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Population	Exposure	Outcome
Terms relating sub-Saharan Countries Angola, Gabon, Nigeria, Benin, Gambia, The Rwanda, Botswana, Ghana, São Tomé and Principe, Burkina Faso, Guinea, Senegal, Burundi, Guinea-Bissau, Seychelles, Cabo Verde, Kenya, Sierra Leone, Cameroon, Lesotho, Somalia, Central African Republic, Liberia, South Africa, Chad Madagascar, South Sudan, Comoros, Malawi, Sudan, Congo, Dem. Rep., Mali, Swaziland, Congo Rep., Mauritania, Tanzania, Côte d'Ivoire, Mauritius, Togo, Equatorial Guinea, Mozambique, Uganda, Eritrea, Namibia, Zambia, Ethiopia, Niger, Zimbabwe	Terms relating to cancer Cancer, Neoplasm, Malignant Neoplasm, tumour, Malignant tumour, Astrocytoma, Adenocarcinoma, Glioma, Mesothelioma, Medulloblastoma, Myeloma, Melanoma, Neuroblastoma, Sarcoma, Nonmelanoma, Osteosarcoma, Teratoma, Seminoma, Hodgkin, Leukaemia, Lymphoma, Retinoblastoma	Terms relating to the routes to cancer diagnosis: Pathway to diagnosis Pathway to detect* Routes to diagnos* Routes to detect* Diagnos* Detect* Consult* Help-seek* Present* Route to consult* Routes to present* Pathway to consult* Pathway to present* Primary care Family doctor Physician Healthcare practitioner General Practitioners Family Practice Primary Healthcare