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National Guideline Alliance (UK). Evidence reviews for the investigation, management and follow-up of meningioma: Brain tumours (primary) and brain metastases in adults: Evidence Report B. London: National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE); 2018 Jul. (NICE Guideline, No. 99.)

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Appendix BLiterature search strategies

Search strategy for review 1a. imaging for suspected glioma and meningioma

Date of initial search: 30/03/2017

Database: Embase 1974 to 2017 March 29, Ovid MEDLINE(R) Epub Ahead of Print, In-Process & Other Non-Indexed Citations, Ovid MEDLINE(R) Daily and Ovid MEDLINE(R) 1946 to Present

Date of re-run: 05/09/2017

Database: Embase 1974 to 2017 Week 35, Ovid MEDLINE(R) Epub Ahead of Print, In-Process & Other Non-Indexed Citations, Ovid MEDLINE(R) Daily and Ovid MEDLINE(R) 1946 to Present

#	Searches
1	exp glioma/ or exp astrocytoma/ or oligodendroglioma/
2	exp Glioblastoma/
3	1 or 2 use ppez
4	exp glioma/ use oemezd or exp astrocytoma/ use oemezd
5	(glioma* or glioblastoma* or GBM or gliosarcoma* or astrocytoma* or oligoastrocytoma* or oligodendroglioma* or oligo?astrocytoma* or xanthoastrocytoma*).tw.
6	or/3–5
7	Meningioma/ use ppez
8	Meningeal Neoplasms/ use ppez
9	exp meningioma/ use oemezd
10	meningioma*.tw.
11	(mening* adj3 (neoplas* or cancer* or carcin* or tumo* or malign* or h?emangiopericytoma* or h?emangioblastoma*)).tw.
12	or/7–11
13	6 or 12
14	Diagnostic Imaging/ use ppez
15	diagnostic imaging/ use oemezd
16	exp Neuroimaging/ use ppez
17	exp neuroimaging/ use oemezd
18	Multimodal Imaging/ use ppez
19	multimodal imaging/ use oemezd
20	Radionuclide Imaging/ use ppez
21	exp brain scintiscanning/ use oemezd
22	Perfusion Imaging/ use ppez
23	Neuronal Tract-Tracers/ use ppez
24	neuronal tract tracer/ use oemezd
25	exp Magnetic Resonance Imaging/ use ppez
26	exp nuclear magnetic resonance imaging/ use oemezd
27	Diffusion Magnetic Resonance Imaging/ use ppez
28	exp Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy/ use ppez
29	proton nuclear magnetic resonance/ use oemezd
30	magnetic resonance.tw.
31	(MRI or MR1 or NMR1).tw.
32	(MR adj2 (imag* or neuroimag* or scan* or spectroscop* or elastogra* or examination)).tw.
33	(magnet* adj2 (imag* or neuroimag* or spectroscop* or scan* or elastogra* or examination)).tw.
34	(magneti?ation adj2 imaging).tw.
35	exp Positron-Emission Tomography/ use ppez
36	positron emission tomography/ use oemezd
37	computer assisted emission tomography/ use oemezd
38	(PET adj (scan* or imag* or examination)).tw.
39	positron emission tomogra*.tw.
40	(PET or PET-CT or PETCT or PET MR*1).tw.
41	(spin adj2 (imag* or neuroimag* or spectroscop* or resonance)).tw.
42	(advanced adj2 (imag* or spectroscop* or neuroimag* or scan* or MR* or NMR*)).tw.
43	(chemical shift adj2 (imag* or spectroscop* or neuroimag* or scan* or MR* or NMR*)).tw.
44	(structural adj2 (imag* or spectroscop* or neuroimag* or scan* or MR* or NMR*)).tw.
45	(functional adj2 (imag* or spectroscop* or neuroimag* or scan* or MR* or NMR*)).tw.
46	(diffusion adj2 (imag* or spectroscop* or tractogra* or neuroimag* or scan* or MR* or NMR*)).tw.
47	(perfusion adj2 (imag* or spectroscop* or neuroimag* or scan* or MR* or NMR* or CT)).tw.
48	((axial or transverse) adj2 (imag* or neuroimag* or scan* or CT or tomogra*)).tw.
49	(T1W1 or T2W1).tw.
50	((T1 or T2) adj2 (imag* or neuroimag* or scan* or MR* or NMR*)).tw.
51	(DWI or DTI or DSC or DCE or ASL).tw.
52	exp nuclear magnetic resonance imaging agent/ use oemezd
