gastric cancer is the most common gi cancer. it has a very high incidence rate in the northeastern iran.contrary to western countries and japan, the incidence of gastric cancer has been increasing in iran during the past two decades. helicobacter pylori infection is the most important risk factor for developing gastric cancer. however, the presence and influence of other environmental and genet...

background: cancer is the second most common cause of non-accidental death in iran. geographical, racial and habitual differences have led to the variation in the incidence of cancer in different regions of this country. this study was performed to determine the incidence of cancer in the kerman province, central iran. methods: all newly diagnosed cases of cancer in the kerman province were rec...

cancer registration is an important source for measuring the burden of cancer in a population. in practice, however, quite frequently incorrect patients are registered or data items can be inaccurately recorded or not recorded at all. also the process or quality of these registrations varies among countries. in this paper, we briefly discussed some statistical techniques including; mortality an...

Background: Environmental ionizing radiation has been associated with increased cancer risk by several studies.  The Brazilian city of Poços de Caldas, MG, seats on a huge deposit of uranium, which was until recently mined.  We performed a retrospective analysis of  310 cases of patients with breast cancer, who were exposed for at least ten years to different levels of ion...

background: cancer is the third cause of death in iran, with an increasing incidence projected for the next decade. this study aimed to provide a disaggregated viewpoint on cancer incidence in all 22 districts of tehran, using the geographic information system (gis). identifying clusters of cancers may assist in recognizing the cause of the disease, visualizing patterns of cancer distribution, ...

Background: According to some studies in the western countries, %12.7 of total female cancers and %9.8 of all deaths resulted from cancers in the females are due to genital system carcinoma. Methods: The present analytic cross sectional study was done on the cancer registry data of Yazd province for the evaluation of trend of genital carcinoma occurrence amongst females from 2006 to 2010. The t...

cancer starts with a change in one single cell. this change may be initiated by external agents and genetic factors. cancer is a leading cause of death worldwide and accounts for 7.6 million deaths (around 13% of all deaths) in 2008. lung, stomach, liver, colon and breast cancer cause the most cancer deaths each year. in this review, different aspects of gastric cancer; including clinical, path...

Introduction: Cancer is one of the main causes for mortality and morbidity in the world. Identifying epidemiology and the trend of esophageal cancer may be highly effective in related planning. The present study has been carried out with the aim of exploring the morbidity and trend of esophageal cancer in Iran. Methods: The present study is a type of repe...