reference librarian comments, March 2000
| On Doctoring MEDLINE searches, with reference librarian comments, March 2000 |
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The question was
Compare the outcome of radioisotope implantation vs surgery for prostatic neoplasms.
1 Prostatic neoplasms/rt,su,th [Radiotherapy, Surgery, results= 5296
Therapy]
2 exp Radioisotopes/ results= 39436
3 1 and 2 results= 246
4 limit 3 to (human and english language) results= 221
5 Brachytherapy/ results= 3227
6 Brachytherapy/ results= 3227
7 4 and (6 or transperineal.mp.) results= 170
8 *Prostatic neoplasms/su [Surgery] results= 1003
9 7 and 8 results= 6
Reference Librarian comments
Good job. You used subject-headings appropriately, "exploded" terms, selected subheadings, combined sets, "limited" results, etc.
Just for fun, I decided to try my hand at the search, and I took a slightly different tack.
I thought: "I'll make a set with radiotherapy of prostatic CA, and then I'll make a set with surgery of prostatic CA, and then I'll "AND" those two sets. (Any article I get will HAVE TO discuss both...)
Then, I'll see if there are any meta-analyses on this, and then -- well, I could look thru 93 references, especially after I'd probably cut them down a little with "Human and English" limits -- OR -- I could AND my set #3 to "outcomes" terms and see what happens.
Here's my strategy (below) and some references from the final set.
Medline 1991 to January 2000#
Search History
Results
1
exp *prostatic neoplasms/rt
1158
2
exp *prostatic neoplasms/su
1003
3
1 and 2
93
4
limit 3 to meta analysis
0
5
exp "Outcome and process assessment (health care)"/
94427
6
3 and 5
15
<1>
AN 99419940
AU Sohayda CJ. Kupelian PA. Altsman KA. Klein EA.
TI Race as an independent predictor of outcome after treatment
for localized prostate cancer.
SO Journal of Urology. 162(4):1331-6, 1999 Oct.
LM Pre-1993 Dana; 1993-dateMFHSL;for Web access-check catalog
<2>
AN 99404656
AU Valicenti RK. Gomella LG. Ismail M. Strup SE.
Mulholland SG. Dicker AP. Petersen RO. Newschaffer CJ.
TI The efficacy of early adjuvant radiation therapy for pT3N0 prostate cancer:
a matched-pair analysis.
SO International Journal of Radiation Oncology, Biology, Physics. 45(1):53-8,
1999 Aug 1.
LM Dana. Incomplete holdings, check catalog.
<3>
AN 99341702
AU Vicini FA. Ziaja EL. Kestin LL. Brabbins DS. Stromberg JS. Gonzalez JA.
Martinez AA.
TI Treatment outcome with adjuvant and
salvage irradiation after radical prostatectomy for prostate cancer. [Review]
[39 refs]
SO Urology. 54(1):111-7, 1999 Jul.
LM Pre-1993 at Dana,1993-date at MFHSL.
<4>
AN 99078868
AU Epperson WJ.
TI Radical prostatectomy in the treatment of prostate cancer [letter; comment].
SO American Family Physician. 58(9):1972, 1977-8, 1998 Dec.
LM Pre-1993 at Dana,1993-date at MFHSL.
<5>
AN 99160240
AU Parker CC. Dearnaley DP.
TI The management of PSA failure after radical radiotherapy for localized
prostate cancer. [Review] [39 refs]
SO Radiotherapy & Oncology. 49(2):103-10, 1998 Nov.
LM Not at Dartmouth/DHMClibraries;request on interlibrary loan.
<6>
AN 98258459
AU Granfors T. Modig H. Damber JE. Tomic R.
TI Combined orchiectomy and external radiotherapy versus
radiotherapy alone for nonmetastatic prostate cancer with or without pelvic
lymph node involvement: a prospective randomized study.
SO Journal of Urology. 159(6):2030-4, 1998 Jun.
LM Pre-1993 Dana; 1993-dateMFHSL;for Web access-check catalog
<7>
AN 98184952
AU Klein EA.
TI Radiation therapy versus radical prostatectomy in the PSA era: a urologist's
view. [Review] [47 refs]
SO Seminars in Radiation Oncology. 8(2):87-94, 1998 Apr.
LM Not at Dartmouth/DHMClibraries;request on interlibrary loan.
<8>
AN 97409244
AU Klein EA.
TI Comparison of prostate cancer treatments [letter; comment].
SO Cancer Journal From Scientific American. 3(4):255, 1997 Jul-Aug.
LM Not at Dartmouth/DHMClibraries;request on interlibrary loan.
<9>
AN 96009146
AU Arcangeli G. Micheli A. Verna L. Saracino B. Arcangeli G. Giovinazzo G.
D'Angelo L. Pansadoro V. Sternberg CN.
TI Prognostic impact of transurethral resection on patients irradiated for
localized prostate cancer.
SO Radiotherapy & Oncology. 35(2):123-8, 1995 May.
LM Not at Dartmouth/DHMClibraries;request on interlibrary loan.
<10>
AN 95370062
AU Anscher MS. Robertson CN. Prosnitz R.
TI Adjuvant radiotherapy for pathologic stage T3/4 adenocarcinoma of the
prostate: ten-year update.
SO International Journal of Radiation Oncology, Biology, Physics. 33(1):37-43,
1995 Aug 30.
LM Dana. Incomplete holdings, check catalog.
<11>
AN 95156647
AU Fowler JE Jr. Braswell NT. Pandey P. Seaver L.
TI Experience with radical prostatectomy and radiation therapy
for localized prostate cancer at a Veterans Affairs Medical Center.
SO Journal of Urology. 153(3 Pt 2):1026-31, 1995 Mar.
LM Pre-1993 Dana; 1993-dateMFHSL;for Web access-check catalog
<12>
AN 95100085
AU Kanamaru H. Arai Y. Moroi S. Shirahase T. Isogawa Y. Okuno H. Kihara
Y. Kuo JY. Taniguchi T. Takeuchi H.
TI [Comparison of treatment results of prostatic cancer
between radical prostatectomy and radiation therapy].
[Japanese]
SO Hinyokika Kiyo - Acta Urologica Japonica. 40(9):795-801, 1994 Sep.
LM Not at Dartmouth/DHMClibraries;request on interlibrary loan.
<13>
AN 95018796
AU Zietman AL. Shipley WU. Coen JJ.
TI Radical prostatectomy and radical radiation therapy for
clinical stages T1 to 2 adenocarcinoma of the prostate: new insights into
outcome from repeat biopsy and prostate
specific antigen followup [see comments]. [Review] [46 refs]
SO Journal of Urology. 152(5 Pt 2):1806-12, 1994 Nov.
LM Pre-1993 Dana; 1993-dateMFHSL;for Web access-check catalog
<14>
AN 94246789
AU McCarthy JF. Catalona WJ. Hudson MA.
TI Effect of radiation therapy on detectable serum prostate specific antigen
levels following radical prostatectomy: early versus delayed treatment.
[Review] [20 refs]
SO Journal of Urology. 151(6):1575-8, 1994 Jun.
LM Pre-1993 Dana; 1993-dateMFHSL;for Web access-check catalog
<15>
AN 93002207
AU Lawrence GA.
TI New treatments for prostate cancer: do they improve survival? [letter;
comment].
SO Oncology. 6(10):17-20, 1992 Oct.
LM Not at Dartmouth/DHMC libraries;request on interlibrary loan