53	dynamic contrast.tw.
54	Fluorodeoxyglucose F18/ use ppez
55	fluorodeoxyglucose f 18/ use oemezd
56	(“18F fluorodeoxyglucose” or FDG).tw.
57	Tyrosine/ use ppez
58	“18F fluoro ethyl tyrosine”.tw.
59	18F FET.tw.
60	Methionine/ use ppez
61	methionine c 11/ use oemezd
62	((11C or “carbon 11”) adj methionine).tw.
63	MET PET.tw.
64	Gadolinium DTPA/ use ppez
65	gadolinium pentetate/ use oemezd
66	gadolinium.tw.
67	or/14–66
68	13 and 67
69	limit 68 to english language
70	limit 69 to yr=“2002-Current”
71	Letter/ use ppez
72	letter.pt. or letter/ use oemezd
73	note.pt.
74	editorial.pt.
75	Editorial/ use ppez
76	News/ use ppez
77	exp Historical Article/ use ppez
78	Anecdotes as Topic/ use ppez
79	Comment/ use ppez
80	Case Report/ use ppez
81	case report/ or case study/ use oemezd
82	(letter or comment*).ti.
83	or/71–82
84	randomized controlled trial/ use ppez
85	randomized controlled trial/ use oemezd
86	random*.ti,ab.
87	or/84–86
88	83 not 87
89	animals/ not humans/ use ppez
90	animal/ not human/ use oemezd
91	nonhuman/ use oemezd
92	exp Animals, Laboratory/ use ppez
93	exp Animal Experimentation/ use ppez
94	exp Animal Experiment/ use oemezd
95	exp Experimental Animal/ use oemezd
96	exp Models, Animal/ use ppez
97	animal model/ use oemezd
98	exp Rodentia/ use ppez
99	exp Rodent/ use oemezd
100	(rat or rats or mouse or mice).ti.
101	or/88–100
102	70 not 101
103	Meta-Analysis/
104	Meta-Analysis as Topic/
105	systematic review/
106	meta-analysis/
107	(meta analy* or metanaly* or metaanaly*).ti,ab.
108	((systematic or evidence) adj2 (review* or overview*)).ti,ab.
109	((systematic* or evidence) adj2 (review or overview*)).ti,ab.
110	(reference list* or bibliograph* or hand search* or manual search* or relevant journals).ab.
111	(search strategy or search criteria or systematic search or study selection or data extraction).ab.
112	(search* adj4 literature).ab.
113	(medline or pubmed or cochrane or embase or psychlit or psyclit or psychinfo or psycinfo or cinahl or science citation index or bids or cancerlit).ab.
114	cochrane.jw.
115	((pool* or combined) adj2 (data or trials or studies or results)).ab.
116	or/103–104,107,109–114 use ppez
117	or/105–108,110–115 use oemezd
118	or/116–117
119	clinical Trials as topic.sh. or (controlled clinical trial or pragmatic clinical trial or randomized controlled trial).pt. or (placebo or randomi#ed or randomly).ab. or trial.ti.
120	119 use ppez
121	(controlled clinical trial or pragmatic clinical trial or randomized controlled trial).pt. or drug therapy.fs. or (groups or placebo or randomi#ed or randomly or trial).ab.
122	121 use ppez
123	crossover procedure/ or double blind procedure/ or randomized controlled trial/ or single blind procedure/ or (assign* or allocat* or crossover* or cross over* or ((doubl* or singl) adj blind) or factorial* or placebo* or random* or volunteer*).ti,ab.
124	123 use oemezd
125	120 or 122
126	124 or 125
127	Epidemiologic Studies/
128	Case Control Studies/
129	Retrospective Studies/
130	Cohort Studies/
131	Longitudinal Studies/
132	Follow-Up Studies/
133	Prospective Studies/
134	Cross-Sectional Studies/
135	or/127–134 use ppez
136	clinical study/
137	case control study/
138	family study/
139	longitudinal study/
140	retrospective study/
141	prospective study/
142	cohort analysis/
143	or/136–142 use oemezd
144	((retrospective$ or cohort$ or longitudinal or follow?up or prospective or cross section$) adj3 (stud$ or research or analys$)).ti.
145	135 or 143 or 144
146	118 or 126 or 145
147	102 and 146
148	remove duplicates from 147

