Clinical Characteristics and Outcomes of Cancer Cases Among Syrian Refugees From Southern Turkey.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Cancer was a common noncommunicable disease in Syria before the present conflict and is now a major disease burden among 3.6 million Syrian refugees in Turkey. Data to inform health care practice are needed.

Objective

To explore sociodemographic characteristics, clinical characteristics, and treatment outcomes of Syrian patients with cancer residing in the southern border provinces of Turkey hosting more than 50% of refugees.

Design, setting, and participants

This was a retrospective hospital-based cross-sectional study. The study sample consisted of all adult and children Syrian refugees diagnosed and/or treated for cancer between January 1, 2011, and December 31, 2020, in hematology-oncology departments of 8 university hospitals in the Southern province o

SUBMITTER: Kutluk T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10208156 | biostudies-literature | 2023 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature