Table 1.

The inclusion criteria used to select relevant papers to be included in the literature review

Inclusion Criteria:	Exclusion Criteria:
Keywords “Malaria” AND “Cancer”	Keywords not included
Research articles only	Non research articles (i.e. reviews, book chapter, abstract, PhD/MSc thesis etc. …)
Published between 1st January 2000 – 1st July 2020	Published before 1st January 2000 or on/after 1st July 2020
Written in English	Not written in English
Refined to relate to Malaria within field of oncology	Not relevant in the field of oncology or relating to either malaria or cancer only
Does not meet exclusion criteria	Does not meet inclusion criteria