Date of initial search: 05/07/2017

Database: The Cochrane Library, Issue 3 of 12, March 2017

Date of re-run: 05/09/2017

Database: The Cochrane Library, Issue 9 of 12, September 2017

ID	Search
#1	MeSH descriptor: [Glioma] explode all trees
#2	(glioma* or glioblastoma* or gliosarcoma* or astrocytoma* or astroblastoma* or oligodendroglioma* or oligodendrocytoma* or oligoastrocytoma* or GBM)
#3	(glial near/3 (neoplas* or cancer* or tumo* or carcin* or malign* or metasta*))
#4	{or #1–#3}
#5	MeSH descriptor: [Meningioma] explode all trees
#6	MeSH descriptor: [Meningeal Neoplasms] explode all trees
#7	meningioma*
#8	(mening* near/3 (neoplas* or cancer* or carcin* or tumo* or malign* or metasta*))
#9	{or #5–#8}
#10	#4 or #9
#11	MeSH descriptor: [Diagnostic Imaging] this term only
#12	MeSH descriptor: [Neuroimaging] explode all trees
#13	MeSH descriptor: [Multimodal Imaging] explode all trees
#14	MeSH descriptor: [Radionuclide Imaging] this term only
#15	MeSH descriptor: [Perfusion Imaging] explode all trees
#16	MeSH descriptor: [Magnetic Resonance Imaging] explode all trees
#17	MeSH descriptor: [Diffusion Magnetic Resonance Imaging] explode all trees
#18	MeSH descriptor: [Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy] explode all trees
#19	(MRI or MR1 or NMR1)
#20	(MR near/2 (imag* or neuroimag* or scan* or spectroscop* or elastogra* or examination))
#21	(magnet* near/2 (imag* or neuroimag* or spectroscop* or scan* or elastogra* or examination))
#22	(magneti?ation near/2 imaging)
#23	MeSH descriptor: [Positron-Emission Tomography] explode all trees
#24	(PET near (scan* or imag* or examination))
#25	positron emission tomogra*
#26	(PET or PET-CT or PETCT or PET MR*1)
#27	MeSH descriptor: [Spin Labels] explode all trees
#28	(spin near/2 (imag* or neuroimag* or spectroscop* or resonance))
#29	(advanced near/2 (imag* or spectroscop* or neuroimag* or scan* or MR* or NMR*))
#30	(chemical shift near/2 (imag* or spectroscop* or neuroimag* or scan* or MR* or NMR*))
#31	(structural near/2 (imag* or spectroscop* or neuroimag* or scan* or MR* or NMR*))
#32	(functional near/2 (imag* or spectroscop* or neuroimag* or scan* or MR* or NMR*))
#33	(diffusion near/2 (imag* or spectroscop* or tractogra* or neuroimag* or scan* or MR* or NMR*))
#34	(perfusion near/2 (imag* or spectroscop* or neuroimag* or scan* or MR* or NMR* or CT))
#35	((axial or transverse) near/2 (imag* or neuroimag* or scan* or CT or tomogra*))
#36	(T1W1 or T2W1)
#37	((T1 or T2) near/2 (imag* or neuroimag* or scan* or MR* or NMR*))
#38	(DWI or DTI or DSC or DCE or ASL)
#39	dynamic contrast
#40	MeSH descriptor: [Fluorodeoxyglucose F18] explode all trees
#41	(“18F fluorodeoxyglucose” or FDG)
#42	MeSH descriptor: [Tyrosine] this term only
#43	“18F fluoro ethyl tyrosine”
#44	18F FET
#45	MeSH descriptor: [Methionine] this term only
#46	((11C or “carbon 11”) and methionine)
#47	MET PET
#48	MeSH descriptor: [Gadolinium DTPA] this term only
#49	gadolinium
#50	{or #11–#49}
#51	#10 and #50

Search strategy for review 3a. managing inoperable, incompletely excised or recurrent meningioma

Date of initial search: 11/10/2016

Database: Epub Ahead of Print, In-Process & Other Non-Indexed Citations, Ovid MEDLINE(R) Daily and Ovid MEDLINE(R) 1946 to Present

Date of re-run: 05/09/2017

Database: Epub Ahead of Print, In-Process & Other Non-Indexed Citations, Ovid MEDLINE(R) Daily and Ovid MEDLINE(R) 1946 to Present

#	Searches
1	Meningioma/
2	Meningeal Neoplasms/
3	meningioma*.tw.
4	(mening* adj3 (neoplas* or cancer* or carcin* or tumo* or malign* or h?emangiopericytoma* or h?emangioblastoma*)).tw.
5	or/1–4
6	exp radiotherapy/
7	radiotherapy.fs.
8	(radiotherap* or radiat* or irradiat* or tomotherap* or radiosurg* or brachytherap* or fractionat* or hyperfraction* or hypofraction* or gamma knife or cyber knife or cyberknife or xknife or arc therap*).tw.
9	(WBRT or WBI-IMRT or HA-WBRT or LINAC or IMRT or XRT or XBT or SRS or SRT or VMAT or 3DCRT or 3D CRT or CRT).tw.
10	Radiation Oncology/
11	(chemoradiotherap* or chemo-radiat* or chemo-irradiat*).tw.
12	or/6–11
13	Watchful Waiting/
14	Observation/
15	watchful wait*.tw.
16	((active or expect* or symptom* or watch) adj2 (manag or monitor* or surveill* or observ* or control*)).tw.
17	(best supportive care or BSC).tw.
18	or/13–17
19	12 and 18
20	Neurosurgery/
21	exp Neurosurgical Procedures/
22	Surgical Procedures, Operative/
23	exp Stereotaxic Techniques/
24	surgery.fs.
25	((brain or neuro* or intracereb* or intracrani* or crani) adj2 (surg or microsurg* or manipulat* or procedur* or operat* or resect* or debulk* or excis* or ablat* or biops*)).tw.
26	(neurosurg* or craniotom* or craniectom*).tw.
27	((intra-operat* or intraoperat) adj3 (technolog or modalit* or procedur* or technique* or method*)).tw.
28	or/20–27
29	Neoplasm Recurrence, Local/
30	recur*.tw.
31	29 or 30
32	28 and 31
33	12 or 18 or 19 or 32
34	5 and 33
35	limit 34 to english language
36	Epidemiologic Studies/
37	Case Control Studies/
38	Retrospective Studies/
39	Cohort Studies/
40	Longitudinal Studies/
41	Follow-Up Studies/
42	Prospective Studies/
43	Cross-Sectional Studies/
44	((retrospective$ or cohort$ or longitudinal or follow?up or prospective or cross section$) adj3 (stud$ or research or analys$)).ti.
45	or/36–44
46	Meta-Analysis/
47	Meta-Analysis as Topic/
48	(meta analy* or metanaly* or metaanaly*).ti,ab.
49	((systematic* or evidence) adj2 (review or overview*)).ti,ab.
50	(reference list* or bibliograph* or hand search* or manual search* or relevant journals).ab.
51	(search strategy or search criteria or systematic search or study selection or data extraction).ab.
52	(search* adj4 literature).ab.
53	(medline or pubmed or cochrane or embase or psychlit or psyclit or psychinfo or psycinfo or cinahl or science citation index or bids or cancerlit).ab.
54	cochrane.jw.
55	or/46–54
56	randomized controlled trial.pt.
57	controlled clinical trial.pt.
58	pragmatic clinical trial.pt.
59	randomi#ed.ab.
60	placebo.ab.
61	drug therapy.fs.
62	randomly.ab.
63	trial.ab.
64	groups.ab.
65	or/56–64
66	Clinical Trials as topic.sh.
67	trial.ti.
68	or/56–60,62,66–67
69	45 or 55 or 68
70	35 and 69
71	Letter/
72	Editorial/
73	News/
74	exp Historical Article/
75	Anecdotes as Topic/
76	Comment/
77	Case Report/
78	(letter or comment* or abstracts).ti.
79	or/71–78
80	Randomized Controlled Trial/ or random*.ti,ab.
81	79 not 80
82	Animals/ not Humans/
83	exp Animals, Laboratory/
84	exp Animal Experimentation/
85	exp Models, Animal/
86	exp Rodentia/
87	(rat or rats or mouse or mice).ti.
88	or/81–87
89	70 not 88

