Appendix 1. Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials search strategy

ID Search

#1 MeSH descriptor: [Lymphoma] this term only

#2 MeSH descriptor: [Hodgkin Disease] explode all trees

#3 Germinoblastom*

#4 Reticulolymphosarcom*

#5 Hodgkin*

#6 (malignan* near/2 (lymphogranulom* or granulom*))

#7 #1 or #2 or #3 or #4 or #5 or #6

#8 MeSH descriptor: [Positron‐Emission Tomography] explode all trees

#9 (pet* or petscan*)

#10 tomograph*

#11 emission*

#12 MeSH descriptor: [Deoxyglucose] explode all trees

#13 MeSH descriptor: [Fluorodeoxyglucose F18] explode all trees

#14 (deoxyglucose* or desoxyglucose* or deoxy‐glucose* or desoxy‐glucose* or deoxy‐d‐glucose* or desoxy‐d‐glucose* or 2deoxyglucose* or 2deoxy‐d‐glucose* or fluorodeoxyglucose* or fluorodesoxyglucose* or fludeoxyglucose* or fluordeoxyglucose* or fluordesoxyglucose* or 18fluorodeoxyglucose* or 18fluorodesoxyglucose* or 18fluordeoxyglucose* or fdg* or 18fdg* or 18f‐dg*)

#15 (fluor* or 2fluor* or fluoro* or fluorodeoxy* or fludeoxy* or fluorine* or 18f* or 18flu*)

#16 glucose*

#17 #8 or #9 or #10 or #11 or #12 or #13 or #14 or #15 or #16

#18 #7 and #17 in trials

Appendix 2. MEDLINE Ovid search strategy