Table 1.

Summary of Search Strategy

Database	Search Terms
Cochrane Library	“symptom cluster” OR “symptom clusters” OR (“symptom” AND “cluster”) OR (“symptom” AND “clusters”) OR (“symptoms” AND “clusters”) in All Text AND cancer OR neoplasm in All Text AND chemotherapy OR CTX in All Text NOT reviews NOT protocols. Restricted to 01/01/2017 to 05/17/2017
Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature	(“symptom cluster” or “symptom clusters” or “symptom” AND “cluster” or “symptom” AND “clusters” or “symptoms” AND “clusters”) AND (cancer OR neoplasm) AND (chemotherapy OR CTX). Limiters: Published date: 20170101–20210531; Language: English
Embase	(‘symptom cluster’ OR ‘symptom clusters’ OR (‘symptoms’ AND ‘clusters’) OR (‘symptom’ AND ‘clusters’) OR (‘symptom’ AND ‘cluster’)) AND (cancer Or neoplasm) AND (chemotherapy Or ctx). Search limited to 2017/1/1–2021/5/17; Language: English
PubMed	((((“symptom cluster”[All Fields]) OR (“symptom clusters”[All Fields]))) OR ((((“symptom”[All Fields])) AND (“cluster”[All Fields]))) OR ((“symptom”[All Fields])) AND (“clusters”[All Fields])))) OR ((“symptoms”[All Fields])) AND (“clusters”[All Fields]))))) AND ((cancer[All Fields])) OR (neoplasm[All Fields])))) AND ((chemotherapy[All Fields])) OR (CTX[All Fields]))). Filter applied: 2017/1/1–2021/5/17; Language: English
Web of Science	Topic=(symptom cluster* OR *symptom clusters*) OR Topic=(symptom* AND cluster*) OR Topic=(symptom* AND clusters*) OR Topic=(symptoms* AND clusters*) AND Topic=(cancer* OR neoplasm*) AND (chemotherapy* OR CTX*) AND Topic=(chemotherapy* OR CTX*). Restricted to: 2017/1/1–2021/5/17; Language: English