Table 5 MEDLINE search strategy (prefinal)a
From: Routine development of objectively derived search strategies
Number | Searches | Results |
|---|---|---|
1 | Prostatic Neoplasms/ | 78,913 |
2 | (prostat* and (cancer or adenocarcinoma)).ab,ti. | 73,416 |
3 | or/1-2 [Health condition] | 95,729 |
4 | Brachytherapy/ | 13,758 |
5 | Brachytherapy.ab,ti. | 9,822 |
6 | ((seed* or permanent*) and implant*).ab,ti. | 10,719 |
7 | or/4-6 [Intervention] | 25,031 |
8 | and/3,7 | 3,347 |
9 | ("18374503" or "11104883" or "10924979" or "15541117" or "18963536" or "15590163" or "14665356" or "9749478" or "11490252" or "18207665" or "18325680" or "19455340" or "2009027580" or "10792092" or "14697417" or "18374892" or "18801517" or "20427255" or "19570619" or "15066293" or "15737905" or "20378156" or "19670452" or "10080594" or "18538495").ui. [development set] | 25 |
10 | 8 and 9 | 25 |