Table 1.

Medical Subject Headings (MeSH) terms used in the search strategy.

MeSH Terms for HRQoL	MeSH Terms for Breast Cancer	MeSH Terms for ME Countries
quality of life OR health related quality of life OR life style OR well-being OR health status	Breast Neoplasms OR Breast Neoplasm OR Breast Cancer OR Breast Carcinoma OR Breast OR mammary carcinoma OR cancer OR mammary cancer OR carcinoma mammae	Middle East OR Bahrain OR Egypt OR Iran OR Iraq OR Jordan OR Kuwait OR Lebanon OR Oman OR Palestine OR Qatar OR Saudi Arabia OR Syria OR Turkey OR United Arab Emirates OR Yemen