Supplementary Appendix: Search terms used in the review
OVID MEDLINE (1948 – May 2012 )
1. exp Neoplasms/
2. (cancer$ or carcinoma$ or neoplasm$ or tumor$ or tumour$ or sarcoma$ or adenocarcinoma$ or adeno?carcinoma or adenoma$ or leukemi$ or leukaemia$ or lymphoma$ or malignan$ or melanoma$)
3. 1 or 2
4. Depression/
5. exp depressive disorder/
6. depress$
7. 4 or 5 or 6
8. randomized controlled trial.pt.
9. controlled clinical trial.pt.
10. randomized.ab.
11. placebo.ab.
12. drug therapy.fs.
13. randomly.ab.
14. trial.ab.
15. groups.ab.
16. 8 or 9 or 10 or 11 or 12 or 13 or 14 or 15
17. exp animals/ not humans.sh.
18. 16 not 17
19. 3 and 7 and 18
OVID EMBASE Classic + EMBASE (1947 – May 2012)
1. exp neoplasm/
2. (cancer$ or carcinoma$ or neoplasm$ or tumor$ or tumour$ or sarcoma$ or adenocarcinoma$ or adeno?carcinoma or adenoma$ or leukemi$ or leukaemia$ or lymphoma$ or malignan$ or melanoma$)
3. 1 or 2
4. exp depression/
5. depress$
6. 4 or 5
7. (random$ or factorial$ or crossover$ or cross over$ or cross-over$ or placebo$ doubl$ adj blind$ or singl$ adj blind$ or assign$ or allocat$ or volunteer$)
8. crossover-procedure/
9. double-blind procedure/
10. randomized controlled trial/
11. single-blind procedure/
12. 7 or 8 or 9 or 10 or 11
13. 3 and 6 and 12
OVID PsycINFO (1806 to May 2012)
1. exp neoplasms/
2. (cancer$ or carcinoma$ or neoplasm$ or tumor$ or tumour$ or sarcoma$ or adenocarcinoma$ or adeno?carcinoma or adenoma$ or leukemi$ or leukaemia$ or lymphoma$ or malignan$ or melanoma$)
3. 1 or 2
4. exp major depression/
5. mental disorders due to general medical conditions/
6. depress$
7. 4 or 5 or 6
8. exp placebo/
9. exp treatment effectiveness evaluation/
10. (random$ or factorial$ or crossover$ or cross over$ or cross-over$ or placebo$ doubl$ adj blind$ or singl$ adj blind$ or assign$ or allocat$ or volunteer$)
11. 8 or 9 or 10
12. 3 and 7 and 11
The Cochrane Central Register of Controlled trials
(cancer) and (depress*)