Table 1.

Full search strategy used is described

MEDLINE search strategy

1. [(point of care or near patient or poc or rapid or bedside) adj3 (test* or analys* or immunoassay* or technique* or assay* or diagnos* or technology* or system?)].mp

2. Point-of-Care Systems/

3. 1 or 2

4. exp Gastrointestinal Neoplasms/

5. [(oesohag* or esophag* or gast* or stomach* or duoden* or ile* or jeun* or caec* or append* or cec* or colo* or rect* or anal or anus or intestin*) adj2 (cancer? or carcinoma? or malignancy or malignant or neoplasm?)].mp

6. 4 or 5

7. 3 and 6

EMBASE search strategy

1. [(point of care or point-of-care or near patient or poc or rapid or bedside) adj3 (test* or analys* or immunoassay* or technique* or assay* or diagnos* or technology* or system?)].mp

2. "point of care testing"/

3. 1 or 2

4. [(oesohag* or esophag* or gast* or stomach* or duoden* or ile* or jeun* or caec* or append* or cec* or colo* or rect* or anal or anus or intestin*) adj2 (cancer? or carcinoma? or malignancy or malignant or neoplasm?)].mp

5. digestive system cancer/or exp esophagus cancer/or exp intestine cancer/or exp stomach cancer/

6. 4 or 5

7. 3 and 6