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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: CA Cancer J Clin. 2015 Dec 10;66(2):133–151. doi: 10.3322/caac.21334

TABLE 2.

Example of Search Terms Using PubMed Medical Subject Heading (MeSH) Terms

Prevention/risk factors
  Schizophrenia, disorders with psychotic features, mood disorders, neoplasm, prevent*, chemoprevent*, chemoprophyla*, “prevention and control,” risk factors
Prevention/tobacco cessation
  Schizophrenia, disorders with psychotic features, mood disorders, neoplasm, tobacco use cessation
Prevention/weight management
  Schizophrenia, disorders with psychotic features, mood disorders, neoplasm, prevent*, “prevention and control,” exercise, overweight, body weight changes
Screening
  Schizophrenia, disorders with psychotic features, mood disorders, neoplasm, “early detection of cancer,“ “cancer early detection,” “cancer screening,” “cancer early diagnosis,” Papanicolaou test, mammography, colonoscopy
Treatment
  Schizophrenia, disorders with psychotic features, mood disorders, neoplasm, treat*, “clinical trial,” “random allocation,” “randomized controlled trial,” “antineoplastic protocol,” “cancer treatment protocol,” “antineoplastic combined chemotherapy protocols”