| Search Tool | Date | Timeframe | Search | Notes | Hits | Reports of Interest | Tests of Interest |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Google (www.news.google.com) |
7/14/2005 | past 30 days | Cancer | 59,200 | |||
| 7/14/2005 | past 30 days | Cancer, test | 4,010 | ||||
| 7/14/2005 | past 30 days | Cancer, test, gene | 267 | 7 | 5 | ||
| Canadian Institute of Scientific
and Technical Information (CISTI) (http://cisti-icist.nrccnrc.gc.ca/main_e.html) |
7/14/2005 | 2004-2005 | Cancer | 14,780 | |||
| 7/14/2005 | 2004-2005 | Cancer, test | 977 | ||||
| 7/14/2005 | 2004-2005 | Cancer, test, gene | 255 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Clinical Laboratory Improvement
Amendments (CLIA) (www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/cdrh/cfdocs/cfClia/Search.cfm) |
7/11/2005 | Since 2000 | Cancer | Simple search | 63 | 1 | 1 |
| 7/11/2005 | Since 2000 | Cancer, test | Simple search | 0 | |||
| Office of In Vitro Diagnostics
(OIVD) (www.fda.gov/cdrh/oivd/consumerotcdatabase.html) |
7/11/2005 | Cancer | Captures tests already available (Part I) | 69 | 0 | 0 | |
| 7/11/2005 | Cancer, test | 16 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 7/11/2005 | Cancer, test, gene | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| FDA pre-market approval (www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/cdrh/cfdocs/cfPMA/pma.cfm) |
7/11/2005 | Cancer | Simple search | 124 | 2 | 2 | |
| 7/11/2005 | Cancer, test | Simple search | 32 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 7/11/2005 | Cancer, test, gene | Simple search | 0 | ||||
| Early Detection Research Network (EDRN) (http://www3.cancer.gov/prevention/cbrg/edrn/) |
Mar-05 | Biomarkers, phase 2 or greater developmental status | Summary tables by organ site from the Third Report, March 2005 | 75 | 14 | ||
| ClinicalTrials.gov (www.clinicaltrials.gov) |
7/12/2005 | Cancer | 2588 | * | |||
| 7/12/2005 | Cancer, test | 347 | 43 | 11 | |||
| 7/12/2005 | Cancer, test, gene | 57 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Computer Retrieval of Information
on Scientific Projects (CRISP) (http://crisp.cit.nih.gov/) |
7/13/2005 | From 1972 | Cancer | 10,582 | * | ||
| 7/13/2005 | From 1972 | Cancer, test | 2661 | * | |||
| 7/15/2005 | From 1972 | Cancer, test, genetic | 969 | 165 | * | ||
| National Research Register
(NRR) (www.nrr.nhs.uk/search.htm) |
7/11/2005 | Cancer | 20,835 | * | |||
| 7/11/2005 | Cancer, test | 1212 | * | ||||
| 7/11/2005 | Cancer, test, gene | 79 | 0 | 0 | |||
| FirstSearch (OCLC) (www.oclc.org/firstsearch/) |
7/26/2005 | 2004-2005 | Cancer | PaperFirst—titles only | 47,181 | * | |
| 7/26/2005 | 2004-2005 | Cancer, test | 141 | * | |||
| 7/26/2005 | 2004-2005 | Cancer, test, gene | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| ISI Web of Knowledge
(www.thomsonisi.com/) |
7/18/2005 | Year to date | Cancer | Cross Search searches patents and scientific abstracts | 96,230 | * | |
| 7/18/2005 | Year to date | Cancer, test | 3751 | * | |||
| 7/18/2005 | Year to date | Cancer, test, gene | 610 | * | |||
| Health Technology Assessment (www.york.ac.uk/inst/crd/htahp.htm) |
7/11/2005 | Cancer, test, genetic | No limits. TA contain clinical data | 745 | * | ||
| Cancer, test, genetic | Data Abstracts of Reviews of Effects and Health Assessment Technology Database | 213 | * | ||||
| NY Academy of Medicine
(www.nyam.org/) |
7/11/2005 | Cancer | Keyword limited to Gray Literature | 135 | 1 | 0 | |
| 7/11/2005 | Cancer, test | 3 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 7/11/2005 | Cancer, test, gene | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| GrayLit Network
(http://graylit.osti.gov/) |
7/11/2005 | Cancer | Limit to DTIC and DOE databases | 200 | * | ||
| 7/26/2005 | Cancer, test | Limit to DTIC and DOE databases | 7 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 7/11/2005 | Cancer, test, gene | Limit to DTIC and DOE databases | 248 | * | |||
| Health Services Research Projects in Progress (HSRProj)
(www.academyhealth.org/hsrproj/search.htm) |
7/11/2005 | Cancer | 494 | * | |||
| 7/11/2005 | Cancer, test | 115 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 7/11/2005 | Cancer, test, gene | 0 | 0 | 0 |
* Further data extraction was discontinued (see Methods for detailed explanation for each individual resource)