Table 1.

Search Strategy for MEDLINE and EMBASE (via Ovid)

Search	Query
Cancer-related search terms
1	cancer*.mp.
2	exp Neoplasms/
3	neoplasm*.mp.
4	exp Carcinoma/
5	carcinoma*.mp.
6	exp Sarcoma/
7	sarcoma*.mp.
8	exp Lymphoma/
9	lymphoma*.mp.
10	exp Leukemia/
11	leukemia*.mp.
12	myeloma.mp.
13	tumor*.mp.
14	tumour*.mp.
15	Or/1–14
Health utility elicitations methods-related search terms
16	(health adj3 (utilit* or status)).mp.
17	(utilit* adj3 (valu* or measur* or health or life or estimat* or elicit* or disease or score* or weight)).mp.
18	(preference* adj3 (valu* or measur* or health or life or estimat* or elicit* or disease or score* or instrument* or scale* or quest*)).mp.
19	disutilit*.mp.
20	standard gamble*.mp.
21	(time trade off or time tradeoff or time trade-off).mp.
22	tto.ti,ab,kw.
23	visual analog* scale*.mp.
24	VAS.mp.
25	discrete choice experiment*.mp.
26	Rating scale.mp. AND (health adj3 (utilit* or status)).mp.
27	(Personal trade-off or PTO).mp AND (health adj3 (utilit* or status)).mp.
28	(multiattribute health status* or multi-attribute health status* or multiattribute utility* or multi-attribute utility*).mp.
Utility-based instrument search terms
29	(hui or hui1 or hui2 or hui3).ti,ab,kw.
30	health utility index.mp.
31	(eq or euroqol or euro qol or eq5d or eq 5d or euroqual or euro qual or European Quality of Life 5-dimension or EQ-5D or EQ5D or EQ 5D).mp.
32	(sf6d or sf 6d or sf-6d or short form 6d or shortform 6d).mp.
33	(15-D or 15D).mp AND (health utility or health utilities or utility or utilities).mp
34	(AQoL or AQL or Assessment of Quality of Life).mp
35	(Patient ORiented Prostate Utility Scale or PORPUS).mp
36	(PROMIS or Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System).mp AND (health utility or health utilities or utility or utilities).mp
37	Or/16–36
38	15 and 37