The use of cellular telephones has grown explosively during the past two decades, and there are now more than 279 million wireless subscribers in the United States. If cellular phone use causes brain cancer, as some suggest, the potential public health implications could be considerable. One might expect the effects of such a prevalent exposure to be reflected in general population incidence ra...

Background: Colorectal cancer is the fourth most common cancer, in terms of incidence throughout the world. There are some differences for risk factors involved in the incidence of tumor in different anatomical subsites of large bowel. However, most investigations have not studied the association between dietary factors and colorectal cancer subsites. Thus the current ecological study inves...

background & aim: pap smear is a screening procedure for cervical cancer. the incidence and mortality rate of cervical cancer has decreased up to 90% in the regular screening in women aged 20-65 years. this study aimed to investigate the pap smear reports of pathology laboratories in ahvaz, iran. methods: in this cross-sectional study, 1,006 pap smear reports were collected from pathology labor...

background: lung cancer is one of the most fatal and preventable cancers. in this study, we sought to investigate about trend in incidence of lung cancer in kermanshah province -iran. methods: all pathology reports on lung cancer were collected from pathology centers in kermanshah province in recent 11 years (1997-2007). after merging the data with cases reported in, province health centre data...

The surgical margin is usually investigated during the operation using a pathological method, though cytological methods are also used to identify remaining malignant cells. We reviewed cases of pulmonary resection for a malignant tumor. At our institution, an on-site surgical margin examination using a cytological method is mandated for cases of wedge resection and segmentectomy, and an option...

A 76-year-old male underwent a left upper lobectomy with wedge resection of the superior segment of the left lower lobe using video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) for non-small-cell lung cancer of the left upper lobe. He presented with shortness of breath, fever, and leukocytosis. Chest radiography showed atelectasis at the remaining left lower lobe. Bronchoscopy revealed narrowing of th...

  Abstract   Background: Due to the high incidence of breast cancer and the effect of its early   diagnosis on decreasing morbidity and mortality, we used the Gail model to study   breast cancer risk in Iranian women.   Methods: This study was done in a simple randomized way. Participants were 2000   Iranian women older than 35 years old. The questionnaire consisted of demographic   data such a...