General Oncology Care in the Republic of Yemen

Abstract

AbstractCancer is recognized nowadays as one of the important diseases in Yemen from the public health view. During the last three decades, remarkable changes in oncology health care services were observed in the country, mostly in urban areas. According to the Global Cancer Observatory of the International Agency for Research on Cancer, the total cases reported in the year 2020 was 16,476 new cases, and the top five reported cancers in the country were: breast cancer, colorectum, leukemia, stomach, and non-Hodgkin lymphomas. This rank of cancer types is probably unlike what exists in the neighboring Gulf countries. Oncology services in the country suffer from very limited radiotherapy care, chemotherapy centers, as well as many essential diagnostic laboratories for cancer.