Table 3 Search in Pubmed (date: 18 January 2017)

Breast cancer

#1

“breast cancer” [tiab]

#2

breast neoplasms [mesh]

#3

“breast neoplasm*” [tiab]

#4

“breast carcinoma” [tiab]

#5

“breast tumor” [tiab]

#6

“breast tumour” [tiab]

#9

#1 OR #2 OR #3 OR #4 OR #5 OR #6 OR #7 OR #8

307,107

Palliative care

#10

palliative care [mesh]

#11

palliative [tiab]

#12

Hospice Care [mesh]

#13

hospice [tiab]

#14

end-of-life [tiab]

#15

terminal [tiab]

#16

incurable [tiab]

#17

Terminal Care [mesh]

#18

“early palliative care” [tiab]

#19

“serious illness” [tiab]

#20

“advanced cancer” [tiab]

#21

“metastatic cancer” [tiab]

#22

metastasis [tiab]

#23

Neoplasm Metastasis [MeSH Terms]

#24

#10 OR #11 OR #12 OR #13 OR #14 OR #15 OR #16 OR #17

770,461

Decision making

#19

“decision making”[tiab]

#20

“decision support”[tiab]

#21

“decision aid*”[tiab]

#22

“choice behavior”[tiab]

#23

“choice behaviour”[tiab]

#24

(((((shared)[tiab] OR sharing)[tiab] OR informed[tiab]))) AND ((decision*[tiab]) OR choice*[tiab])

#25

#19 OR #20 OR #21 OR #22 OR #23 OR #24

116,279

#26

#9 AND #18 AND #25

314

limit #26 to (humans and yr. = “2006–2017”)

181