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Abstract Objective To synthesize data on prevalence of herbal medicine use by this group, the determinants and predictors of use, and its results as well as to list the medicinal plants used. Materials and methods A systematic review was carried out on the three indexed databases Scopus, Web of sciences and Pubmed, in addition to the Google Scholar database. The works included were observational studies of medicinal plants use prevalence performed within Moroccan cancer patients. Results The prevalence of medicinal plant use ranged from 11% to 39% between 2011 and 2019 with an average of 31.16%. The user's characteristics were female, low income and aged between 41 and 60 years. The quantity of plants used overall was 94. The most widely used and cited studies were: Aristolochia longa L. (Aristolochia), Nigella Sativa L. (Nigella) and Trigonella foenum-graecum L. (Fenugreek). Conclusion This research includes data on medicinal plants used by cancer patients followed and treated at the level of Moroccan oncology centers where Education and information guides on the most widely used herbal medicines are needed. Research in this field should adopt a reliable methodology based on theoretical models to standardize the analysis.