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Table 2 Feasibility of yield of literature of pilot electronic search strategy for diagnostic utility of Serum microRNAs in detection of cervical intraepithelial neoplasia and cervical cancer

From: The diagnostic accuracy of serum microRNAs in detection of cervical cancer: a systematic review protocol

Search number (Data base)

Search terms (and date)

Number of hits (relevant)

#1(PubMed)

Search: ((“Uterine cervical neoplasms*” [Mesh] OR “Cervical cancer*” [tw] OR “Human uterine cancer*” [tw] OR “SCC” [tw] OR “Cancer of the cervix*” [tw] OR “Cervical intraepithelial neoplasia*” [tw] OR “CIN” [tw].) AND (“Early Detection of Cancer*”[Mesh] OR Diagnosis*[tw] OR “Diagnostic value*” [tw] OR “Diagnostic utility*” [tw] OR Sensitivity* [tw] OR Specificity*[tw] OR “up regulated*” [tw] OR “Down regulated*” [tw] OR “increased*” [tw] OR “Decreased*” [tw].)) AND (“Circulating MicroRNA” [Mesh] OR “Circulating microRNAs*”[tw] OR “Circulating miRNAs” [tw] OR “Circulating serum microRNAs*”[tw] OR “Circulating serum miRNAs*”[tw] OR “Serum microRNAs*”[tw] OR “Serum miRNAs*”[tw] OR “Biomarkers*”[tw] OR “Blood*”[tw] OR “microRNAs*”[tw])

a5333 (26, 0.26%)b

  1. aNumber of article titles and abstracts as of 25 April 2022
  2. bSorted by relevance and initial screening of titles and abstracts