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Table 1 Search strategy in PubMed, Embase and Cochrane Library

From: Lymph nodes primary staging of colorectal cancer in 18F-FDG PET/MRI: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Database

Search strategy

PubMed (112)

("colon*"[All Fields] OR "colorectal"[All Fields] OR ("administration, rectal"[MeSH Terms] OR ("administration"[All Fields] AND "rectal"[All Fields]) OR "rectal administration"[All Fields] OR "rectal"[All Fields])) AND ("PET-MRI"[All Fields] OR "positron emission tomography/magnetic resonance imaging"[All Fields] OR "PET-MR"[All Fields])

Embase (342)

('colon*' OR 'colorectal' OR 'rectal') AND('PET-MRI' OR 'positron emission tomography/magnetic resonance imaging' OR 'PET-MR')

Cochrane Library(50)

(colon* OR colorectal OR rectal) AND(PET-MRI OR "positron emission tomography/magnetic resonance imaging" OR PET-MR)