Mahta Salehi

linical Research Units, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran.

[ 1 ] - Head and Neck Cancers in North-East Iran: A 25 year Survey

Introduction Cancers are among the worst noncommunicable diseases around the world. Head and neck cancers are ranked as the fifth most common cancers worldwide. As there are different distributions of risk factors around the world, the incidence of these cancers varies from one place to another. Materials and Methods: We conducted a descriptive analytic cross-sectional study, based on census-ba...

[ 2 ] - Tendency to breast reconstruction after breast mastectomy among Iranian women with breast cancer

  Background: Women with the medical history of breast cancer constitute the biggest group of patients who survived cancer. Despite the high rate of mastectomy after breast cancer in Iran only limited patients elect reconstruction surgery. The aim of our study was to evaluate the rate of tendency to breast reconstruction (BR) surgery among women with breast cancer who had mastectomy but not und...

[ 3 ] - Epidemiology of lung cancer in northeast of Iran: A 25-year study of 939 patients

Background: Lung cancer (LC) is a global public health priority. In this study, the epidemiology and current trends of primary LCs were investigated in northeast of Iran.    Methods: Demographic and pathologic records of primary LCs during 1985-2012 in Mashhad (capital of northeast of Iran) were reviewed. Data were obtained from archives of the largest referral oncologic hospital and the only ...