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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2024 Aug 1.
Published in final edited form as: Eur Urol. 2023 May 16;84(2):191–206. doi: 10.1016/j.eururo.2023.04.021
Search strategy component concepts
1 Prostate cancer
((“Prostatic Neoplasms”[Mesh] OR ((prostat*[ti] OR “Prostate”[Mesh]) AND (cancer* OR oncolog* OR “neoplasms”[MeSH Terms] OR neoplasm* OR carcinom* OR tumor* OR
tumour* OR malignan* OR adenocarcinoma* OR adenoma*)))
2 Epidemiology/incidence/prevalence/mortality
(“Epidemiologic Studies”[Mesh] OR “Epidemiology”[Mesh] OR “epidemiology” [Subheading] OR epidemiolog*[tiab] OR “Incidence”[Mesh] OR incidence[tiab] OR “Prevalence”[Mesh] OR prevalence[tiab] OR “Mortality”[Mesh] OR “mortality” [Subheading] OR “Morbidity”[Mesh] OR morbidit*[tiab] OR follow up studies[MeSH:noexp] OR prognos*[Text Word] OR predict*[Text Word] OR course*[Text Word] OR association*[Text Word]))
3 Risk factors/screening/socioeconomic/disparities
((risk*[tiab] OR risk*[MeSH:noexp] OR risk adjustment[MeSH:noexp] OR risk assessment[MeSH:noexp] OR risk factors[MeSH:noexp] OR risk management[MeSH:noexp] OR risk taking[MeSH:noexp]) OR (delivery of health care[MeSH:noexp] OR health behavior[MH] OR health knowledge, attitudes, practice[MH] OR health services accessibility[MH] OR health services, indigenous[MH] OR mass screening[MH] OR mass screening[TIAB] OR mass screenings[TIAB] OR health inequality[TIAB] OR health inequalities[TIAB] OR health inequities[TIAB] OR health inequity[TIAB] OR health services needs and demand[MH] OR patient acceptance of health care[MH] OR patient selection[MH] OR quality of health care[MAJR:noexp] OR quality of life[MH] OR quality of life[TIAB] OR social disparities[TIAB] OR social disparity[TIAB] OR social inequities[TIAB] OR social inequity[TIAB] OR Socioeconomic Factors[MAJR] OR socioeconomic factor[TIAB] OR socioeconomic factors[TIAB]))
4 Limit: Study Designs – Systematic reviews/meta-analyses/guidelines
(((“Meta-Analysis as Topic”[MeSH] OR meta analy*[TIAB] OR metaanaly*[TIAB] OR “Meta-Analysis”[PT] OR “Systematic Review”[PT] OR “Systematic Reviews as Topic”[MeSH] OR systematic review*[TIAB] OR systematic overview*[TIAB] OR “Review Literature as Topic”[MeSH]) OR (cochrane[TIAB] OR embase[TIAB] OR psychlit[TIAB] OR psyclit[TIAB] OR psychinfo[TIAB] OR psycinfo[TIAB] OR cinahl[TIAB] OR cinhal[TIAB] OR “science citation index”[TIAB] OR bids[TIAB] OR cancerlit[TIAB]) OR (reference list*[TIAB] OR bibliograph*[TIAB] OR hand-search*[TIAB] OR “relevant journals”[TIAB] OR manual search*[TIAB]) OR ((“selection criteria”[TIAB] OR “data extraction”[TIAB]) AND “Review”[PT])) OR ((clinical[tiab] AND pathway[tiab]) OR (clinical[tiab] AND pathways[tiab]) OR (practice[tiab] AND parameter[tiab]) OR (practice[tiab] AND parameters[tiab]) OR algorithms[mesh:noexp] OR care pathway[tiab] OR care pathways[tiab] OR clinical protocols[mesh:noexp] OR Consensus[mesh:noexp] or consensus development conference[pt:noexp] OR “Consensus Development Conference, NIH”[pt:noexp] OR “Consensus Development Conferences as Topic”[Mesh:noexp] OR “Consensus Development Conferences, NIH as Topic”[Mesh:NoExp] OR critical pathway[mesh:noexp] OR guidance[tiab] OR guideline*[ti] OR guidelines as topic[mesh:noexp] or practice guidelines as topic[mesh:noexp] or Health Planning Guidelines[mesh:noexp] OR practice guideline[mesh:noexp]))
5 Limit: English, date range
(english[Filter]) AND (y_5[Filter])
6 Limit: Human
((“Animals”[MeSH]) NOT (“Animals”[MeSH] AND “Humans”[MeSH]))
7 Exclude: Publication types – Comments, letters, editorials, meeting/conference abstracts
(“Comment”[PT] OR “Letter”[PT] OR “Editorial”[PT])
8 Search strategy
(1 AND 2 AND 3 AND 4 AND 5) NOT (6 OR 7)