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    Literature search strategy

    Databases

    Date searched

    Version/files

    MEDLINE (Ovid)

    26/04/2022

    1946 to April 25, 2022

    MEDLINE In-Process (Ovid)

    26/04/2022

    1946 to April 25, 2022

    MEDLINE Epubs ahead of print (Ovid)

    26/04/2022

    April 25, 2022

    EMBASE (Ovid)

    26/04/2022

    1974 to 2022 April 25

    EMBASE Conference (Ovid)

    26/04/2022

    1974 to 2022 April 25

    Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews – CDSR (Cochrane Library)

    26/04/2022

    Issue 4 of 12, April 2022

    Cochrane Central Database of Controlled Trials – CENTRAL (Cochrane Library)

    26/04/2022

    Issue 4 of 12, April 2022

    International HTA database (INAHTA)

    26/04/2022

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    Trial sources searched

    • Clinicaltrials.gov

    • ISRCTN

    • WHO International Clinical Trials Registry

    Websites searched

    • National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE)

    • NHS England

    • Food and Drug Administration (FDA) - MAUDE database

    • Australian Safety and Efficacy Register of New Interventional Procedures – Surgical (ASERNIP – S)

    • Australia and New Zealand Horizon Scanning Network (ANZHSN)

    • General internet search

    MEDLINE search strategy

    The MEDLINE search strategy was translated for use in the other sources.

    1 Prostatic Neoplasms/

    2 Prostatic Intraepithelial Neoplasia/

    3 (prostat* adj4 (neoplas* or cancer* or carcinoma* or adenocarcinom* or tumour* or tumor* or malignan* or metasta* or angiosarcoma* or sarcoma* or teratoma* or lymphoma* or blastoma* or microcytic* or carcino* or leiomyosarcoma* or lump* or mass*)).tw.

    4 PIN.tw.

    5 or/1-4

    6 exp High-Intensity Focused Ultrasound Ablation/ or Ablation Techniques/

    7 (HIFU or HIFU-F or HIFUA or MRgHIFU or MR-HIFU or MRgFUS).tw.

    8 (high* adj2 (inten* or frequen*) adj2 ultras*).tw.

    9 (high* adj2 inten* adj2 foc* adj2 (therap* or treatment* or ultras*)).tw.

    10 ((hemi* adj4 ablat*) or (hemi-gland* adj4 ablat*) or hemi-ablat* or hemiablat*).tw.

    11 ((therm* adj2 ablat*) or thermoablat*).tw.

    12 (foc* ablat* or ultras* ablat*).tw.

    13 or/6-12

    14 5 and 13

    15 sonablate*.tw.

    16 Ablatherm*.tw.

    17 (Focal One* or FocalOne*).tw.

    18 Tulsa-pro*.tw.

    19 or/15-18

    20 5 and 19

    21 14 or 20

    22 Animals/ not Humans/

    23 21 not 22

    24 limit 23 to english language