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Table 1 Search strategy for MEDLINE

From: Evaluating overweight and obesity prevalence in survivors of childhood brain tumors: a systematic review protocol

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Searches

1

exp Child/

2

child*.ab,ti,kf.

3

p?ediatric*.ab,ti,kf.

4

exp Adolescent/

5

adolescen*.ab,ti,kf.

6

youth*.ab,ti,kf.

7

teen*.ab,ti,kf.

8

kid*.ab,ti,kf.

9

1 or 2 or 3 or 4 or 5 or 6 or 7 or 8

10

exp Brain Neoplasms/

11

exp Neuroectodermal Tumors/

12

exp Glioma/

13

glioma*.ab,ti,kf.

14

astrocytoma*.ab,ti,kf.

15

oligoastrocytoma*.ab,ti,kf.

16

astroglioma*.ab,ti,kf.

17

glioblastoma*.ab,ti,kf.

18

craniopharyngioma*.ab,ti,kf.

19

ependymoma*.ab,ti,kf.

20

subependymoma*.ab,ti,kf.

21

ependymoblastoma*.ab,ti,kf.

22

ganglioglioma*.ab,ti,kf.

23

medulloblastoma*.ab,ti,kf.

24

exp Germinoma/

25

germinoma*.ab,ti,kf.

26

Meningioma/

27

meningioma*.ab,ti,kf.

28

oligodendroglioma*.ab,ti,kf.

29

exp Neurofibromatoses/

30

neurofibromatos*.ab,ti,kf.

31

PNET*.ab,ti,kf.

32

neurocytoma*.ab,ti,kf.

33

choroid plexus papilloma*.ab,ti,kf.

34

((brain or central nervous system or CNS or brainstem or brain stem or cerebel* or cerebr* or hypothalam* or ventric* or intracranial or midline or choroid plexus or infratentorial or supratentorial or neuroectoderm* or germ cell*) adj5 (tumo?r* or neoplasm* or cancer*)).ab,ti,kf.

35

10 or 11 or 12 or 13 or 14 or 15 or 16 or 17 or 18 or 19 or 20 or 21 or 22 or 23 or 24 or 25 or 26 or 27 or 28 or 29 or 30 or 31 or 32 or 33 or 34

36

exp Obesity/

37

obes*.ab,ti,kf.

38

Overweight/

39

over weight.ab,ti,kf.

40

overweight.ab,ti,kf.

41

Body Weight/

42

exp Body Composition/

43

(body adj3 (mass* or size* or composition*)).ab,ti,kf.

44

(fat* adj3 (mass* or body or abdominal* or intra-abdominal* or viscera* or subcutane* or hepatic* or liver* or intramuscular* or intramyocellular*)).ab,ti,kf.

45

BMI*.ab,ti,kf.

46

Weight Gain/

47

exp “Body Weights and Measures”/

48

Anthropometry/

49

anthropometr*.ab,ti,kf.

50

grow*.ab,ti,kf.

51

overnutrition*.ab,ti,kf.

52

over nutrition*.ab,ti,kf.

53

malnutrition*.ab,ti,kf.

54

waist-height ratio*.ab,ti,kf.

55

waist to height ratio*.ab,ti,kf.

56

adipos*.ab,ti,kf.

57

((waist* or hip* or abdominal*) adj3 circumference*).ab,ti,kf.

58

(weight* adj3 (gain* or change* or fluctuat*)).ab,ti,kf.

59

waist-hip ratio*.ab,ti,kf.

60

waist to hip ratio*.ab,ti,kf.

61

skinfold thickness*.ab,ti,kf.

62

36 or 37 or 38 or 39 or 40 or 41 or 42 or 43 or 44 or 45 or 46 or 47 or 48 or 49 or 50 or 51 or 52 or 53 or 54 or 55 or 56 or 57 or 58 or 59 or 60 or 61

63

Survivors/

64

“Adult Survivors of Child Adverse Events”/

65

Disease-Free Survival/

66

surviv*.ab,ti,kf.

67

remission*.ab,ti,kf.

68

((post or off or after) adj5 (treatment* or therap*)).ab,ti,kf.

69

((treatment* or therap* or cancer* or disease* or event* or progression*) adj5 free).ab,ti,kf.

70

63 or 64 or 65 or 66 or 67 or 68 or 69

71

9 and 35 and 62 and 70

72

limit 71 to english language