Date of initial search: 11/10/2016

Database: Embase Classic+Embase 1947 to 2016 October 11

Date of re-run: 05/09/2017

Database: Embase Classic+Embase 1947 to 2017 Week 35

#	Searches
1	exp meningioma/
2	meningioma*.tw.
3	(mening* adj3 (neoplas* or cancer* or carcin* or tumo* or malign* or h?emangiopericytoma* or h?emangioblastoma*)).tw.
4	or/1–3
5	exp radiotherapy/
6	radiotherapy.fs.
7	(radiotherap* or radiat* or irradiat* or tomotherap* or radiosurg* or brachytherap* or fractionat* or hyperfraction* or hypofraction* or gamma knife or cyber knife or cyberknife or xknife or arc therap*).tw.
8	(WBRT or WBI-IMRT or HA-WBRT or LINAC or IMRT or XRT or XBT or SRS or SRT or VMAT or 3DCRT or 3D CRT or CRT).tw.
9	(chemoradiotherap* or chemo-radiat* or chemo-irradiat*).tw.
10	or/5–9
11	watchful waiting/
12	conservative treatment/
13	clinical observation/
14	watchful wait*.tw.
15	((active or expect* or symptom* or watch) adj2 (manag or monitor* or surveill* or observ* or control*)).tw.
16	(best supportive care or BSC).tw.
17	or/11–16
18	10 and 17
19	exp neurosurgery/
20	exp cancer surgery/
21	exp stereotactic procedure/
22	surgery.fs.
23	((brain or neuro* or intracereb* or intracrani* or crani) adj2 (surg or microsurg* or manipulat* or procedur* or operat* or resect* or debulk* or excis* or ablat* or biops*)).tw.
24	(neurosurg* or craniotom* or craniectom*).tw.
25	((intra-operat* or intraoperat) adj3 (technolog or modalit* or procedur* or technique* or method*)).tw.
26	or/19–25
27	tumor recurrence/
28	cancer recurrence/
29	recur*.tw.
30	or/27–29
31	26 and 30
32	10 or 17 or 18 or 31
33	4 and 32
34	limit 33 to english language
35	random*.ti,ab.
36	factorial*.ti,ab.
37	(crossover* or cross over*).ti,ab.
38	((doubl* or singl) adj blind).ti,ab.
39	(assign* or allocat* or volunteer* or placebo*).ti,ab.
40	crossover procedure/
41	single blind procedure/
42	randomized controlled trial/
43	double blind procedure/
44	or/35–43
45	systematic review/
46	meta-analysis/
47	(meta analy* or metanaly* or metaanaly*).ti,ab.
48	((systematic or evidence) adj2 (review* or overview*)).ti,ab.
49	(reference list* or bibliograph* or hand search* or manual search* or relevant journals).ab.
50	(search strategy or search criteria or systematic search or study selection or data extraction).ab.
51	(search* adj4 literature).ab.
52	(medline or pubmed or cochrane or embase or psychlit or psyclit or psychinfo or psycinfo or cinahl or science citation index or bids or cancerlit).ab.
53	((pool* or combined) adj2 (data or trials or studies or results)).ab.
54	cochrane.jw.
55	or/45–54
56	Clinical study/
57	Case control study/
58	family study/
59	longitudinal study/
60	retrospective study/
61	prospective study/
62	cohort analysis/
63	((retrospective* or cohort* or longitudinal or follow?up or prospective or cross section* or observation* or epidemiolog) adj3 (stud or research or analys*)).ti.
64	or/56–63
65	44 or 55 or 64
66	34 and 65
67	letter.pt. or letter/
68	note.pt.
69	editorial.pt.
70	case report/ or case study/
71	(letter or comment*).ti.
72	or/67–71
73	randomized controlled trial/ or random*.ti,ab.
74	72 not 73
75	animal/ not human/
76	nonhuman/
77	exp Animal Experiment/
78	exp Experimental Animal/
79	animal model/
80	exp Rodent/
81	(rat or rats or mouse or mice).ti.
82	or/74–81
83	66 not 82

