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This also determines the quantity and quality of evidence for etiological factors linked to pediatric cancers. Evidence on the risk factors associated with pediatric cancers is scarce; however, it has been accumulating slowly over the years. As the disease burden shifts from communicable to non-communicable diseases, most of these low- to middle-income countries (LMICs) find themselves overburdened with changing health care priorities and needs. In sub-Saharan Africa, it is of major importance to pay particular attention to risk factors associated with pediatric cancer.<\/jats:p>\n              <\/jats:sec><jats:sec>\n                <jats:title>Objective<\/jats:title>\n                <jats:p>To map evidence on risk factors associated with pediatric cancers in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA).<\/jats:p>\n              <\/jats:sec><jats:sec>\n                <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                <jats:p>This review was guided by Arksey and O\u2019Malley\u2019s framework for conducting scoping reviews. Four electronic databases were searched in December 2018, and another manual search was conducted in February 2022 to include newly published eligible articles. The databases searched included PubMed and Health Source: Nursing\/Academic Edition. We also searched articles from an academic search engine, Google scholar. This review included articles reporting the relevant outcomes of this study and articles reporting cancers in children in the 0\u201315 years age range. This review followed the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) extension for scoping reviews (PRISMA-ScR): checklist and explanation.<\/jats:p>\n              <\/jats:sec><jats:sec>\n                <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                <jats:p>We retrieved 7391 articles from the initial database. The final number of studies that were included for data extraction was 15. Evidence from the retrieved studies suggests that most childhood cancers in the SSA region are infection-induced. The type of cancer mostly reported is Burkitt Lymphoma and is diagnosed mostly in the tropical region of SSA. The type of risk factors was divided into three types: infection-induced, genetic, and demographic risk factors. Overall, based on the articles retrieved, there was limited evidence on the risk factors associated with pediatric cancers in SSA.<\/jats:p>\n              <\/jats:sec><jats:sec>\n                <jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n                <jats:p>The limited evidence on the risk factors coupled with the lack of evidence on the true burden of these malignancies in the SSA hampers efforts to set priorities for childhood cancer control. Formulation of effective preventative (where possible) measures and treatment regimens will need proper assessment of risk factors.<\/jats:p>\n              <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1186\/s13643-022-01931-6","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2022,4,4]],"date-time":"2022-04-04T11:03:48Z","timestamp":1649070228000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/springer_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":6,"title":["Mapping evidence on the risk factors associated with pediatric cancers in sub-Saharan Africa: a scoping review"],"prefix":"10.1186","volume":"11","author":[{"given":"Sehlisiwe","family":"Ndlovu","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-5352-5658","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Mbuzeleni","family":"Hlongwa","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Themba","family":"Ginindza","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"297","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2022,4,4]]},"reference":[{"issue":"1","key":"1931_CR1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"177","DOI":"10.1016\/j.pcl.2006.11.010","volume":"54","author":"I Buka","year":"2007","unstructured":"Buka I, Koranteng S, Osornio Vargas AR. 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