Epidemiology, literacy, risk factors, and clinical status of oral cancer in East Africa: A scoping review

• Kafayat Aminu ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: j.murererehe@ur.ac.rw (JM); bolkaf@yahoo.com (KA); kanmodikehinde@yahoo.com (KKK)

  Affiliation Centre for Child and Adolescent Mental Health, University College Hospital, Ibadan, Nigeria

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• Timothy Olukunle Aladelusi,

  Roles Conceptualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, University College Hospital, Ibadan, Nigeria, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria

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• Akinyele Olumuyiwa Adisa,

  Roles Conceptualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Oral Pathology and Oral Medicine, University College Hospital, Ibadan, Nigeria, Department of Oral Pathology and Oral Medicine, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria

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• Chiamaka Norah Ezeagu,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Faculty of Dentistry, University of Puthisastra, Phnom Penh, Cambodia

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• Afeez Abolarinwa Salami,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Project administration, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, University College Hospital, Ibadan, Nigeria, Faculty of Dentistry, University of Puthisastra, Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Campaign for Head and Neck Cancer Education (CHANCE) Programme, Cephas Health Research Initiative Inc., Ibadan, Nigeria, Department of Public Health Dentistry, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal, Karnataka, India

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• Jacob Njideka Nwafor,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Campaign for Head and Neck Cancer Education (CHANCE) Programme, Cephas Health Research Initiative Inc., Ibadan, Nigeria, Department of Public Health Dentistry, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal, Karnataka, India, Faculty of Medicine, University of Puthisastra, Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Division of Medicine, University of Nottingham NHS Hospitals Foundation Trust, Nottingham, United Kingdom

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• Peace Uwambaye,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Preventive and Community Dentistry, University of Rwanda, Kigali, Rwanda

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• Jimoh Amzat,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations School of Health and Life Sciences, Teesside University, Middlesbrough, United Kingdom, Department of Sociology, Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto, Nigeria, Department of Sociology, University of Johannesburg, Johannesburg, South Africa

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• Julienne Murererehe ,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: j.murererehe@ur.ac.rw (JM); bolkaf@yahoo.com (KA); kanmodikehinde@yahoo.com (KKK)

  Affiliation Department of Preventive and Community Dentistry, University of Rwanda, Kigali, Rwanda

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7980-1107

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• Semeeh Akinwale Omoleke,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of International Public Health, EUCLID University, Bangui, Central Africa Republic

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0538-9126

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• Mohammed Abdulaziz,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Division of Disease Control and Prevention, Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention, Adis Ababa, Ethiopia

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• Ruwan Duminda Jayasinghe,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Faculty of Dentistry, University of Puthisastra, Phnom Penh, Cambodia, School of Health and Life Sciences, Teesside University, Middlesbrough, United Kingdom

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8054-4301

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• Kehinde Kazeem Kanmodi

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: j.murererehe@ur.ac.rw (JM); bolkaf@yahoo.com (KA); kanmodikehinde@yahoo.com (KKK)

  Affiliations Faculty of Dentistry, University of Puthisastra, Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Campaign for Head and Neck Cancer Education (CHANCE) Programme, Cephas Health Research Initiative Inc., Ibadan, Nigeria, Department of Preventive and Community Dentistry, University of Rwanda, Kigali, Rwanda, School of Health and Life Sciences, Teesside University, Middlesbrough, United Kingdom

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