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Table 1 Search strategy developed for MEDLINE (conducted 3 June 2022)

From: Breast cancer screening motivation and behaviours of women aged over 75 years: a scoping review

Search ID#

Search Terms

Search Notes

Results

S1

Mammography/

MeSH

32229

S2

Mammogra*

 

44024

S3

(breast ADJ2 screen*)

 

11700

S4

1 OR 2 OR 3

 

48125

S5

Aged/

MeSH

3352052

S6

“Aged, 80 and over”/

MeSH

1006581

S7

((old* OR elder* OR senior* OR geriatric* OR ageing OR aging) ADJ1 (women* OR woman* OR female))

 

253779

S8

“over 75*” OR “aged 75” OR “75 year*” OR “75 plus” OR 75 + 

 

528574

S9

OR/5–8

 

3967581

S10

Early detection of cancer/

MeSH

33895

S11

Mass screening/

MeSH

113577

S12

“early detection”

 

103374

S13

Screen*

 

965921

S14

(detect* ADJ2 cancer*)

 

61097

S15

OR/10–14

 

1046292

S16

4 and 9 and 15

 

10373

S17

Limit 16 to (English language and yr = ”2009-current”)

 

4158

  1. * denotes a range of alternate endings for the word