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Table 3 Searching for studies

From: Screening for esophageal adenocarcinoma and precancerous conditions (dysplasia and Barrett’s esophagus) in patients with chronic gastroesophageal reflux disease with or without other risk factors: two systematic reviews and one overview of reviews to inform a guideline of the Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health Care (CTFPHC)

 

Key question 1

Key question 2

Key question 3

Searchesa,b

Additional file 4. KQ1 searches

Additional file 4. KQ2 searches

Additional file 4. KQ3 searches

Databases

OVID MEDLINE®

OVID MEDLINE® Epub Ahead of Print, In-Process and Other Non-Indexed Citations

Embase Classic + Embase

Cochrane Library on Wiley

Same as KQ1

plus CINAHL using the EBSCO platform

Same as KQ1

Date run

From the inception date on October 29–30, 2018.

Controlled vocabulary examplesc

Gastroesophageal reflux, esophageal neoplasms, endoscopy

Gastroesophageal reflux, patient acceptance of health care, informed consent

Barrett esophagus, esophageal neoplasms, meta analysis

Keywords examplesc

GERD, esophageal cancer, esophagoscopy

GERD, patient perspective, informed decision-making

Barrett’s dysplasia, esophageal cancer, systematic review

Grey literature

CADTH Grey Matters, websites listed in Additional file 6, bibliographies of relevant systematic reviews and clinical practice guidelines identified from the search strategies and grey literature searching.

CADTH Grey Matters plus additional references listed in Additional file 6.

  1. aWhen possible, animal-only and opinion-pieces were removed from the results
  2. bThe search strategies were peer-reviewed using PRESS 2015 [35] and can be found in Additional file 5
  3. cVocabulary and syntax adjusted across databases, as required