Advice
Search strategy and evidence selection
Embase 1980 to 2014 Week 34, Ovid MEDLINE In‑Process & Other Non‑Indexed Citations and Ovid MEDLINE 1946 to Present; 744 references were returned on 10 September 2014. The search strategy was:
1. Oncentra
2. Nucletron
3. brachytherapy
4. HDR
5. High Dose Rate
6. 4 or 5
7. 3 and 6
8. real‑time ultrasound
9. 1 or 2 or 7 or 8
10. prostate
11. 9 and 10
12. Limit to English language, limit to human and year 2007 to current
13. Remove duplicates
The search strategy for the Cochrane and DARE databases was:
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Any field: Oncentra/ OR
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Any field: HDR Brachytherapy/OR
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Any field: Prostate Cancer
Evidence selection
Total number of publications reviewed: 744
Total number of publications considered relevant: 41 (28 full publications and 13 abstracts)
Total number of publications selected for inclusion in this briefing: 11 (4 full publication and 7 abstracts)
Exclusion criteria: case studies, editorials, letters, reviews, animal studies, and non‑English language studies, not using the Oncentra Prostate system v3.0 and above.