introduction: cigarette smoking and alcohol consumption have a well-known effect on the development of upper aerodigestive tract carcinomas, but such a role for opium is questionable. this study was designed to assess the correlation between opium inhalation and cancer of the larynx and upper esophagus. materials and methods: fifty eight patients with laryngeal cancer, ninety eight patients wit...

Background: Esophageal carcinoma is one of the most lethal gastrointestinal (GI) malignant tumors worldwide.  The disease is known to have a high incidence in northern Iran; however, its condition in the South is not much clear. Objective: In this retrospective study we investigated the epidemiology and time trends of esophageal carcinoma in Fars Province, South of Iran. Methods: In a retrospec...

despite all advances, treatment of esophageal carcinoma is still unsatisfactory. currently the standard non-surgical treatment of esophageal cancer is concurrent chemotherapy and radiotherapy (chemoradiation), with results comparable to best surgical series. a few years ago, we started a chemoradiation protocol for the cancer of esophagus as a curative treatment, of which we present the prelimi...

background: esophageal carcinoma is one of the most lethal gastrointestinal (gi) malignant tumors worldwide.  the disease is known to have a high incidence in northern iran; however, its condition in the south is not much clear.   objective: in this retrospective study we investigated the epidemiology and time trends of esophageal carcinoma in fars province, south of iran.   methods : in a retr...

We examined 170 formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded samples from esophageal squamous cell carcinoma patients. All subjects live in Mazandaran province, a region with high incidence rate of esophageal cancer and have become known as the “Asian Esophageal Cancer Belt”. Samples were tested for HPV-DNA by MY09/11 and Gp5+/6+ general primers using nested PCR. Of the 170 ESCC samples, 86 (50.6%) were ma...

500 cases of Esophago-Gastroscopy were evaluated at the Shahid Moddares teaching and research medical center. Endoscopic diagnosis were:  38% Gastritis, 24% Duodenal Ulcer, 8% Esophageal Carcinoma, 6% Gastric Carcinoma, 6% Gastric Ulcer, 6% Hiatal Hernia, 3% Esophageal Varises.  In 68% of these cases Gastroscopy findings were in Agreement with Radiology reports. 

human papillomavirus (hpv) dna has been identified in esophageal carcinomas. however, the incidence of hpv varies significantly in different geographical locations. in this study, neoplasms from turkmen sahra, a region in golestan province in northeast part of iran, with a high incidence of squamous cell carcinoma were analyzed for the presence of hpv dna. turkmen sahra is located in the cancer...

this is the first documented case of esophageal carcinoma in a 14 year old boy which has been reported to date. carcinoma of the esophagus is rare before the third decade. the present case highlights the fact that the condition should be kept in mind in the differential diagnosis of progressive dysphagia even in children and teenagers