Global burden of cancer among refugees: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Refugees are a distinct group of migrants with a variety of cancer risks through cumulative exposures from their country of origin, migration process, and host countries. We conducted a comprehensive systematic synthesis of the epidemiological burden (incidence, prevalence, and mortality) of overall and site specific cancers among refugee populations globally.

Method

We systematically searched in OVID (Medline, Embase), CINAHL, and Scopus for studies reporting cancer prevalence, incidence, or mortality data among refugees globally from database inception to December 15, 2023. We screened for eligible studies using Covidence®. We applied a random-effects model to estimate the pooled proportions of site-specific cancer proportions using R software.

Result

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SUBMITTER: Aragaw FM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12508822 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature