Cancer in a time of war: the Kyiv oncologists dispensing refuge and hope

Serhiy, who comes from Mariupol, underwent surgery for lung cancer on 22 February. He was in the recovery ward two days later when he was woken up by the sounds of war. “ I thought it was a fire alarm,” he said. “It was a double shock to learn what had happened from a nurse. Not only had Russia invaded my country, but I could barely move after my operation and we needed to get to the bomb shelter.”

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