Health & Healing
Gaza cancer patients lose access to treatment amid war and shortages
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Cancer patients in the Gaza Strip face interruptions to their treatment, drug shortages and barriers to medical referrals that are accelerating health deterioration, according to doctors and families cited by Palestine News Network. The mounting hardship reflects a collapse of cancer care infrastructure in the territory amid ongoing conflict.
Medical professionals and patients' relatives describe a system unable to sustain care for those with malignant disease, leaving individuals caught between the immediate effects of war and the slower but fatal progression of untreated cancer.
