Malaria and Cancer: a critical review on the established associations and new perspectives.

Objectives: Cancer and malaria both have high incidence rates and are leading causes of mortality worldwide, especially in low and middle-income countries with reduced access to the quality healthcare. The objective of this critical review was to summarize key associations and new perspectives between the two diseases as is reported in existing literature.

Methods: A critical review of research articles published between 1st January 2000 - 1st July 2020 which yielded 1753 articles.