British Journal of Medical and Health Research

BJMHR

2394-2967

10.46624/bjmhr.2021.v8.i7.003

BJMHR0807003

STUDY IN EPIDEMIOLOGY OF CANCER IN SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC BETWEEN 2008-2012

Al-Tameemi

Kanaan

Abed

Aseel Rashid

Nassour

Rana

Bakkour

Aeysha

Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Al-Andalus University for Medical Sciences, Tartous, Syria. Pediatric hemato-oncology consultant, Children central teaching hospital, Baghdad, Iraq. Department of Basic Sciences, Faculty of Pharmacy, Al-Andalus University for Medical Sciences, Tartous, Syria. Faculty of Pharmacy, Al-Hawash Private University, Homs, Syria

07 01 2021

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The study included an epidemiological survey of cancer cases in the Syrian Arab Republic for the period between 2008-2012. The study was conducted according to international standards established by the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) and the International Association of Cancer Records (IACR). The data were collected and classified according to age, gender, place of incidence and city of residence. Then they were scheduled, graphically illustrated, and statistically analysed. 46447 new cancer cases were reported during the period of study; 24240 cases among males, 22207 cases among females and 2008 cases between children (

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