TABLE 1.

Search terms by database^a,b,c

PubMed
Search #	Query	Items Found
1	Search Survivors[MesH] OR survivorship OR survivors OR survivor	815,323
2	Search Survivors[MesH] OR survivorship OR survivors OR survivor Filters: English	748,414
3	Search Survivors[MesH] OR survivorship OR survivors OR survivor Filters: Publication date from 2006/01/01 to 2014/12/31; English	349,794
4	Search Neoplasms[MeSH] OR cancer[all fields] Filters: Publication date from 2006/01/01 to 2014/12/31; English	823,568
5	Search Patient care planning[MeSH] OR “care plan”[all fields] OR “care plans”[all fields] OR “care planning”[all fields] OR “treatment summary”[all fields] OR “treatment summaries”[all fields] Filters: Publication date from 2006/01/01 to 2014/12/31; English	13,917
6	#3 AND #4 AND #5 Filters: Publication date from 2006/01/01 to 2014/12/31; English	345
EMBASE®d
Search #	Query	Items Found
1	’cancer survivor’/exp OR ’survivor’/exp OR survivors OR survivorship	78,605
2	’neoplasm’/exp OR ’cancer’	3,853,791
3	’patient care planning’/exp OR ’nursing care plan’/exp OR ’care plan’ OR ’care plans’ OR ’care planning’ OR ’treatment summary’ OR ’treatment summaries’	110,106
4	#1 AND #2 AND #3	537
5	#1 AND #2 AND #3 AND [english]/lim AND [embase]/lim AND [2006–2014]/py	397
CINAHLe
Search #	Query	Items Found
1	(MH “Neoplasms+”) OR “cancer”	204,338
2	(MH “Survivors+”) OR “survivors” OR (MH “Cancer Survivors”)	16,886
3	“survivor” OR “survivorship”	3,071
4	S2 OR S3	18,119
5	(MH “Patient Care Plans+”) OR (MH “Nursing Care Plans+”) OR “care plans”	6,369
6	“care plan” OR “care planning” OR “patient care planning” OR “treatment summary” OR “treatment summaries”	4,202
7	S5 OR S6	9,590
8	S1 AND S4 AND S7	121
9	S1 AND S4 AND S7 Limiters – Published Date: 20060101–20141231; English Language	115
10	S1 AND S4 AND S7 Limiters – Published Date: 20060101–20141231; English Language; Exclude MEDLINE records	39

^aAll searches conducted on December 6, 2013 and included publication dates through 2014 to account for e-pub ahead of print.

^bFinal search listed for each database represents number of articles reviewed

^cDuplicate records were found across databases. Records found in Medline only were excluded, but items indexed by both EMBASE® and Medline were included, and some of these might have also appeared in CINAHL.

^dExcerpta Medica Database

^eCumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature