Table 1. MEDLINE search strategy.

Topic	Search strategy
Childhood cancer burden and outcomes in Egypt; disease burden; survival	‘burden’ OR ‘incidence’ OR ‘mortality’ OR ‘survival’ AND ‘childhood cancer’ AND ‘Egypt’
Childhood cancer treatment in Egypt; resources; costs; cost-effectiveness	‘treatment’ OR ‘management’ OR ‘resource’ OR ‘costs’ OR ‘cost-effectiveness’ AND ‘childhood cancers’ AND ‘Egypt’
Barriers and facilitators to paediatric oncology care in Egypt	‘barriers’ OR ‘facilitators’ AND ‘paediatric oncology’ AND ‘Egypt’