Date of initial search: 11/10/2016

Database: The Cochrane Library, Issue 10 of 12, October 2016

Date of re-run: 05/09/2017

Database: The Cochrane Library, Issue 9 of 12, September 2017

ID	Search
#1	MeSH descriptor: [Meningioma] explode all trees
#2	MeSH descriptor: [Meningeal Neoplasms] explode all trees
#3	meningioma*
#4	(mening* near/3 (neoplas* or cancer* or carcin* or tumo* or malign* or h?emangiopericytoma* or h?emangioblastoma*))
#5	{or #1–#4}
#6	MeSH descriptor: [Radiotherapy] explode all trees
#7	(radiotherap* or radiat* or irradiat* or tomotherap* or radiosurg* or brachytherap* or fractionat* or hyperfraction* or hypofraction* or gamma knife or cyber knife or cyberknife or xknife or arc therap*)
#8	(WBRT or WBI-IMRT or HA-WBRT or LINAC or IMRT or XRT or XBT or SRS or SRT or VMAT or 3DCRT or 3D CRT or CRT)
#9	MeSH descriptor: [Radiation Oncology] this term only
#10	(chemoradiotherap* or chemo-radiat* or chemo-irradiat*).
#11	{or #6–#10}
#12	MeSH descriptor: [Watchful Waiting] explode all trees
#13	MeSH descriptor: [Observation] this term only
#14	watchful wait*
#15	((active or expect* or symptom* or watch) near/2 (manag or monitor* or surveill* or observ* or control*))
#16	(best supportive care or BSC)
#17	{or #12–#16}
#18	MeSH descriptor: [Neurosurgery] explode all trees
#19	MeSH descriptor: [Neurosurgical Procedures] explode all trees
#20	MeSH descriptor: [Surgical Procedures, Operative] explode all trees
#21	MeSH descriptor: [Stereotaxic Techniques] explode all trees
#22	((brain or neuro* or intracereb* or intracrani* or crani) near/2 (surg or microsurg* or manipulat* or procedur* or operat* or resect* or debulk* or excis* or ablat* or biops*))
#23	(neurosurg* or craniotom* or metastasectom*)
#24	((intra-operat* or intraoperat) near/3 (technolog or modalit* or procedur* or technique* or method*))
#25	{or #18–#24}
#26	MeSH descriptor: [Neoplasm Recurrence, Local] explode all trees
#27	recur*
#28	#26 or #27
#29	#25 and #28
#30	{or #11, #17, #29}
#31	#5 and #30

Search strategy for review 3b. techniques for radiotherapy for meningioma

Systematic reviews and RCTs

Date of initial search: 16/08/2017

Database(s): Embase 1980 to 2017 Week 33, Ovid MEDLINE(R) Epub Ahead of Print, In-Process & Other Non-Indexed Citations, Ovid MEDLINE(R) Daily and Ovid MEDLINE(R) 1946 to Present

Date of re-run: 07/09/2017

Database(s): Embase 1980 to 2017 Week 36, Ovid MEDLINE(R) Epub Ahead of Print, In-Process & Other Non-Indexed Citations, Ovid MEDLINE(R) Daily and Ovid MEDLINE(R) 1946 to Present

#	Searches
1	Meningioma/
2	Meningeal Neoplasms/
3	1 or 2 use ppez
4	exp meningioma/ use emez
5	meningioma*.tw.
6	(mening* adj3 (neoplas* or cancer* or carcin* or tumo* or malign* or h?emangiopericytoma* or h?emangioblastoma*)).tw.
7	or/3–6
8	exp Radiotherapy/ use ppez
9	exp radiotherapy/ use emez
10	radiotherapy.fs.
11	(radiotherap* or radiat* or irradiat* or radiosurg* or brachytherap* or fractionat* or hyperfraction* or hypofraction* or gamma knife or cyber knife or cyberknife or xknife or arc therap* or rapidarc).tw.
12	((proton* or particle* or neutron* or ion) adj3 (therap or treatment*)).tw.
13	(3DCRT or 3D CRT or CRT or FSRT or IMRT or XRT or XBT or SRS or SRT or VMAT).tw.
14	exp Stereotaxic Techniques/ use ppez
15	exp stereotactic procedure/ use emez
16	or/8–15
17	7 and 16
18	limit 17 to english language
19	limit 18 to yr=“1985-Current”
20	Letter/ use ppez
21	letter.pt. or letter/ use emez
22	note.pt.
23	editorial.pt.
24	Editorial/ use ppez
25	News/ use ppez
26	exp Historical Article/ use ppez
27	Anecdotes as Topic/ use ppez
28	Comment/ use ppez
29	Case Report/ use ppez
30	case report/ or case study/ use emez
31	(letter or comment*).ti.
32	or/20–31
33	randomized controlled trial/ use ppez
34	randomized controlled trial/ use emez
35	random*.ti,ab.
36	or/33–35
37	32 not 36
38	animals/ not humans/ use ppez
39	animal/ not human/ use emez
40	nonhuman/ use emez
41	exp Animals, Laboratory/ use ppez
42	exp Animal Experimentation/ use ppez
43	exp Animal Experiment/ use emez
44	exp Experimental Animal/ use emez
45	exp Models, Animal/ use ppez
46	animal model/ use emez
47	exp Rodentia/ use ppez
48	exp Rodent/ use emez
49	(rat or rats or mouse or mice).ti.
50	or/37–49
51	19 not 50
52	Meta-Analysis/
53	Meta-Analysis as Topic/
54	systematic review/
55	meta-analysis/
56	(meta analy* or metanaly* or metaanaly*).ti,ab.
57	((systematic or evidence) adj2 (review* or overview*)).ti,ab.
58	((systematic* or evidence) adj2 (review or overview*)).ti,ab.
59	(reference list* or bibliograph* or hand search* or manual search* or relevant journals).ab.
60	(search strategy or search criteria or systematic search or study selection or data extraction).ab.
61	(search* adj4 literature).ab.
62	(medline or pubmed or cochrane or embase or psychlit or psyclit or psychinfo or psycinfo or cinahl or science citation index or bids or cancerlit).ab.
63	cochrane.jw.
64	((pool* or combined) adj2 (data or trials or studies or results)).ab.
65	or/52–53,56,58–63 use ppez
66	or/54–57,59–64 use emez
67	or/65–66
68	clinical Trials as topic.sh. or (controlled clinical trial or pragmatic clinical trial or randomized controlled trial).pt. or (placebo or randomi#ed or randomly).ab. or trial.ti.
69	68 use ppez
70	(controlled clinical trial or pragmatic clinical trial or randomized controlled trial).pt. or drug therapy.fs. or (groups or placebo or randomi#ed or randomly or trial).ab.
71	70 use ppez
72	crossover procedure/ or double blind procedure/ or randomized controlled trial/ or single blind procedure/ or (assign* or allocat* or crossover* or cross over* or ((doubl* or singl) adj blind) or factorial* or placebo* or random* or volunteer*).ti,ab.
73	72 use emez
74	69 or 71
75	73 or 74
76	67 or 75
77	51 and 76
78	remove duplicates from 77

