Table 5.

Search strings in PubMed, EMBASE, and Cochrane libraries

PubMed
Search	Query	Items  found
#1	Search “Urinary Bladder Neoplasms”[Mesh] OR (urothelial carcinoma*[tiab] OR urothelial neoplasm*[tiab] OR urothelial malignanc*[tiab] OR “urothelial cancer”[tiab] OR urothelial  tumor*[tiab] OR urothelial tumour*[tiab]) OR (urinary carcinoma*[tiab] OR urinary neoplasm*[tiab] OR urinary malignanc*[tiab] OR “urinary cancer”[tiab] OR urinary tumor*[tiab]  OR urinary tumour*[tiab]) OR (bladder carcinoma*[tiab] OR bladder neoplasm*[tiab] OR bladder malignanc*[tiab] OR “bladder cancer”[tiab] OR bladder tumor*[tiab] OR bladder  tumour*[tiab]) OR (“Carcinoma, Transitional Cell”[Mesh] OR transitional cell carcinoma*[tiab] OR transitional cell neoplasm*[tiab] OR transitional cell malignanc*[tiab] OR “transitional  cell cancer”[tiab] OR transitional cell tumor*[tiab] OR transitional cell tumour*[tiab]) OR (“pelvic tumor”[tiab] OR “pelvic tumour”[tiab] OR “pelvic tumors”[tiab] OR “pelvic tumours”[tiab]  OR “Pelvic Neoplasms”[Mesh] OR pelvic malignanc*[tiab] OR pelvic neoplasm*[tiab] OR “pelvic cancer”[tiab] OR “pelvic carcinoma”[tiab]) OR “MIBC”[tiab] OR “NIMBC”[tiab]	67207
#2	Search “quality of life”[MeSH Terms] OR “quality of life” [tiab] OR “QOL”[tiab] OR “HRQOL”[tiab] OR “well being” [tiab] OR “well-being” [tiab] OR “wellbeing”[tiab]	254826
#3	Search #1 AND #2	1156
#4	Search #3 NOT (“Case Reports” [Publication Type] OR “a case report”[ti] OR “: case report”[ti])	1050
#5	Search #4 NOT (“Animals”[Mesh] NOT “Humans”[Mesh])	1041
EMBASE
#1	‘bladder tumor’/exp OR ‘transitional cell carcinoma’/exp OR ‘urothelial carcinoma’:ti,ab OR ‘urothelial carcinomas’:ti,ab OR ‘urothelial neoplasm’:ti,ab OR ‘urothelial neoplasms’:ti,ab OR ‘uro  tlielial malignancy’:ti,ab OR ‘urothelial malignancies’:ti,ab OR ‘urothelial cancer’:ti,ab OR ‘urothelial tumor’:ti,ab OR ‘urothelial tumors’:ti,ab OR ‘urothelial tumour’:ti,ab OR ‘urothelial  tumours’:ti,ab OR ‘urinary carcinoma’:ti,ab OR ‘urinary carcinomas’:ti,ab OR ‘urinary neoplasm’:ti,ab OR ‘urinary neoplasms’:ti,ab OR ‘urinary malignancy’:ti,ab OR ‘urinary malignancies’:ti  ,ab OR ‘urinary cancer’:ti,ab OR ‘urinary tumor’:ti,ab OR ‘urinary tumour’:ti,ab OR ‘urinary tumors’:ti,ab OR ‘urinary tumours’:ti,ab OR ‘bladder carcinoma’:ti,ab OR ‘bladder carcinomas’:ti,ab OR  ‘bladder neoplasm’:ti,ab OR ‘bladder neoplasms’:ti,ab OR ‘bladder malignancy’:ti,ab OR ‘bladder malignancies’:ti,ab OR ‘bladder cancer’:ti,ab OR ‘bladder tumor’:ti,ab OR ‘bladder tumour’:ti,ab  OR ‘bladder tumors’:ti,ab OR ‘bladder tumours’:ti,ab OR ‘transitional cell carcinoma’:ti,ab ‘transitional cell carcinomas’:ti,ab OR ‘transitional cell neoplasm’:ti,ab OR ‘transitional cell  neoplasms’:ti,ab OR ‘transitional cell malignancy’:ti,ab OR ‘transitional cell malignancies’:ti,ab OR ‘transitional cell cancer’:ti,ab OR ‘transitional cell tumor’:ti,ab OR ‘transitional cell tumour’:ti,ab  OR ‘transitional cell tumors’:ti,ab OR ‘transitional cell tumours’:ti,ab OR ‘pelvic tumor’:ti,ab OR ‘pelvic tumour’:ti,ab OR ‘pelvic tumors’:ti,ab OR ‘pelvic tumours’:ti,ab OR ‘pelvic  malignancy’:ti,ab OR ‘pelvic malignancies’:ti,ab OR ‘pelvic neoplasm’:ti,ab OR ‘pelvic neoplasms’:ti,ab OR ‘pelvic cancer’:ti,ab OR ‘pelvic carcinoma’:ti,ab OR ‘pelvic carcinomas’:ti,ab OR  ‘MIBC’:ti,ab OR ‘NIMBC’:ti,ab	7079
#2	‘quality of lite’/exp OR ‘wellbeing’/exp OR ‘quality of life’:ab,ti OR ‘qol’:ab,ti OR lrrqol’:ab,ti OR ‘well being’:ab,ti OR ‘well-being’:ab,ti OR ‘wellbeing’:ab,ti	422153
#3	#1 AND #2	257
#4	#3 AND [humans]/lim	220
#5	‘case report’/exp OR ‘a case report’:ti OR ‘: case report’:ti	2069466
#6	#4 NOT #5	204
Cochrane
ID	Search	Hits
#1	urothelial carcinoma or “urothelial carcinomas” or “urothelial neoplasm” or “urothelial neoplasms” or “urothelial malignancy” or “urothelial malignancies” or “urothelial cancer” or “urothelial  tumor” or “urothelial tumors” or “urothelial tumour” or “urothelial tumours” or “urinary carcinoma” or “urinary carcinomas” or “urinary neoplasm” or “urinary neoplasms” or “urinary  malignancy” or “urinary malignancies” or “urinary cancer” or “urinary tumor” or “urinary tumour” or “urinary tumors” or “urinary tumours” or “bladder carcinoma” or “bladder carcinomas” or  “bladder neoplasm” or “bladder neoplasms” or “bladder malignancy” or “bladder malignancies” or “bladder cancer” or “bladder tumor” or “bladder tumour” or “bladder tumors” or “bladder  tumours” or “transitional cell carcinoma” “transitional cell carcinomas” or “transitional cell neoplasm” or “transitional cell neoplasms” or “transitional cell malignancy” or “transitional cell  malignancies” or “transitional cell cancer” or “transitional cell tumor” or “transitional cell tumour” or “transitional cell tumors” or “transitional cell tumours” or “pelvic tumor” or “pelvic tumour”  or “pelvic tumors” or “pelvic tumours” or “pelvic malignancy” or “pelvic malignancies” or “pelvic neoplasm” or “pelvic neoplasms” or “pelvic cancer” or “pelvic carcinoma” or “pelvic  carcinomas” or “MIBC” or “NIMBC”:ti,ab,kw (Word variations have been searched)	2213
#2	quality of lite or “wellbeing” or “qol” or “hrqol” or “well being” or “well-being”:ti,ab,kw (Word variations have been searched)	41155
#3	#1 and #2	103