Table 1.

Search Strategy for Pubmed Database.

Colorectal Cancer terms:
1 “Colorectal Neoplasms”[Mesh]
2 “Neoplasms”[Mesh]
3 (carcinoma* OR neoplas* OR tumour* OR tumor* OR cancer* OR oncolog* OR malignan* OR carcinogen* OR oncogen*)[Title/Abstract]
4 2 OR 3
5 (colorectal* OR colon* OR rectal*)[Title/Abstract]
6 4 AND 5
7 1 OR 6
Immune Checkpoint Inhibitor terms:
8 “Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors”[Mesh]
9 “Cell Cycle Checkpoints”[Mesh]
10 “CTLA-4 Antigen”[Mesh]
11 (check-point inhibitor* OR checkpoint inhibitor* OR CTLA-1 OR CTLA-4 OR cytotoxic T-lymphocyte-associated protein 4 OR PD-L1 OR PD-1 OR programmed death receptor 1 OR immune checkpoint inhibitor OR ipilimumab OR tremelimumab OR nivolumab OR pembrolizumab OR durvalumab OR atezolizumab OR cemiplimab OR spartalizumab OR MED10680 OR AMP-224 OR pidilizumab OR atezolimab OR MED14736 OR avelumab OR BMS-936559 AND durvalumab OR MEDI4736) [Title/Abstract]
12 OR/8-11
Microsatellite Instability terms:
13 “Microsatellite Instability”[Mesh]
14 “DNA Mismatch Repair”[Mesh]
15 (microsatellite instability or MSI-H or MSI or mismatch-repair deficient or microsatellite repeats or mismatch repair or replication error or BAT25 or BAT26 or D5S346 or D2S123 or D17S250 or dMMR or MLH1 or MSH2 or MSH6 or PMS2) [Title/Abstract]
16 OR/13-15
Final search results: Combined:
17 7 AND 12 AND 16