Observational studies

Date of initial search: 16/08/2017

Database: Embase 1980 to 2017 Week 33, Ovid MEDLINE(R) Epub Ahead of Print, In-Process & Other Non-Indexed Citations, Ovid MEDLINE(R) Daily and Ovid MEDLINE(R) 1946 to Present

Date of re-run: 07/09/2017

Database(s): Embase 1980 to 2017 Week 36, Ovid MEDLINE(R) Epub Ahead of Print, In-Process & Other Non-Indexed Citations, Ovid MEDLINE(R) Daily and Ovid MEDLINE(R) 1946 to Present

#	Searches
1	Meningioma/
2	Meningeal Neoplasms/
3	1 or 2 use ppez
4	exp meningioma/ use emez
5	meningioma*.tw.
6	(mening* adj3 (neoplas* or cancer* or carcin* or tumo* or malign* or h?emangiopericytoma* or h?emangioblastoma*)).tw.
7	or/3–6
8	exp Radiotherapy/ use ppez
9	exp radiotherapy/ use emez
10	radiotherapy.fs.
11	(radiotherap* or radiat* or irradiat* or radiosurg* or brachytherap* or fractionat* or hyperfraction* or hypofraction* or gamma knife or cyber knife or cyberknife or xknife or arc therap* or rapidarc).tw.
12	((proton* or particle* or neutron* or ion) adj3 (therap or treatment*)).tw.
13	(3DCRT or 3D CRT or CRT or FSRT or IMRT or XRT or XBT or SRS or SRT or VMAT).tw.
14	exp Stereotaxic Techniques/ use ppez
15	exp stereotactic procedure/ use emez
16	or/8–15
17	7 and 16
18	limit 17 to english language
19	limit 18 to yr=“1985-Current”
20	Letter/ use ppez
21	letter.pt. or letter/ use emez
22	note.pt.
23	editorial.pt.
24	Editorial/ use ppez
25	News/ use ppez
26	exp Historical Article/ use ppez
27	Anecdotes as Topic/ use ppez
28	Comment/ use ppez
29	Case Report/ use ppez
30	case report/ or case study/ use emez
31	(letter or comment*).ti.
32	or/20–31
33	randomized controlled trial/ use ppez
34	randomized controlled trial/ use emez
35	random*.ti,ab.
36	or/33–35
37	32 not 36
38	animals/ not humans/ use ppez
39	animal/ not human/ use emez
40	nonhuman/ use emez
41	exp Animals, Laboratory/ use ppez
42	exp Animal Experimentation/ use ppez
43	exp Animal Experiment/ use emez
44	exp Experimental Animal/ use emez
45	exp Models, Animal/ use ppez
46	animal model/ use emez
47	exp Rodentia/ use ppez
48	exp Rodent/ use emez
49	(rat or rats or mouse or mice).ti.
50	or/37–49
51	19 not 50
52	Epidemiologic Studies/
53	Case Control Studies/
54	Retrospective Studies/
55	Cohort Studies/
56	Longitudinal Studies/
57	Follow-Up Studies/
58	Prospective Studies/
59	Cross-Sectional Studies/
60	or/52–59 use ppez
61	clinical study/
62	case control study/
63	family study/
64	longitudinal study/
65	retrospective study/
66	prospective study/
67	cohort analysis/
68	or/61–67 use emez
69	((retrospective$ or cohort$ or longitudinal or follow?up or prospective or cross section$) adj3 (stud$ or research or analys$)).ti.
70	60 or 68 or 69
71	51 and 70
72	remove duplicates from 71

