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Table 2 Primary search strategy

From: Clinicians’ attitudes and perceived barriers and facilitators to cancer treatment clinical practice guideline adherence: a systematic review of qualitative and quantitative literature

Search terms

Limits

neoplasm* OR cancer* OR carcinoma* OR malignan* OR tumo?r* OR oncology OR metastas*

AND

“practice guideline” OR “clinical practice” OR “clinical protocol” OR “evidence based practice” OR “Evidence based medicine” OR guideline* OR “Practice pattern*” OR “clinical varia*”

AND

attitude* OR “Health personnel attitude” OR “Physician attitude” OR knowledge OR perspective* OR belief* OR barrier* OR facilitat* OR implement* OR adheren* OR concordan* OR complian*

AND

physician OR clinician* OR surgeon OR "medical oncologist" OR radiologist OR doctor* OR registrar* OR trainee* OR oncologist*

Title/Abstract and/or subject headingsa,b,c,d,e,f

Englisha,b,c,d,e,f

Humana,b,c,d,e,f

Not (conference abstract or conference review)b,c

Exclude reviews c

Dissertations

onlya

  1. * Indicates truncation
  2. aPROQUEST
  3. bEmbase
  4. cScopus
  5. dMedline
  6. ePsycINFO
  7. fCINAHL