background: gastrointestinal cancers are among the most common cancers in different communities. gastrointestinal tract cancer is the most common cancer among iranian men and the second common cancer among iranian women. due to the impact of environmental factors on the risk of gastrointestinal cancer and the increasing use of agricultural pesticides, this study aimed to investigate the effects...

background: northern regions of iran have been encountered to dominate malignancies of gastrointestinal (gi) tract. we came to examine the total excess mortality due to the gi cancer in mazandaran province. methods: socio-demographic and clinical data of 484 patients with gi cancer collected during the years 1990-1991were available from babol cancer registry. patients were followed up for 15 ye...

There is a great need to detect gastrointestinal tract cancer at an early stage. It is well known that most carcinoma tissues of the gastrointestinal tract contain carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA). Stools are a rich source of cells derived from the gastrointestinal tract. We analyzed total fecal CEA in 60 gastrointestinal tract cancer patients, 20 benign gastrointestinal tract disorder patients, ...

Background: the Iron deficiency anemia (IDA) is a common cause of referral to medical departments. Chronic gastrointestinal (GI) blood loss is important cause of IDA and also an alarming sign of serious underlying disease. The information concerning ideal evaluation of the gastrointestinal tract in patients with the IDA is scant. We designed a prospective study to determine the frequency of GI ...

background: the iron deficiency anemia (ida) is a common cause of referral to medical departments. chronic gastrointestinal (gi) blood loss is important cause of ida and also an alarming sign of serious underlying disease. the information concerning ideal evaluation of the gastrointestinal tract in patients with the ida is scant. we designed a prospective study to determine the frequency of gi ...

gastrointestinal aspergillosis most often occurs in the setting of disseminated infection from a primary pulmonary site and primary gastrointestinal aspergillosis is an unusual presentation. we report a 7 year old female child with aplastic anemia, who was under treatment but experienced periods of neutropenia. she had no evidence of respiratory aspergillosis before the onset of abdominal sympt...

Gastrointestinal Tract Cancer, edited by Martin Lipkin and Robert Good, is a valuable addition to the medical and surgical literature. Individual chapters are contributed by distinguished scientists and clinicians who, with the editors, are to be congratulated on the clarity of presentation and consistency of literary style of the volume as a whole. Figures, tables, and graphs are illustrative ...