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Unless otherwise stated, search terms are free‐text terms; MeSH = Medical subject heading (MEDLINE medical index term); exp = exploded MeSH; the dollar sign ($) stands for any character(s); the question mark (?) substitutes for one or no characters; tw = text word; pt = publication type; sh = MeSH; adj = adjacent. The Cochrane Library #1 MeSH descriptor Thyroid Neoplasms explode all trees #2 (thyroid in All Text near/6 cancer in All Text) #3 (thyroid in All Text near/6 carcinom* in All Text) #4 (thyroid in All Text near/6 tumo?r* in All Text) #5 (thyroid in All Text near/6 neoplasm* in All Text) #6 (thyroid in All Text near/6 metastas* in All Text) #7 DTC in All Text #8 (#1 or #2 or #3 or #4 or #5 or #6 or #7) #9 (recombinant in All Text and human in All Text and thyreotropin* in All Text) #10 rhTSH in All Text #11 (#9 or #10) #12 (radioiodin* in All Text near/6 treatment* in All Text) #13 (radioiodin* in All Text near/6 therap* in All Text) #14 (radioiodin* in All Text near/6 intervention* in All Text) #15 (131J in All Text or (131 in All Text and J in All Text) or 131I in All Text or (131 in All Text and I in All Text) ) #16 MeSH descriptor Iodine Radioisotopes explode all trees with qualifiers: TU #17 MeSH descriptor Radiopharmaceuticals explode all trees with qualifiers: TU #18 MeSH descriptor Thyroidectomy explode all trees #19 MeSH descriptor Thyrotropin explode all trees #20 (thyroidectom* in All Text or TSH in All Text or thyreotrop?in* in All Text) #21 (#12 or #13 or #14 or #15 or #16 or #17 or #18 or #19 or #20) #22 (#8 and #11 and #21) MEDLINE 1. exp Thyroid Neoplasms/ 2. (thyroid adj6 (cancer or carcinom$ or tumo?r$ or neoplasm$ or metastas$)).ab,ti,ot. 3. DTC.ab,ti,ot. 4. or/1‐3 5. recombinant human thyrotrop?in.ab,ti,ot. 6. rhTSH.ab,ti,ot. 7. 5 or 6 8. (radioiodine adj6 (treatment$ or therap$ or intervention$)).ab,ti,ot. 9. (131J or J131 or I131 or 131I).ab,ti,ot 10. exp Iodine Radioisotopes/tu [Therapeutic Use] 11. exp Radiopharmaceuticals/ [Therapeutic Use] 12. exp Thyroidectomy/ 13. exp Thyrotropin/ 14. (thyroidectom$ or TSH or thyreotrop?in$ or thyrotrop?in$).ab,ti,ot. 15. or/8‐14 16. 7 and 15 17. 4 and 16 18. randomized controlled trial.pt. 19. controlled clinical trial.pt. 20. randomized.ab. 21. placebo.ab. 22. drug therapy.fs. 23. randomly.ab. 24. trial.ab. 25. groups.ab. 26. or/18‐25 27. Meta‐analysis.pt. 28. exp Technology Assessment, Biomedical/ 29. exp Meta‐analysis/ 30. exp Meta‐analysis as topic/ 31. hta.tw,ot. 32. (health technology adj6 assessment$).tw,ot. 33. (meta analy$ or metaanaly$ or meta?analy$).tw,ot. 34. ((review$ or search$) adj10 (literature$ or medical database$ or medline or pubmed or embase or cochrane or cinahl or psycinfo or psyclit or healthstar or biosis or current content$ or systemat$)).tw,ot. 35. or/27‐34 36. (comment or editorial or historical‐article).pt. 37. 35 not 36 38. 26 or 37 39. 17 and 38 EMBASE 1. exp Thyroid Tumor/ 2. (thyroid adj6 (cancer or tumo?r$ or neoplasm$ or metastas$)).ab,ti,ot. 3. DTC.ab,ti,ot. 4. or/1‐3 5. (recombinant human adj6 (thyrotropin$ or thyreotropin$)).ab,ti,ot. 6. rhTSH.ab,ti,ot. 7. 5 or 6 8. (radioiodine adj6 (treatment$ or therap$ or intervention$)).ab,ti,ot. 9. (131J or J131 or I131 or 131I).ab,ti,ot. 10. exp Radioactive Iodine/ 11. exp Radiopharmaceutical Agent/dt [Drug Therapy] 12. exp Radiopharmaceutical Agent/ 13. exp Thyroidectomy/ or exp Subtotal Thyroidectomy/ 14. exp Thyrotropin/ 15. (thyroidectom$ or TSH or thyreotropin$).ab,ti,ot. 16. or/8‐15 17. 4 and 7 and 16 18. exp meta analysis/ 19. (metaanaly$ or meta analy$ or meta?analy$).ab,ti,ot. 20. ((review$ or search$) adj10 (literature$ or medical database$ or medline or pubmed or embase or cochrane or cinahl or psycinfo or psyclit or healthstar or biosis or current content$ or systematic$)).ab,ti,ot. 21. exp Literature/ 22. exp Biomedical Technology Assessment/ 23. hta.tw,ot. 24. (health technology adj6 assessment$).tw,ot. 25. or/18‐24 26. (comment or editorial or historical‐article).pt. 27. 25 not 26 28. exp Randomized Controlled Trial/ 29. exp Controlled Clinical Trial/ 30. exp Clinical Trial/ 31. exp Comparative Study/ 32. exp Drug comparison/ 33. exp Major clinical trial/ 34. exp Randomization/ 35. exp Crossover procedure/ 36. exp Double blind procedure/ 37. exp Single blind procedure/ 38. exp Placebo/ 39. exp Prospective Study/ 40. ((clinical or control$ or comparativ$ or placebo$ or prospectiv$ or randomi?ed) adj3 (trial$ or stud$)).ab,ti. 41. (random$ adj6 (allocat$ or assign$ or basis or order$)).ab,ti. 42. ((singl$ or doubl$ or trebl$ or tripl$) adj6 (blind$ or mask$)).ab,ti. 43. (cross over or crossover).ab,ti. 44. or/28‐43 46. 27 or 44 47. 17 and 46