium”) OR (“coal tar”) OR (“coal-tar pitch”) OR (“creosote”) OR (“coke-oven emissions”) OR (“crystalline silica”) OR (“erionite”) OR (“ethylene oxide”) OR (“formaldehyde”) OR (“hexavalent chromium compounds”) OR (“indoor emissions from the household combustion of coal”) OR (“indoor emissions”) OR (“household combustion of coal”) OR (“coal combustion”) OR (“mineral oils”) OR (“nickel compounds”) OR (“radon”) OR (“secondhand tobacco smoke”) OR (“secondhand smoke”) OR (“secondhand smoking”) OR (“environmental tobacco smoke”) OR (“soot”) OR (“inorganic acid mists containing sulfuric acid”) OR (“sulfuric acid”) OR (“acid mist”) OR (thorium) OR (“vinyl chloride”) OR (“wood dust”))
OR
Terms related to cancer risk factor – Chronic Inflammation	((“inflammation”) OR (“CRP”) OR (“C-reactive protein”) OR (“inflammatory response”) OR (“inflammatory markers”) OR (“adiponectin”) OR (“resistin”) OR (“interleukin-6”) OR (“adipokines”) OR (“adipocyte-derived inflammation”) OR (“chronic inflammatory disease”))
OR
Terms related to cancer risk factor – Sex Hormones	((“estrogen”) OR (“hormone therapy”) OR (“hormone replacement therapy”) OR (“estrogen plus progestin”) OR (“endogenous estrogen and progesterone”) OR (diethylstilbestrol) OR (“DES”) OR (“oral contraception”) OR (“oral contraceptive”) OR (“birth control”))
OR
Terms related to cancer risk factor – Immunosuppression	((“immunosuppression”) OR (“immunosuppressive drugs”) OR (“immunocompromised”) OR (“compromised immune system”) OR (“transplant recipients”))
OR
Terms related to cancer risk factor – Infectious Agents	((“human papillomavirus”) OR (“HPV”) OR (“human papilloma virus”) OR (“HPV infection”) OR (“human papilloma virus infection”) OR (“hepatitis B virus”) OR (“hepatitis C virus”) OR (“hepatitis B”) OR (“hepatitis C”) OR (“HBV”) OR (“HCV”) OR (“hepatitis”) OR (“hep C”) OR (“hep B”) OR (“T-cell leukemia”) OR (“T-cell lymphoma”) OR (“lymphoma virus type 1”) OR (“HTLV-1”) OR (“T-cell leukemia/lymphoma”) OR (“HIV”) OR (“human immunodeficiency virus”) OR (“HIV/AIDS”) OR (“AIDS”) OR (“acquired immune deficiency”) OR (“epstein-barr virus”) OR (EBV) OR (“human herpesvirus 8”) OR (“HHV8”) OR (“kaposi sarcoma-associated herpes virus”) OR (“KSHV”) OR (“merkel cell polyomavirus”) OR (“MCPyV”) OR (“helicobacter pylori”) OR (“H. pylori”) OR (“schistosoma haematobium”) OR (“opisthorchis viverrini”))
OR
Terms related to cancer risk factor – Obesity, Physical Activity, Sedentary Behavior	((“obesity”) OR(“obese”) OR (“overweight”) OR (“over-weight”) OR (“metabolic syndrome”) OR (“BMI”) OR (“body mass index”) OR (“body fat percentage”) OR (“BFP”) OR (“waist-hip ratio”) OR (“waist-to-hip ratio”) OR (“WHR”) OR (“physical activity”) OR (“exercise”) OR (“sedentary behavior”) OR (“sedentary”) OR (“sedentary lifestyle”) OR (“sedentary time”) OR (“screen time”))
OR
Terms related to cancer risk factor – Radiation	((“radiation”) OR (“ionizing radiation”) OR (“radon”) OR (“radium”) OR (“x-rays”) OR (“gamma rays”) OR (“high-energy radiation”) OR (“alpha particles”) OR (“beta particles”) OR (“neutrons”) OR (“accidents at nuclear power plants”) OR (“atomic weapons”) OR (“fallout”) OR (“iodine-131”) OR (“I-131”) OR (“NRI”) OR (“computed tomography scans”) OR (“CT scans”) OR (“positron emission tomography scans”) OR (“PET scans”) OR (“medical radiation”) OR (“radiation from medical imaging”))
OR
Terms related to cancer risk factor – Ultraviolet Radiation	((“sunlamps”) OR (“tanning booths”) OR (“tanning”) OR (“ultraviolet radiation”) OR (“UV”) OR (“UVR”) OR (“sun exposure”) OR (“sun damage”) OR (“sunburn”))
OR
Terms related to cancer risk factor – Tobacco	((“tobacco”) OR (“cigars”) OR (“smoking”) OR (“smoke”) OR (“cigarettes”) OR (“cigarette”) OR (“cigar”) OR (“cigars”) OR (“snuff”) OR (“dip”) OR (“snus”))
AND
Language selection	“English”[Language]
AND
Date-Publication	2005/01/01–2015/12/31
NOT
Excluded search terms	((“angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors”) OR (“ACE inhibitors”) OR (“angiotensin”) OR (“acute care of the elderly”) OR (“ACE-27”) OR (“ACE 27”) OR (“adjuvant chemotherapy and endocrine therapy”) OR (“HPV4A ACE”) OR (“ACE serum”) OR (“acute care for the elderly”) OR (“agitation-calmness evaluation scale”) OR (“ACE polymorphism”) OR (“T-ACE”) OR (“angiotensin-converting enzyme”) OR (“central nucleus of the amygdala”) OR (“ACE inhibitor”) OR (“adverse clinical event”) OR (“ACE inhibitor-drug”) OR (“Auto-capillary Electrophoresis”) OR (“alternative cellular energy”) OR (“comment”[Publication Type]) OR (“meta-analysis”[Publication Type]) OR (“review”[Publication Type]))