Lung Cancer in Syria
Syria is a low-income country located on the eastern shores of the Mediterranean Sea basin in the Middle East. The area of Syria is 185,180 km2 (Fig. 1).1 It consists of 14 governorates, and its capital is Damascus (Fig. 2). For the past 12 years, Syria has been experiencing conflict and economic crisis that have made the health system in general and cancer management in particular in a difficult situation.2