Breast Cancer Diagnosis and Management in an Area of Protracted Conflict: A Case Series from Northwest Syria

Background Breast cancer remains a significant public health challenge in conflict-affected regions. This study aims to investigate the impact of armed conflict on the burden of breast cancer in female patients in northwest Syria, focusing on clinical presentations, management, diagnosis,...

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Main Authors: Mohamed Hamze, Jude Alawa, Fares Alahdab, Alaa Al-Shemali, Ahmed Najeb Alhussein, Nour Muhammed Ali Arab, Bayan Galal, Jamil Debel, Ayham Jemo, Molham khalil, Anees Chagpar, Bassel Atassi, Kaveh Khoshnood, Aula Abbara
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Published: Thieme Medical and Scientific Publishers Pvt. Ltd. 2025-01-01
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Online Access:http://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.1055/s-0045-1802585
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Jude Alawa
Fares Alahdab
Alaa Al-Shemali
Ahmed Najeb Alhussein
Nour Muhammed Ali Arab
Bayan Galal
Jamil Debel
Ayham Jemo
Molham khalil
Anees Chagpar
Bassel Atassi
Kaveh Khoshnood
Aula Abbara
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Jude Alawa
Fares Alahdab
Alaa Al-Shemali
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Aula Abbara
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spelling doaj-art-72b2a46f4cb7486f89828f97f79626552025-08-20T03:07:11ZengThieme Medical and Scientific Publishers Pvt. Ltd.Avicenna Journal of Medicine2231-07702249-44642025-01-01150100901610.1055/s-0045-1802585Breast Cancer Diagnosis and Management in an Area of Protracted Conflict: A Case Series from Northwest SyriaMohamed Hamze0https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1649-6632Jude Alawa1Fares Alahdab2https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5481-696XAlaa Al-Shemali3Ahmed Najeb Alhussein4Nour Muhammed Ali Arab5Bayan Galal6Jamil Debel7https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5051-1197Ayham Jemo8Molham khalil9Anees Chagpar10Bassel Atassi11Kaveh Khoshnood12Aula Abbara13Department of Research, Syrian American Medical Society, Washington DC, United StatesSchool of Medicine, Stanford University, Stanford, California, United StatesDepartment of Biomedical Informatics, Biostatistics, Epidemiology, University of Missouri-Columbia, Columbia, Missouri, United StatesFaculty of Medicine, Free Aleppo University, Aleppo, SyriaFaculty of Medicine, Free Aleppo University, Aleppo, SyriaFaculty of Medicine, Free Aleppo University, Aleppo, SyriaPerelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United StatesDepartment of Oncology - Idlib National Hospital , Syrian American Medical Society, Idlib, SyriaDepartment of Oncology - Idlib National Hospital , Syrian American Medical Society, Idlib, SyriaDepartment of Oncology - Idlib National Hospital , Syrian American Medical Society, Idlib, SyriaDepartment of Surgery, Yale University, New Haven, United StatesChicago Medical School - OSF Little Company of Mary Medical Center, Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science, North Chicago, Illinois, United StatesDepartment of Epidemiology of Microbial Diseases, Yale School of Public Health, New Haven, Connecticut, United StatesDepartment of Infectious Diseases, Imperial College, London Background Breast cancer remains a significant public health challenge in conflict-affected regions. This study aims to investigate the impact of armed conflict on the burden of breast cancer in female patients in northwest Syria, focusing on clinical presentations, management, diagnosis, access to care, and treatment outcomes.http://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.1055/s-0045-1802585armed conflictbreast cancerclinical presentationnorthwest Syriaoncology service
spellingShingle Mohamed Hamze
Jude Alawa
Fares Alahdab
Alaa Al-Shemali
Ahmed Najeb Alhussein
Nour Muhammed Ali Arab
Bayan Galal
Jamil Debel
Ayham Jemo
Molham khalil
Anees Chagpar
Bassel Atassi
Kaveh Khoshnood
Aula Abbara
Breast Cancer Diagnosis and Management in an Area of Protracted Conflict: A Case Series from Northwest Syria
Avicenna Journal of Medicine
armed conflict
breast cancer
clinical presentation
northwest Syria
oncology service
title Breast Cancer Diagnosis and Management in an Area of Protracted Conflict: A Case Series from Northwest Syria
title_full Breast Cancer Diagnosis and Management in an Area of Protracted Conflict: A Case Series from Northwest Syria
title_fullStr Breast Cancer Diagnosis and Management in an Area of Protracted Conflict: A Case Series from Northwest Syria
title_full_unstemmed Breast Cancer Diagnosis and Management in an Area of Protracted Conflict: A Case Series from Northwest Syria
title_short Breast Cancer Diagnosis and Management in an Area of Protracted Conflict: A Case Series from Northwest Syria
title_sort breast cancer diagnosis and management in an area of protracted conflict a case series from northwest syria
topic armed conflict
breast cancer
clinical presentation
northwest Syria
oncology service
url http://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.1055/s-0045-1802585
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