BACKGROUND AND AIMS Kidney cancer is among the cancers that have the highest growth rate in all age and racial groups in the world and is as the most deadly type of urinary tract cancer. Since awareness about this cancer incidence status and mortality is essential for better planning, this study aimed to investigate the incidence and mortality rate of kidney cancer and its relationship with the...

Background The purpose of this study was to investigate the incidence and mortality rates of cervical cancer during 2006-2014 in Ningbo, China. Methods A retrospective study involved 3418 newly diagnosed cervical cancer cases and 854 death cases were performed. All cases were registered in Cancer Registry Center of Ningbo Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Results were expressed as s...

background: our knowledge regarding the epidemiology of pancreatobiliary cancers in iran is limited. this study presents the first population-based report on pancreatobiliary cancers performed in five provinces of iran. materials andmethods: data used in this study were retrieved from population-based cancer registries in five provinces of iran (gilan, mazandaran, golestan, ardabil and kerman) ...

BACKGROUND Venous thromboembolism (VTE) clusters in families, but the familial risk of VTE has not been determined among adoptees. The aim was to disentangle the contributions of genetic and environmental factors to the familial transmission of VTE. METHODS AND RESULTS The Swedish Multi-Generation Register was used to follow all Swedish-born adoptees born from 1932 to 2004 (n=80,214) between ...

BACKGROUND Outpatient ascertainment of peripheral artery disease (PAD) is rarely considered in the measurement of PAD clinical burden; therefore, the clinical burden of PAD likely has been underestimated while contributing to a decreased awareness of PAD in comparison to other circulatory system disorders. METHODS AND RESULTS The purpose of this study was to estimate the age-standardized annu...

BACKGROUND Surveillance of surgical site infections (SSI) provides data upon which interventions to improve patient safety can be based. In Thailand, however, SSI surveillance has not yet been standardized. OBJECTIVES To develop a standardized SSI surveillance system and to monitor SSI rates after introduction of such a system. METHODS We conducted a prospective study among 17,752 patients ...

OBJECTIVE To examine ovarian cancer incidence and mortality in the Netherlands, and to relate trends in mortality to changes in parity and use of oral contraceptives. METHODS Age-standardized and age-specific incidence and mortality rates are presented using incidence data from the Netherlands Cancer Registry, 1989-1991, and mortality data from the Netherlands Central Bureau of Statistics, 19...

The objective of this study was to estimate the incidence of cancer and human papillomavirus (HPV)-related cancers and the risk of death (by cancer status) among people living with AIDS (PLWA) in Puerto Rico. We used data from the Puerto Rico AIDS Surveillance Program and Central Cancer Registry (1985-2005). Cancers with highest incidence were cervix (299.6/100,000) for women and oral cavity/or...

Background: Breast cancer is the most common cancer among women worldwide. In Iran, breast cancer ranks first among cancers diagnosed and the fifth most common cause of death for Iranian women. The aim of this study was to evaluate the incidence rate and trend of breast cancer in Iranian women. Methods: National Incidence from Iranian annual of national cancer registration report from 2003 to 2...