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Table 1 Search strategy

From: Needle tract seeding and abdominal recurrence following pre-treatment biopsy of gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GIST): results of a systematic review

Search #

Title

Terms

Hits

1

GIST

“gastrointestinal”[Title/Abstract] AND “stromal”[Title/Abstract] AND (“tumor”[Title/Abstract] OR “tumors”[Title/Abstract] OR “neoplasm”[Title/Abstract] OR “neoplasms”[Title/Abstract] OR “sarcoma”[Title/Abstract] OR “sarcomas”[Title/Abstract] OR “cancer” [Title/Abstract] OR “cancers”[Title/Abstract])

9760

2

Biopsy

“biop*“[Title/Abstract] OR “fine needle“[Title/Abstract] OR “core needle“[Title/Abstract]

569,221

3

 

#1 AND #2

877

4

Survival

survival[Title/Abstract] OR mortality[Title/Abstract] OR death[Title/Abstract]

2,293,766

5

Recurrence

“recurrence“[Title/Abstract]

321,063

6

Seeding

“seeding“[Title/Abstract] OR “metastasis“[Title/Abstract] OR “metastases“[Title/Abstract]

406,051

7

 

#4 OR #5 OR #6

2,748,749

8

 

#3 AND #7

264

9

 

#3 AND #7 Filters: Humans

205

10

 

#3 AND #7 Filters: Humans; English

150