Suheil Simaan
As indicated by the National Cancer Registry of Syrian MOH, commonest cancers seen and treated were breast, colorectal and carcinoma, followed by leukemia (adult and children) and lymphoma (Adult and children). Bladder, stomach and prostate were less common. According to our MOH Cancer Registry, supported 8000 carcinoma cases collected from several Hospitals in Syria, BC accounted for half-hour of female cancers in Syria. Age: Median =49 years Crude Incidence Rate: 29 per 100,000 Age Standardized Incidence Rate: 43 per 100,000 Histopathology: infiltrating duct carcinoma (70 %) Unfortunately, thanks to our present national crisis and war resulting into scarcity of resources and disruption of the health system that resulted in limited of human resources, movements of patients, damaged health facilities, and unavailability of health data system. Of these factors limited the role of the national cancer registry and its functionality. The last statistics available are dated in 2009, and no statistics or reports were produced then.
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