1 Department of Thoracic Surgery, West China Hospital, Sichuan University,Chengdu, China

Clinicopathological and Prognostic Significance of Nestin Expression in Patients with Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Shuang-Jiang Li1, Yu-Tian Lai1, Jun Fan1, Cheng Shen1, Guo-Wei Che1, *

1 Department of Thoracic Surgery, West China Hospital, Sichuan University,Chengdu, China

*Corresponding author:

Guo-Wei Che

Department of Thoracic Surgery, West-China Hospital, Sichuan University;

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Journal Name:Clinical and Experimental Medicine (CEM)

Online Resource 2

Summary of the electronic literature search

PubMed search strategy

Searches / Search details / Items found
#1 / Search (((("lung neoplasms"[MeSH Terms] OR ("lung"[All Fields] AND "neoplasms"[All Fields]) OR "lung neoplasms"[All Fields] OR ("lung"[All Fields] AND "cancer"[All Fields]) OR "lung cancer"[All Fields]) OR (("lung"[MeSH Terms] OR "lung"[All Fields]) AND ("carcinoma"[MeSH Terms] OR "carcinoma"[All Fields]))) OR ("lung neoplasms"[MeSH Terms] OR ("lung"[All Fields] AND "neoplasms"[All Fields]) OR "lung neoplasms"[All Fields] OR ("lung"[All Fields] AND "tumor"[All Fields]) OR "lung tumor"[All Fields])) OR ("lung neoplasms"[MeSH Terms] OR ("lung"[All Fields] AND "neoplasms"[All Fields]) OR "lung neoplasms"[All Fields] OR ("lung"[All Fields] AND "neoplasm"[All Fields]) OR "lung neoplasm"[All Fields])) AND ("nestin"[MeSH Terms] OR "nestin"[All Fields]) / 45
#2 / Search (((("lung neoplasms"[MeSH Terms] OR ("lung"[All Fields] AND "neoplasms"[All Fields]) OR "lung neoplasms"[All Fields] OR ("pulmonary"[All Fields] AND "cancer"[All Fields]) OR "pulmonary cancer"[All Fields]) OR (("lung"[MeSH Terms] OR "lung"[All Fields] OR "pulmonary"[All Fields]) AND ("carcinoma"[MeSH Terms] OR "carcinoma"[All Fields]))) OR (("lung"[MeSH Terms] OR "lung"[All Fields] OR "pulmonary"[All Fields]) AND ("tumour"[All Fields] OR "neoplasms"[MeSH Terms] OR "neoplasms"[All Fields] OR "tumor"[All Fields]))) OR ("lung neoplasms"[MeSH Terms] OR ("lung"[All Fields] AND "neoplasms"[All Fields]) OR "lung neoplasms"[All Fields] OR ("pulmonary"[All Fields] AND "neoplasm"[All Fields]) OR "pulmonary neoplasm"[All Fields])) AND ("nestin"[MeSH Terms] OR "nestin"[All Fields]) / 45

EMBASE (via Ovid interface) search strategy

Searches / Search details / Items found
#1 / Search ((lung cancer or lung carcinoma or lung neoplasm or lung tumor) and nestin).af. / 60
#2 / Search ((pulmonary cancer or pulmonary carcinoma or pulmonary neoplasm or pulmonary tumor) and nestin).af. / 0

The Web of Science (via campus network of Sichuan University) search strategy

Searches / Search details / Items found
#1 / Search TS=((lung cancer OR lung carcinoma OR lung neoplasm OR lung tumor) AND nestin) / 89
#2 / Search TS=((pulmonary cancer OR pulmonary carcinoma OR pulmonary neoplasm OR pulmonary tumor) AND nestin) / 21