considering the structure of appendix,its great blood supply and lymphatic tissue,and its anatomical location it seems to have an immunologic role.there are no clear studies regarding the relation between appendectomy and cancer of digestive system.therefore,this stuty proposed for to clarify the relation between previous appendectomy and present gastrointestinal (GI)adenocarcinoma.the cancer g...

  Abstract   Background: Gastric cancer is the second most common cancer and also the second   cancer related death all over the world. In recent years recorded data for tumor   has shown a rise in the incidence of gastric cancer in young individuals. The present   study was designed to compare some of the epidemiologic characteristics of individuals   suffering from gastric cancer aged below a...

Background and aim: Head and neck cancers are the tenth most common cancers worldwide. Since these cancers can cause severe complications and mortality, early diagnosis and investigation of their prevalence in various regions may be life-saving. Therefore, this study evaluated the prevalence of head and neck cancer over a 10-year period in Gilan province, Iran. Materials and methods: This is a...

BACKGROUND The association between membranous nephropathy (MN) and cancer has been well documented. However, the true prevalence and characteristics of cancer associated with MN have not been well described. METHODS A systematic review and meta-analysis of cohort studies was conducted to summarize the prevalence of cancer-associated MN as well as patient characteristics and types of cancer in...

Data from population-based human papillomavirus (HPV) surveys in regions of low, intermediate, and high cervical cancer incidence were used to study the ecologic correlation between high-risk HPV prevalence and cervical cancer incidence. All the surveys were conducted by the IARC according to a standardized protocol for the collection of female population samples and detection of HPVDNA using P...

OBJECTIVE Among the various psychiatric disorders, depression is a common comorbid condition in cancer patients. Due to the distinct and diverse nature of cancer, the prevalence of depression may be assumed to be affected by differences in primary cancer sites. In this study, we explored the prevalence rates of depression among the ten most prevalent cancers in South Korea using a national pati...

Much of the suffering and death from cancer could be prevented by more systematic efforts to reduce tobacco use, improve diet, increase physical activity, reduce obesity, and expand the use of established screening tests. Monitoring the prevalence of cancer risk factors and screening is important to measure progress and strengthen cancer prevention and early detection efforts. In this review ar...

abstract objective: several studies have been published on the epidemiology of childhood malignancies worldwide. the primary objective of this study is to determine the relative frequency of pediatric cancers in iran. methods: using a retrospective approach, all confirmed cases of malignancies aged 14 years old or less at the time of first referral to the department of radiation oncology of jor...

The thyroid nodules are frequent in general population. more prevalent women and the prevalence of increased with age detection people who underwent ultrasound, even for diagnostic imaging unrelated to thyroid. (1) Most benign around 5 % all cancer. Approximately 90 cancer differentiated Metastasis rarely observed clinical practice. incidence metastasis gland is 0.36 malignancies.