TABLE 2.
Literature search sources
| Source/database | Date searched | Number of hits | Ordered for full–text review | Retained |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Systematic search. See Appendix D for strategies used | ||||
| MEDLINE | June 17, 2010 | 227 | 33 | 4 |
| EMBASE | June 17, 2010 | 362 | 31 | 0* |
| Keyword search. Terms used: fecal occult blood test, immunochemical, FIT, FOBT, colorectal cancer, screening | ||||
| Canadian organizations | ||||
| British Columbia Cancer Agency (www.bccancer.bc.ca) | October 12, 2010 | 0 | – | – |
| Alberta Cancer Board (www.cancerboard.ab.ca) | October 12, 2010 | 0 | – | – |
| Saskatchewan Cancer Agency (www.saskcancer.ca) | October 12, 2010 | 0 | – | – |
| Cancer Care Manitoba (www.cancercare.mb.ca) | October 12, 2010 | 0 | – | – |
| Cancer Care Nova Scotia (www.cancercare.ns.ca) | October 12, 2010 | 0 | – | – |
| United States organizations | ||||
| NGC (www.guidelines.gov) | June 17, 2010 | 5 | – | – |
| AHRQ HTA (www.ahrq.gov) | October 12, 2010 | 1 | 0 | – |
| ASCO (www.asco.org) | October 12, 2010 | 0 | – | – |
| NCCN (www.nccn.org) | October 12, 2010 | 1 | 0 | – |
| United Kingdom (UK) organizations | ||||
| Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews | June 17, 2010 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| UK NHS HTA (www.hta.ac.uk) | October 12, 2010 | 0 | – | – |
| NICE (www.nice.org.uk) | October 12, 2010 | 2 | 2† | – |
| SIGN (www.sign.ac.uk) | October 12, 2010 | 0 | – | – |
| Cancer UK (www.canceruk.org) | October 12, 2010 | 0 | – | – |
| Cancer Services Collaborative, Avon, Somerset and Wiltshire (www.aswcs.nhs.uk) | October 12, 2010 | 0 | – | – |
| NHS (www.nhs.uk) | October 12, 2010 | 6 | 0 | – |
| Australian organizations | ||||
| National Health & Medical Research Council (www.nhmrc.gov.au) | October 12, 2010 | 1 | 0 | – |
| The Cancer Council Australia (www.cancer.org.au) | October 12, 2010 | 1 | 0 | – |
| National Cancer Control Initiative (www.canceraustralia.gov.au) | October 12, 2010 | 0 | – | – |
| State Government of Victoria (www.vic.gov.au) | October 12, 2010 | 0 | – | – |
| Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre (www.petermac.org) | October 12, 2010 | 0 | – | – |
| Medical Oncology Group of Australia (www.moga.org.au) | October 12, 2010 | 0 | – | – |
| New Zealand organizations | ||||
| New Zealand Guidelines Group (www.nzgg.org.nz) | October 12, 2010 | 1 | 0 | – |
| New Zealand Cancer Control Trust (wwwcancercontrol.org.nz) | October 12, 2010 | 0 | – | – |
| Obtained through other resources (eg, articles forwarded by panel members, etc) | ||||
| Various | Various | NA | NA | 6 |
| TOTAL | 11 | |||
Data presented as n.
*
No EMBASE articles remained after MEDLINE duplicates were removed;
†
Duplicate publications found in MEDLINE search. AHRQ Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality; ASCO American Society of Clinical Oncology; FIT Fecal immunochemical test; FOBT Fecal occult blood test; HTA Health Technology Assessment; NA Not available; NCCN National Comprehensive Cancer Network; NGC National Guidelines Clearinghouse; NHS National Health Service; NICE National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence; SIGN Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network