Mostafa Zare, A Zhiani Asgharzade, S Mostafavi, F Abbasi, M Karimi, M Sobhani Shahmirzadi, H Zarei, MH Gharib. Student research committee, Golestan University of Medical Sciences, Gorgan, Iran; Neonatal & Children’s Health Research Center, Golestan University of Medical Sciences, Gorgan, Iran; Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology Research Center of Golestan, Golestan university of Medi...

A carcass of a Persian leopard (Panthera pardus saxicolor) that was inadvertently killed in a car accident in Golestan National Park, North-Iran, was referred to the laboratory of the Department of Environment in Golestan Province. The carcass was infested with hard ticks. Five ticks were collected and identified as Ixodes ricinus (one female) and Rhipicephalus turanicus (four males).  These ha...

Prostate cancer is the most common cancer in men and therefore represents a major problem in public health.The aim of this study was to find and evaluate province-specific estimate of incidence in males by age groups for prostate cancer in Golestan province, Iran. The data used in this study were collected in a cancer registry program that was conducted by Health Deputy of Golestan province in ...

Masjedi zadeh R1, Hajiani E2, Hashemi SJ3, Khodadadi M3 1 Associate Professor, Gastroenterology and Hepatology Center, Department of Internal Medicine, Golestan Hospital, Ahwaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences, Ahwaz, Iran 2 Associate Professor, Gastroenterology and Hepatology Center, Department of Internal Medicine, Golestan Hospital, Ahwaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences,...

BACKGROUND Golestan Province, at the western end of the Asian esophageal cancer (EC) belt in northeastern Iran, was reported to have one of the highest worldwide rates of EC in the 1970s. We have previously shown a declining incidence of EC in Golestan during the last decades. This study reports additional new results from the Golestan Population-based Cancer Registry (GPCR). METHODS The GPCR...