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Cancer Hedges

Cancer Survivorship - PubMed (Y. Geng, 2017)
Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia - MEDLINE (Y. Geng, 2014) 1 exp Leukemia, Lymphocytic, Chronic, B-Cell/ (12122)
2 (CLL or (chronic adj (lymphocytic or b-cell or lymphoblastic or Lymphocyte or lymphoid) adj leuk?emia*)).ti,ab. (17457)
3 1 or 2 (19903)
4 exp Papillomavirus Infections/ (24220)
5 papillomavirus*.mp. (33123)
6 hpv.mp. (27133)
7 4 or 5 or 6 (43410)
8 3 and 7 (12)

Created by Yimin Geng, 2014
Colorectal Cancer - MEDLINE
Colorectal Cancer - PubMed
Lung Cancer - MEDLINE (G. Pratt, 2017) exp LUNG NEOPLASMS/
(NSCLC or SCLC).ti,kw,ab.
((lung*1 or pulmonary*) adj10 (cancer* or neoplas* or carcinoma* or tumor* or tumour*)).ti,kw,ab.
(exp SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA/ or exp ADENOCARCINOMA/) and (exp LUNG/ or exp LUNG DISEASES/)
((lung* or pulmonary*) adj5 (cancer* or neoplas* or carcinoma* or tumor* or tumour*) adj5 (squamous or SCC)).ti,kw,ab.
((lung* or pulmonary*) adj5 adenocarcinoma*).ti,kw,ab.
Lung Cancer - EMBASE (G. Pratt, 2017) 1 exp *LUNG NEOPLASMS/
2 (NSCLC or SCLC).ti,kw.
3 ((lung*1 or pulmonary*) adj10 (cancer* or neoplas* or carcinoma* or tumor* or tumour*)).ti,kw.
4 ((squamous or SCC or adenocarcinoma*) adj10 (lung* or pulmonary*)).ti,kw,ab.
Secondary Cancer - MEDLINE (L. Gann, 2014) 1 exp Neoplasms, Second Primary/
2 (second$ adj3 tumo?r$).tw.
3 (second$ adj3 cancer$).tw.
4 (second$ adj3 malignan$).tw.

Treatment & Therapy

Chemotherapy - MEDLINE (2016) 1 exp ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS/
2 exp ANTINEOPLASTIC PROTOCOLS/
3 (antineoplastic* or chemotherap* or polychemotherap*).ti,kw,ab.
4 ((anticancer* or anti-cancer* or cytotoxic*) adj5 (drug* or agent*)).ti,kw,ab.
5 or/1-4
Palliative Care (Y.Geng, 2016) 1 exp Palliative Care/
2 Palliative.ti,ab,kw.
3 exp Terminal Care/
4 exp Hospice Care/
5 exp Advance Care Planning/
6 ((terminal or hospice or supportive or "end-of-life") adj2 care).ti,ab.
7 (care adj3 end adj3 life).ti.
8 or/1-7
Precision Medicine - EMBASE (R.Hartig 2015) exp personalized medicine/
exp pharmacogenetics/
exp biological model/ and precision.ab,kw,ti.
exp molecularly targeted therapy/
exp translational research/ and precision.ab,kw,ti.
exp genetic association/ and precision.ab,kw,ti.
(precision adj3 medicine).ab,ti.
(personal* adj3 medicine).ab,ti.
(individualize* adj3 medicine).ab,ti.
1 or 2 or 3 or 4 or 5 or 6 or 7 or 8 or 9
Precision Medicine - MEDLINE (R. Hartig 2015) exp Individualized Medicine/
exp Pharmacogenetics/
exp Patient-Specific Modeling/
exp Molecular Targeted Therapy/
exp Translational Medical Research/ and precision.ab,kw,ti.
exp Genome-Wide Association Study/ and precision.ab,kw,ti.
(precision adj3 medicine).ab,ti.
(personal* adj3 medicine).ab,ti.
(individualize* adj3 medicine).ab,ti.
1 or 2 or 3 or 4 or 5 or 6 or 7 or 8 or 9

Radiology/Radiotherapy - MEDLINE & EMBASE (R. Hartig 2018) Medline:
radiation/
radiation effects/
"radiation*".kf,ti,fs.
"radiotherap*".kf,ti,fs.
(radiation* or radiother*).ab. /freq=3
(radiation* or radiotherap*).fx.
exp Radiotherapy/
exp Chemoradiotherapy/
exp Radiation Injuries/
radioimmunotherapy/
radiotherapy, adjuvant/
Radiation Dosage/
heavy ion radiotherapy/
radiotherapy, high-energy/
radiotherapy, image-guided/
whole-body irradiation/
RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED/ or RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT/
or/1-17

MD Anderson

MD Anderson as an Institution - MEDLINE (G. Pratt, 2015) OVID MEDLINE

(mdacc OR utmdacc OR "utmd anderson" OR "ut md anderson" OR (("m d anderson" OR "md anderson" OR mdanderson OR "anderson cancer center usa" OR (anderson ADJ (canc* OR hosp* OR tumor))) AND (texas OR tx OR houston OR smithville OR bastrop))).in.
MD Anderson as an Institution - PUBMED (G. Pratt, 2015) PUBMED

