Cancer among syrian refugees living in Konya Province, Turkey.

ABSTRACT:

Background

With more than 3.6 million Syrian refugees Turkey hosts the world's largest number of Syrians. Considering the morbidity, mortality, and healthcare spending, cancer is one of the leading health and economic burden for patients and healthcare systems. However, very limited information available in the scientific literature to understand the burden and characteristics of cancer in countries hosting Syrian refugees. The aim of the present study is to evaluate the demographic and clinical characteristics, treatment outcome of Syrian cancer patients living in Konya, Turkey.

Methods

We retrospectively reviewed medical records of Syrian cancer patients at three major institutions from 2005 to 2020. The information regarding demographic and clinical characteristics of pat

SUBMITTER: Kutluk T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8805424 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature