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. 2014 Dec 10;5(5):845–857. doi: 10.5306/wjco.v5.i5.845

Table 1.

Search strategy

Step String Results
1 Exp Bone Neoplasms/sc OR Bone Neoplasms/rt OR [(boneCarcinoma/sc OR exp Neoplasm Metastasis/rt) AND exp “Bone and Bones”/] OR [(osseous OR skeletal) ADJ3 metastasis$] OR (bone ADJ3 metastasis$) 26956
2 Exp *Lung Neoplasms/OR exp Lung Neoplasms/pa OR lung cancer.mp 188189
3 Exp Radiotherapy/OR exp Dose Fractionation/OR exp Radiotherapy Dosage/ 133052
4 Exp Palliative Care/OR exp Pain/RT OR Pain Management/mt OR (palliative OR palliation).mp OR painful adj3 metastasis$ OR (palliative$ ADJ3 radiotherapy).mp 94404
5 1 AND 2 AND 3 AND 4 88 Limit 10 yr: 28
6 1 AND 3 AND 4 Exclusion criteria: non-lung primary site cancers 608 Limit 10 yr: 256
7 (1 AND 4 AND radiotherapy.mp AND combined modality therapy/OR analgesics/OR treatment outcome/OR quality of life/OR exp Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols) NOT 6 129 Limit 10 yr: 50
8 Total 156