background: in view of high prevalence of gi cancers in lorestan province, western iran, and a large number of esophageal cancer patients in this region, this study was done to determine the frequency of various gi cancers in the area. â  methods: in a cross-sectional study, all patients from lorestan province for whom endoscoppy and colonoscopy were performed and biopsy was provided entered ou...

inflammatory myopathy is a paraneoplastic syndrome. inflammatory myopathy may be the first manifestation of underlying malignancy. it was reported in patients with colon cancer, breast cancer, ovarian cancer, lung cancer and non-hodgkin lymphoma. there are few reports regarding inflammatory myopathy in patients with gastric cancer. we want to present inflammatory myopathy as early manifestation...

background: population based research contributes to our understanding of cancer at many levels. for health program planning and policy making it is important to have information about the incidence of the common cancers in the population. descriptive epidemiologic studies measure the occurrence of cancer and other health-related factors in relation to person (e.g. age, sex, race, social class,...

background: cancer is the second cause of death in the world, and colon cancer is the third cause of death and is one of the most common cancers which will cure with early diagnosis, treatment and sufficient follow up. assessing factors which affect this cancer is important for prolonging patient survival. socioeconomic factors are among effective factors of cancer morbidity and mortality. beca...

background and aim: the aim of this study was to investigate the epidemiological features of colorectal cancer in imam reza hospital in kermanshah, iran, in a five-year period. materials and methods: this cross-sectional study included all the patients (n=167) admitted to imam reza hospital in kermanshah over a five-year period, diagnosed with colorectal cancer through performing colonoscopy an...