. 2021 Mar 29;20:51. doi: 10.1186/s12904-021-00746-x

Table 1.

Search Strategy

Search	Search terms
Search string 1 2 3	(((((((((Islam[Text Word] OR Muslim[Text Word] OR Islamic[Text Word] OR Arab[Text Word])) NOT Islam[Author]) NOT Arab[Author]) AND (Cancer OR neoplasms OR oncology OR tumor OR malignancy OR carcinoma OR Sarcoma OR Lymphoma OR leukemia OR tumor OR Blastoma)) AND (Psycho OR counsel* OR therapy OR Support OR non-pharmacologic* OR nonpharmacologic* OR non drug OR non-drug)) NOT drug) NOT medication) NOT pharmacolog)Islam or Muslim or Islamic or Arab Cancer OR neoplasms OR oncology OR tumor OR malignancy OR carcinoma OR Sarcoma OR Lymphoma OR leukemia OR tumor OR Blastoma Psycho* OR counsel* OR therapy OR Support OR non-pharmacologic* OR nonpharmacologic* OR non drug OR non-drug NOT drug; NOT medication; NOT pharmacolog*

Search terms

Search string

(((((((((Islam[Text Word] OR Muslim[Text Word] OR Islamic[Text Word] OR Arab*[Text Word])) NOT Islam[Author]) NOT Arab[Author]) AND (Cancer OR neoplasms OR oncology OR tumor OR malignancy OR carcinoma OR Sarcoma OR Lymphoma OR leukemia OR tumor OR Blastoma)) AND (Psycho* OR counsel* OR therapy OR Support OR non-pharmacologic* OR nonpharmacologic* OR non drug OR non-drug)) NOT drug) NOT medication) NOT pharmacolog*)Islam or Muslim or Islamic or Arab*

Cancer OR neoplasms OR oncology OR tumor OR malignancy OR carcinoma OR Sarcoma OR Lymphoma OR leukemia OR tumor OR Blastoma

Psycho* OR counsel* OR therapy OR Support OR non-pharmacologic* OR nonpharmacologic* OR non drug OR non-drug

NOT drug; NOT medication; NOT pharmacolog*

Note: The search strategies were amended according to each database