Other studies

Date of initial search: 16/08/2017

Database: The Cochrane Library, Issue 8 of 12, August 2017

Date of re-run: 07/09/2017

Database: The Cochrane Library, Issue 9 of 12, September 2017

ID	Search
#1	MeSH descriptor: [Meningioma] explode all trees
#2	MeSH descriptor: [Meningeal Neoplasms] explode all trees
#3	meningioma*
#4	(mening* near/3 (neoplas* or cancer* or carcin* or tumo* or malign* or h?emangiopericytoma* or h?emangioblastoma*))
#5	{or #1–#4}
#6	MeSH descriptor: [Radiotherapy] explode all trees
#7	(radiotherap* or radiat* or irradiat* or radiosurg* or brachytherap* or fractionat* or hyperfraction* or hypofraction* or gamma knife or cyber knife or cyberknife or xknife or arc therap* or rapidarc)
#8	((proton* or particle* or neutron* or ion) near/3 (therap or treatment*))
#9	(3DCRT or 3D CRT or CRT or FSRT or IMRT or XRT or XBT or SRS or SRT or VMAT)
#10	{or #6–#9}
#11	#5 and #10

Search strategy for review 5b. follow-up for meningioma

Date of initial search: 22/03/2017

Database: Embase 1974 to 2017 March 21, Ovid MEDLINE(R) Epub Ahead of Print, In-Process & Other Non-Indexed Citations, Ovid MEDLINE(R) Daily and Ovid MEDLINE(R) 1946 to Present

Date of re-run: 07/09/2017

Database: Embase 1980 to 2017 Week 36, Ovid MEDLINE(R) Epub Ahead of Print, In-Process & Other Non-Indexed Citations, Ovid MEDLINE(R) Daily and Ovid MEDLINE(R) 1946 to Present

#	Searches
1	exp Glioma/ use ppez
2	exp Glioma/ use oemezd
3	exp Astrocytoma/ use ppez
4	exp Astrocytoma/ use oemezd
5	Oligodendroglioma/ use ppez
6	exp Glioblastoma/ use ppez
7	(glioma* or glioblastoma* or GBM or gliosarcoma* or astrocytoma* or oligoastrocytoma* or oligodendroglioma* or oligo?astrocytoma* or xanthoastrocytoma*).tw.
8	or/1–7
9	Meningioma/ use ppez
10	Meningeal Neoplasms/ use ppez
11	exp Meningioma/ use oemezd
12	meningioma*.tw.
13	(mening* adj3 (neoplas* or cancer* or carcin* or tumo* or malign* or h?emangiopericytoma* or h?emangioblastoma*)).tw.
14	or/9–13
15	exp Brain Neoplasms/ use ppez
16	exp Brain Tumor/ use oemezd
17	exp Cerebral Cortex/ use ppez
18	exp Brain Cortex/ use oemezd
19	exp Brain/ use ppez
20	exp Brain/ use oemezd
21	exp Meninges/ use ppez
22	Meninx/ use oemezd
23	or/15–22
24	exp Neoplasm Metastasis/ use ppez
25	metastasis/ use oemezd
26	24 or 25
27	23 and 26
28	exp Brain Neoplasms/sc use ppez
29	Brain Metastasis/ use oemezd
30	Meningeal Metastasis/ use oemezd
31	or/28–30
32	27 or 31
33	((brain or cereb* or intracranial or mening* or brainstem) adj3 (metasta or micrometa* or macrometa* or spread* or carcinomatosis or carcinosis or secondar* or seeding or seeded or disseminat* or migrat*)).tw.
34	32 or 33
35	8 or 14 or 34
36	exp Recurrence/ use ppez
37	Neoplasm Recurrence, Local/ use ppez
38	Disease Progression/ use ppez
39	cancer recurrence/ use oemezd
40	recurrent disease/ use oemezd
41	tumor recurrence/ use oemezd
42	recurr*.ti.
43	or/36–42
44	35 and 43
45	exp Aftercare/ use ppez
46	exp aftercare/ use oemezd
47	(aftercare or “after care” or after-care or follow-up or “follow up” or followup or surveillance).tw.
48	(after treatment or after-treatment or posttreatment or post treatment or post-treatment or post-therap* or post therap*).ti,ab.
49	((post-surg* or post surg* or post-operat* or postoperat* or post operat) adj1 (evaluat or monitor* or care)).tw.
50	(post-hospital* or post hospital* or posthospital* or after hospital* or follow* hospital*).ti,ab.
51	disease surveillance/ use oemezd
52	periodic medical examination/ use oemezd
53	“medical record review”/ use oemezd
54	exp patient monitoring/ use oemezd
55	(re-examin* or reexamin or monitor* or periodic examin* or regular examin* or checkup* or check-up* or check up*).ti,ab.
56	follow*.ti.
57	or/45–56
58	44 and 57
59	limit 58 to english language
60	limit 59 to yr=“1990-Current”
61	Letter/ use ppez
62	letter.pt. or letter/ use oemezd
63	note.pt.
64	editorial.pt.
65	Editorial/ use ppez
66	News/ use ppez
67	exp Historical Article/ use ppez
68	Anecdotes as Topic/ use ppez
69	Comment/ use ppez
70	Case Report/ use ppez
71	case report/ or case study/ use oemezd
72	(letter or comment*).ti.
73	or/61–72
74	randomized controlled trial/ use ppez
75	randomized controlled trial/ use oemezd
76	random*.ti,ab.
77	or/74–76
78	73 not 77
79	animals/ not humans/ use ppez
80	animal/ not human/ use oemezd
81	nonhuman/ use oemezd
82	exp Animals, Laboratory/ use ppez
83	exp Animal Experimentation/ use ppez
84	exp Animal Experiment/ use oemezd
85	exp Experimental Animal/ use oemezd
86	exp Models, Animal/ use ppez
87	animal model/ use oemezd
88	exp Rodentia/ use ppez
89	exp Rodent/ use oemezd
90	(rat or rats or mouse or mice).ti.
91	or/78–90
92	60 not 91
93	Meta-Analysis/
94	Meta-Analysis as Topic/
95	systematic review/
96	meta-analysis/
97	(meta analy* or metanaly* or metaanaly*).ti,ab.
98	((systematic or evidence) adj2 (review* or overview*)).ti,ab.
99	((systematic* or evidence) adj2 (review or overview*)).ti,ab.
100	(reference list* or bibliograph* or hand search* or manual search* or relevant journals).ab.
101	(search strategy or search criteria or systematic search or study selection or data extraction).ab.
102	(search* adj4 literature).ab.
103	(medline or pubmed or cochrane or embase or psychlit or psyclit or psychinfo or psycinfo or cinahl or science citation index or bids or cancerlit).ab.
104	cochrane.jw.
105	((pool* or combined) adj2 (data or trials or studies or results)).ab.
106	or/93–94,97,99–104 use ppez
107	or/95–98,100–105 use oemezd
108	or/106–107
109	clinical Trials as topic.sh. or (controlled clinical trial or pragmatic clinical trial or randomized controlled trial).pt. or (placebo or randomi#ed or randomly).ab. or trial.ti.
110	109 use ppez
111	(controlled clinical trial or pragmatic clinical trial or randomized controlled trial).pt. or drug therapy.fs. or (groups or placebo or randomi#ed or randomly or trial).ab.
112	111 use ppez
113	crossover procedure/ or double blind procedure/ or randomized controlled trial/ or single blind procedure/ or (assign* or allocat* or crossover* or cross over* or ((doubl* or singl) adj blind) or factorial* or placebo* or random* or volunteer*).ti,ab.
114	113 use oemezd
115	110 or 112
116	112 or 114
117	Cohort Studies/ or Longitudinal Studies/ or Follow-Up Studies/ or Prospective Studies/ or Comparative Study/
118	117 use ppez
119	cohort analysis/ or longitudinal study/ or follow up/ or prospective study/ or comparative study/
120	119 use oemezd
121	((cohort* or follow-up or follow?up or inciden* or longitudinal or prospective) adj1 (stud* or research or analys*)).tw.
122	118 or 120 or 121
123	108 or 115 or 122
124	92 and 123
125	remove duplicates from 124

