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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: Psychooncology. 2016 Feb 18;26(1):4–14. doi: 10.1002/pon.4092

Sample Keywords and Controlled Vocabulary/Subject Headings Used in Search

Sample search strategy for PubMed / MEDLINE
("fertility"[MeSH] OR "infertility"[MeSH] OR "fertility preservation"[MeSH] OR "reproductive health"[MeSH] OR "fertility preservation"[MeSH Terms] OR "reproductive health"[MeSH Terms] OR "fertility preservation"[tiab] OR "fertility preserving"[tiab] OR oncofertility OR fertil*[tiab] OR infertil*[tiab] OR sterility[tiab] OR (egg[tiab] AND freez*[tiab]) OR (sperm[tiab] AND bank*[tiab]) OR (embryo[tiab] AND freez*[tiab]) OR (ovar*[tiab] AND tissue[tiab] AND freez*[tiab]) OR ((testic*[tiab] OR testes[tiab]) AND tissue[tiab] AND freez*[tiab]))
AND (cancer[tiab] OR neoplasm[tiab] OR "neoplasms"[MeSH] OR "radiotherapy"[MeSH] OR "antineoplastic agents"[MeSH] OR "antineoplastic combined chemotherapy protocols"[MeSH] OR "radiation injuries"[MeSH])
AND (teen[tiab] OR adolescent[tiab] OR child[tiab] OR "young adult"[tiab] OR young*[tiab] OR childhood[tiab] OR infant[MeSH] OR child[MeSH] OR adolescent[MeSH] OR young adult[MeSH])