Golestan Province in northern Iran is an area with a high incidence of esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC). We aimed to investigate prognostic factors for ESCC and survival of cases in Golestan, on which little data were available. We followed-up 426 ESCC cases participating in a population-based case-control study. Data were analyzed using the Kaplan-Meier method and the Cox proportional...

BACKGROUND The aim of this paper was to present the incidence rates of leukemia and multiple myeloma (MM) in Golestan province located in northeastern Iran during 2004-2009. MATERIALS AND METHODS This was a descriptive cross-sectional study. Data on newly diagnosed (incident) leukemia and MM cases were obtained from collected from Golestan population-based cancer registry. Data was entered in...

PROJECT Golestan province, located in northeast of Iran, has been known as a high risk area for esophageal cancer (EC). This study was conducted to assess the relationship between soils selenium (Se) level and development of EC in this region. PROCEDURES In this ecological study, 135 blocks were identified in Golestan province based on geographical altitude and longitude on the map. One soil ...

OBJECTIVE(S) Human T-cell lymphotropic virus type-1 is an oncornavirus that causes adult T cell leukemia (ATL) HTLV-I-associated myelopathy⁄tropical spastic paraparesis (HAM/TSP). Golestan province is located in North West of Khorasan province known as an endemic area for HTLV-I in Iran. This study aimed to evaluate seroprevalence of HTLV-I in Golestan province. MATERIALS AND METHODS In this ...

background: our knowledge regarding the epidemiology of pancreatobiliary cancers in iran is limited. this study presents the first population-based report on pancreatobiliary cancers performed in five provinces of iran. materials andmethods: data used in this study were retrieved from population-based cancer registries in five provinces of iran (gilan, mazandaran, golestan, ardabil and kerman) ...

Floods, as one of the natural hazards, can affect environment, damage infrastructures, and threaten human lives. Due to climate change anthropogenic activities, floods occur in high frequency all over world. Therefore, mapping flood areas is prime importance disaster management. This research presents a novel framework for area based on heterogeneous remote sensing (RS) datasets. The proposed f...

southern margin of the caspian sea due to keeping of domestic animals and abundance of surface water reservoirs is prone to infection with leptospira sp.. this study was performed to determine anti-leptospira antibody frequency in golestan province, southeast of the caspian sea in the north of iran. this study was performed on 1028 people in golestan province. sampling was stratified. leptospir...

in order to investigate the presence of barley mild mosaic virus, 425 samples of barley and wheat from razavi khorasan, northern khorasan, golestan, yazd and western azarbayjan were collected in spring 2011. plolyclonal antiserum was used in order to detect baymv by das-elisa. the highest level of baymv infection was found in azarbayjan gharbi and detect inrazavi khorasan, northern khorasan and...

The Role of Geological Formations and Topography in Development Forms Water Erosion Golidagh Watershed, Golestan Province