Background and aim: Skin cancer is the most common human cancer. Ultraviolet radiation is now recognized as the most important risk factor for skin cancer development. Light skin colored individuals that spend more time outdoors in day are more susceptible to disease. In this study skin cancer situation in Yazd (located in a hot, dry and desert area) was reviewed.Materi...

background: the aim of this study was to present epidemiological aspects of malignant tumor of head and neck in southeast of iran, with a view toward analyzing the age, gender, site distribution and histological types.  methods: all cases with malignant tumor of the head and neck region from 1999 to 2009 were retrieved from the records of cancer registry center of kerman university of medical s...

Background and aims: Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer death worldwide. There are no recent data on the lung cancer prevalence in Lebanon, and the available data are based on prediction. Thus, this study aimed to determine the incidence rate of lung cancer during 2014, among patients who were newly diagnosed at Lebanese teaching hospitals. In addition, the study attempted to identify t...

Leon A.M. Berge, Tom K. Grimsrud, Ronnie Babigumira, Nathalie C. Støer, Nita Shala, Marit B. Veierød and Jo S. Stenehjem: Cancer epidemiology in practice: Working notes on cancer history-based selection censoring

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background: irritable bowel syndrome (ibs) is one of the most prevalent gastrointestinal disorders, characterized by non-specific symptoms such as abdominal pain and altered bowel habit without any organic pathology. its prevalence varies in human communities. we performed this study to determine the prevalence of ibs in medical students of gilan university of medical sciences (gums). materials...

introduction: esophagus cancer is most common gi malignancies in zahedan. this investigation was undertaken to define the epidemiology, and prognostic factors relevant to patients withesophagus cancer in this region. methods : we did a retrospective review of 175 patientswith esophagus cancer who presented to ali ebne abitaleb hospital and khatam alanbia hospitalin 2005-2010. data analysis was ...

Affiliations of authors: Laboratory of Human Carcinogenesis, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD. Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick, NJ. Epidemiology and Genomics Research Program, Host Factors Branch, Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences, National C...