Table 2.

Search terms used in the electronic database searches.

Metastatic colorectal cancer terms
1	‘colorectal metastasis’: de
2	‘colon metastasis’: de
3	‘rectum metastasis’: de
4	(metasta* AND {colorectal OR colon OR colonic)): ti
5	(metasta* AND (rectum OR rectal OR rectocolonic)): ti
6	(metasta* NEAR/6 (colorectal OR colon OR colonic)): ab
7	(metasta* NEAR/6 (rectum OR rectal OR rectocolonic)): ab
8	mcrc: ti,ab
Colorectal cancer terms
1	‘colon tumor’/exp
2	‘rectum tumor’/de
3	‘hereditary colorectal cancer syndrome’: de
4	‘non polyposis colorectal cancer’: de
5	‘dukes stage b colorectal cancer’: de
6	((colorectal OR colon OR colonic) NEXT/1 (adenoma OR adenomas)): ti,ab
7	((colorectal OR colonic) NEXT/1 (cancer OR carcinoma)): ti,ab
8	((colorectal OR colonic) NEXT/1 (neoplasia OR neoplasm OR neoplasms)): ti,ab
9	((colorectal OR colonic) NEXT/1 (tumor OR tumors)): ti,ab
10	((colorectal OR colonic) NEXT/1 (tumour OR tumours)): ti,ab
11	((rectum OR rectal OR rectocolonic) NEXT/1 (adenoma OR adenomas)): ti,ab
12	((rectum OR rectal OR rectocolonic) NEXT/1 (cancer OR carcinoma)): ti,ab
13	((rectum OR rectal OR rectocolonic) NEXT/1 (neoplasia OR neoplasm OR neoplasms)): ti,ab
14	((rectum OR rectal OR rectocolonic) NEXT/1 (tumor OR tumors)): ti,ab
15	((rectum OR rectal OR rectocolonic) NEXT/1 (tumour OR tumours)): ti,ab
Metastatic terms
1	‘metastasis’/exp
2	‘advanced cancer’/de
3	‘cancer staging’/exp
4	(metasta* OR advanced): ti,ab
Treatment guidelines terms
1	‘practice guideline’/exp
2	standard/de
3	‘professional standard’/de
4	‘gold standard’/de
5	consensus/de
6	‘evidence based practice’/de
7	(guideline* OR consensus): ti,ab
8	(‘best practice’ OR ‘best practices’): ti,ab
9	(‘clinical pathway’ OR ‘clinical pathways’): ti,ab
10	(clinical NEXT/2 (protocols OR protocol)): ti,ab