Syria Refugees Denied Cancer Treatment: UNHCR

Syrian war victims and other refugees with cancer are denied the care they need due to lack of funds, the UN refugee agency's top medical expert warned on Monday. With millions of Syrians driven from their homes by three years of conflict, and huge numbers having fled a decade of violence in Iraq, health systems in the region have been overwhelmed. "We can treat everyone with measles, but we can't treat everyone with cancer," said Paul Spiegel, UNHCR's ...