("m d anderson"[Affiliation] OR "md anderson"[Affiliation] OR "mdacc"[Affiliation] OR "utmdacc"[Affiliation] OR "utmd anderson"[Affiliation] OR "mdanderson"[Affiliation] OR (("anderson cancer"[Affiliation] OR "anderson hospital"[Affiliation] OR "anderson tumor"[Affiliation]) AND ("texas"[Affiliation] OR "tx"[Affiliation] OR "houston"[Affiliation] OR "smithville"[Affiliation] OR "bastrop"[Affiliation])))
MD Anderson as an Institution - SCOPUS (G.Pratt, 2015) SCOPUS

AF-ID(60015023) OR AF-ID(100338079) OR AF-ID(106643828) OR AF-ID(105327874) OR AF-ID(100607183) OR AF-ID(108431443) OR AF-ID(101265473) OR AFFIL(mdacc) OR AFFIL(utmdacc) OR AFFIL(utmd AND anderson) OR AFFIL(University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center) OR AFFIL("University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center") OR ((AFFIL(mdanderson) OR AFFIL("anderson tumor") OR AFFIL(“md anderson cancer”) OR AFFIL(“m. d. anderson cancer”)) AND (AFFILCITY(houston OR smithville OR bastrop) OR AFFIL(texas) OR AFFIL(tx)))
MD Anderson as an Institution - WEB OF SCIENCE (G.Pratt, 2015) WEB OF SCIENCE

ad=(("m d anderson" or "md anderson" or mdacc or utmdacc or "utmd anderson" or mdanderson or "anderson canc" or "anderson hosp" or "anderson tumor" or "anderson med ctr") same (TX or Texas or Houston)) OR OG="UTMD Anderson Cancer Center"

Study Designs

Guidelines - PubMed (Y. Geng, 2017)
Randomized Trials - MEDLINE (Cochrane) 1. randomized controlled trial.pt.

2. controlled clinical trial.pt.

3. randomized.ab.

4. placebo.ab.

5. drug therapy.fs.

6. randomly.ab.

7. trial.ab.

8. groups.ab.

9. 1 or 2 or 3 or 4 or 5 or 6 or 7 or 8

10. exp animals/ not humans.sh.

11. 9 not 10
Randomized Trials - PUBMED (Cochrane) 1. randomized controlled trial [pt]

2. controlled clinical trial [pt]

3. randomized [tiab]

4. placebo [tiab]

5. drug therapy [sh]

6. randomly [tiab]

7. trial [tiab]

8. groups [tiab]

9. #1 OR #2 OR #3 OR #4 OR #5 OR #6 OR #7 OR #8

10. animals [mh] NOT humans [mh]

11. #9 NOT #10

From Cochrane Handbook

Viruses & Infections

Hepatitis B - MEDLINE (L.Gann 2014) 1 exp Hepatitis B/
2 (hepatitis adj3 b).mp.
3 exp Hepatitis B virus/
4 hbv.mp. 29726
5 exp Hepatitis B Surface Antigens/
6 exp Hepatitis B Antibodies/
7 HBsAG*.mp.
8 anti-HBC*.mp.
9 antiHBC*.mp.
10 (surface adj5 antigen*).mp.
11 (core adj5 antibod*).mp.
Human Papillomavirus (HPV) - MEDLINE (G. Pratt, 2017) exp PAPILLOMAVIRIDAE/

PAPILLOMAVIRUS VACCINES/

HUMAN PAPILLOMAVIRUS DNA TESTS/

exp PAPILLOMAVIRUS INFECTIONS/

PAPILLOMAVIRUS E7 PROTEINS/

(HPV* or papillomavir* or (papilloma* adj3 vir*)).ti,kw,ab.

(wart* or verruca* or condyloma* or "Buschke-Lowenstein*" or "epidermodysplasia* verruciform*").ti,ab,kw.
P16 protein, human.rn.

(alphapapillomavir* or alpha-papillomavir* or betapapillomavir* or beta-papillomavir* or gammapapillomavir* or gamma-papillomavir* or mupapillomavir* or mupa-pillomavir*).ti,kw,ab.

Other Concepts

Journals with Impact Factor 6+ in PubMed - 2017 (L. Gann)
Validity of a Data Collection Method - EMBASE (Y.Geng, 2015) 1 exp *validity/
2 exp validation study/
3 exp instrument validation/
4 exp reproducibility/
5 "Sensitivity and Specificity"/
6 exp "utilization review"/
7 exp statistical bias/
8 exp interview bias/
9 exp recall bias/
10 exp memory bias/
11 ((valid* or accuracy or specificity or sensitivity or reliab* or reproducibility) and "self report*").ti,ab.
12 exp accuracy/
13 or/1-13
Validity of a Data Collection Method - MEDLINE (Y. Geng, 2015) 1 exp "Reproducibility of Results"/
2 exp Validation Studies as Topic/
2 exp "Sensitivity and Specificity"/
4 ((valid* or accuracy or specificity or sensitivity or reliab* or reproducibility) and "self report*").ti,ab.
5 *"Utilization Review"/mt
6 or/1-6 [Validity]

Drug Related Adverse Events - Ovid MEDLINE (K. Krause, 2020)
Humans Only
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