Cancer is increasingly recognized as a major global health challenge, yet for people living through war, displacement, and humanitarian crises, access to even basic oncology services can be difficult or impossible. While emergency responses typically focus on trauma care, infectious diseases, and immediate survival needs, cancer care remains largely absent from many humanitarian health programs.

A review paper on this topic was published in Volume 17 of Oncotarget titled “Cancer without borders: Policy frameworks for oncology care in humanitarian and conflict settings.” The study was led by first and corresponding author Pragnesh Parmar, with Gunvanti Rathod as co-author, both from AIIMS Bibinagar, Telangana, India.

Full blog - https://www.oncotarget.org/2026/06/03/cancer-care-often-overlooked-in-humanitarian-crises/

Paper DOI - https://doi.org/10.18632/oncotarget.28856

Correspondence to - Pragnesh Parmar - [email protected]; (ORCID: orcid.org/0000-0002-8402-8435)

Abstract video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zXlhIBZyJ6Q

Sign up for free Altmetric alerts about this article - https://oncotarget.altmetric.com/details/email_updates?id=10.18632%2Foncotarget.28856

Subscribe for free publication alerts from Oncotarget - https://www.oncotarget.com/subscribe/

Keywords - cancer, cancer care, humanitarian crisis, tele-oncology, global health policy, oncology triage

To learn more about Oncotarget, please visit https://www.oncotarget.com and connect with us on social media:

Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/Oncotarget/

X - https://twitter.com/oncotarget

Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/oncotargetjrnl/

YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/@OncotargetJournal

LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/company/oncotarget

Pinterest - https://www.pinterest.com/oncotarget/

Reddit - https://www.reddit.com/user/Oncotarget/

Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/0gRwT6BqYWJzxzmjPJwtVh