| Medline | Embase | Cochrane | ||
| 1 | exp DIARRHEA/ | 49,612 | 228,556 | 3029 |
| 2 | exp RADIOTHERAPY/ | 168,386 | 479,346 | 5602 |
| 3 | Radiation-induced Diarrhea.mp. | 53 | 72 | 30 |
| 4 | exp PROBIOTICS/ | 13,609 | 28,098 | 1590 |
| 5 | exp SYNBIOTICS/ | 356 | 1200 | 96 |
| 6 | exp LACTOBACILLUS/ | 25,693 | 39,707 | 1365 |
| 7 | exp BIFIDOBACTERIUM/ | 5163 | 10,399 | 552 |
| 8 | exp SACCHAROMYCES/ | 104,336 | 98,961 | 138 |
| 9 | exp Enterococcus/ | 18,010 | 43,801 | 249 |
| 10 | exp BIFIDOBACTERIUM/ | 5163 | 10,399 | 552 |
| 11 | exp Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic/ | 119,100 | 146,594 | 7449 |
| 12 | exp Clinical Trial/ | 800,652 | 1,329,589 | 173 |
| 13 | random$.ab. | 956,882 | 1,275,640 | 599,733 |
| 14 | 4 or 5 or 6 or 7 or 8 or 9 or 10 | 156,392 | 196,258 | 2516 |
| 15 | 1 or 2 or 3 | 217,601 | 697,441 | 8569 |
| 16 | 11 or 12 or 13 | 1,460,326 | 2,207,279 | 601,980 |
| 17 | 14 and 15 and 16 | 485 | 2382 | 229 |
| 18 | limit 17 to (humans and yr = “2016–2018”) | 44 | 308 | 21 |