Table 1.
Full search strategies for three databases.
| MEDLINE | |
|---|---|
| Set | Search Terms |
| 1 | diet*[TextWord] OR diet therapy[MeSHTerms] OR therapy nutrition[MeSHTerms] OR eat*[TextWord] OR food*[TextWord] OR feed*[TextWord] OR meal*[TextWord] OR nutriment*[TextWord] or nutritional advice*[TextWord] OR nutritional counseling*[TextWord] OR nutritional support*[TextWord] OR nutritional intervention*[TextWord] |
| 2 | ovar* [TextWord] OR ovary [MeSHTerms] |
| 3 | cancer*[TextWord] OR oncology[TextWord] OR tumour*[TextWord] OR tumor*[TextWord] OR malignan*[TextWord] OR carcinoma[TextWord] OR neoplasm*[TextWord] |
| 4 | 2 AND 3 |
| 5 | 1 AND 4 |
| 6 | 5 and Refined by: Publication Type: “Randomized Controlled Trial” |
| 7 | 6 and Refined by: Subjects: “Humans” |
| WEB OF SCIENCE | |
| Set | Search Terms |
| 1 | Topic: (diet* OR eat* OR food* OR feed* OR meal* OR nutriment* or nutritional advice* OR nutritional therapy* OR nutritional support* OR nutritional intervention*) |
| 2 | Topic: (Ovarian OR Ovary) |
| 3 | Topic: (cancer* OR oncology OR tumour* OR tumor* OR malignan* OR carcinoma OR neoplasm*) |
| 4 | 1 AND 2 AND 3 |
| 5 | #4 AND Refined by: Topic: (randomised controlled trial* OR randomised controlled clinical trial* OR randomised controlled study OR randomised controlled clinical study OR randomized controlled trial* OR randomized controlled clinical trial* OR randomized controlled stud* OR randomized controlled clinical stud* OR randomised-controlled trial* OR randomised-controlled clinical trial* OR randomised-controlled study OR randomised-controlled clinical study OR randomized-controlled trial* OR randomized-controlled clinical trial* OR randomized-controlled stud* OR randomized-controlled clinical stud*) |
| COCHRANE | |
| Set | Search Terms |
| 1 | Title Abstract Keyword: diet* OR eat* OR food* OR feed* OR meal* OR nutriment* or nutritional advice* OR nutritional therapy* OR nutritional support* OR nutritional intervention* |
| 2 | Title Abstract Keyword: ovarian OR ovary |
| 3 | Title Abstract Keyword: cancer* OR oncology OR tumour* OR tumor* OR malignan* OR carcinoma OR neoplasm* |
| 4 | 1 AND 2 AND 3 |
Abbreviation: * star search algorithm.