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Appendix A. Search Strategies

A.1 Search Strategy for Systematic Reviews

Database: EBM Reviews - Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews <2005 to December
2010>, EBM Reviews - Health Technology Assessment <4th Quarter 2010>, Ovid
MEDLINE(R) <1996 to December Week 4 2010>
Search Strategy:
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1 meta-analysis.pt.
2 systematic$ review$.mp.
3 (systematic$ adj9 overview$).mp.
4 (meta-analys$ or meta analys$ or metaanalys$).mp.
5 evidence review$.mp.
6 or/1-5
7 prostate cancer.mp.
8 watchful waiting.mp.
9 active surveillance.mp.
10 or/7-9
11 6 and 10

A.2 Search Strategy for Large Databases
Database: Ovid MEDLINE(R) (1996 to August Week 1 2011)

Search Strategy:
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1. ("Surveillance, Epidemiology and End Results" or "SEER" or "National Cancer Data Base" or
"NCDB" or "Cooperative Studies Program" or "CSP" or "CaPSURE").mp.
2. prostate cancer.mp. or exp Prostatic Neoplasms/
3. 1 and 2
4. ("Prostate Cancer Outcomes Study" or "PCOS").mp.
5. 2 and 4
6. 5 not 3

A.3 Search Strategy for AS or WW
Ovid MEDLINE(R) In-Process & Other Non-Indexed Citations (August 16, 2011), EBM
Reviews - Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews (2005 to July 2011), EBM Reviews -
Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials (3rd Quarter 2011), EBM Reviews - Health
Technology Assessment (3rd Quarter 2011), Ovid MEDLINE(R) without Revisions (1996 to
August Week 1 2011)

Search Strategy:
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1. watchful waiting.mp.
2. active surveillance.mp.
3. conservative management.mp.

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