Date of initial search: 22/03/2017

Database: The Cochrane Library, Issue 3 of 12, March 2017

Date of re-run: 07/09/2017

Database: The Cochrane Library, Issue 9 of 12, September 2017

ID	Search
#1	MeSH descriptor: [Glioma] explode all trees
#2	(glioma* or glioblastoma* or gliosarcoma* or astrocytoma* or astroblastoma* or oligodendroglioma* or oligodendrocytoma* or oligoastrocytoma* or GBM)
#3	(glial near/3 (neoplas* or cancer* or tumo* or carcin* or malign* or metasta*))
#4	{or #1–#3}
#5	MeSH descriptor: [Meningioma] explode all trees
#6	MeSH descriptor: [Meningeal Neoplasms] explode all trees
#7	meningioma*
#8	(mening* near/3 (neoplas* or cancer* or carcin* or tumo* or malign* or metasta*))
#9	{or #5–#8}
#10	MeSH descriptor: [Neoplasm Metastasis] explode all trees
#11	MeSH descriptor: [Brain Neoplasms] explode all trees
#12	MeSH descriptor: [Brain] explode all trees
#13	#11 or #12
#14	#10 and #13
#15	((brain or cereb* or intracranial or mening) near/3 (metasta or micometasta* or spread* or involvement or carcinosis or secondar*))
#16	#14 or #15
#17	#4 or #9 or #16
#18	MeSH descriptor: [Recurrence] explode all trees
#19	MeSH descriptor: [Neoplasm Recurrence, Local] explode all trees
#20	recurr*
#21	{or #18–#20}
#22	#17 and #21
#23	MeSH descriptor: [Aftercare] explode all trees
#24	(aftercare or “after care” or after-care or follow-up or “follow up” or followup or surveillance)
#25	(“after treatment” or after-treatment or posttreatment* or “post treatment” or post-treatment or post-therap* or “post therap*”)
#26	((post-surg* or “post surg” or post-operat or postoperat* or “post operat”) adj1 (evaluat or monitor* or care))
#27	(post-hospital* or “post hospital” or posthospital or “after hospital” or “follow hospital*”)
#28	{or #23–#27}
#29	#22 and #28 Publication Year from 1990 to 2017

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National Guideline Alliance (UK). Evidence reviews for the investigation, management and follow-up of meningioma: Brain tumours (primary) and brain metastases in adults: Evidence Report B. London: National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE); 2018 Jul. (NICE Guideline, No. 99.) Appendix B, Literature search strategies.
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Appendix BLiterature search strategies

Search strategy for review 1a. imaging for suspected glioma and meningioma

Search strategy for review 3a. managing inoperable, incompletely excised or recurrent meningioma

Search strategy for review 3b. techniques for radiotherapy for meningioma

Systematic reviews and RCTs

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