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Table 2 Search strategies and records for databases (Searched in January 2019)

From: Decision aids on breast conserving surgery for early stage breast cancer patients: a systematic review

Database

Search strategies

Limits

Records

Medline

(Breast cancer and (decision aid or decision making or decision support) and (breast conserving surgery or breast conserving therapy)).mp.[mp = title, abstract, original title, name of substance word, subject heading word, keyword heading word, protocol supplementary concept word, rare disease supplementary concept word, unique identifier, synonyms]

Full text

166

English language

Human

Embase

(Breast cancer and (decision aid or decision making or decision support) and (breast conserving surgery or breast conserving therapy)).mp.[mp = title, abstract, original title, name of substance word, subject heading word, keyword heading word, protocol supplementary concept word, rare disease supplementary concept word, unique identifier, synonyms]

Full text

152

English language

Human

PubMed

("Breast Neoplasms"[Mesh] AND (decision aid[Title/Abstract] OR decision making[Title/Abstract] OR decision support[Title/Abstract]) AND (breast conserving surgery[Title/Abstract] OR breast conserving therapy[Title/Abstract])

Full text

153

English language

Human

Web of science

TS = (breast cancer) AND TS = ((decision aid OR decision making) OR decision support) AND TS = (breast conserving surgery OR breast conserving therapy)

Full text

170

English language