Table 1 MEDLINE search strategy

1

(wom?n or female*).ti,ab.

2

Women/

3

Female/

4

1 or 2 or 3

5

exp breathing exercises/

6

exp yoga/

7

exp relaxation/ or relaxation therapy

8

exp meditation/

9

exp mindfulness/

10

(yog* or asana or pranayama or dhyana or meditation or relaxation or mindful*).ti,ab.

11

(breath* adj3 exercise?).ti,ab.

12

(body adj3 posture?).ti,ab.

13

(deep* adj3 breath*).ti,ab.

14

(breath* adj3 technique?).ti,ab.

15

5 or 6 or 7 or 8 or 9 or 10 or 11 or 12 or 13 or 14

16

exp Neoplasms/

17

exp Medical Oncology/ or exp Psycho-Oncology/

18

(neoplas* or oncolog* or cancer* or tumo?r or leuk?emia* or carcinoma* or adeno-carcinoma* or lymphoma* or malignan* or melanoma* or metasta* or sarcoma* or adenoma* or adenocarcinoma* or blastoma* or mesothelioma*).ti,ab.

19

16 or 17 or 18

20

4 and 15 and 19

21

Limit 20 to (English language and humans)