Open Access<p>Epidemiologic Study of Gastric Cancer in Iran: A Systematic Review</p>
Author(s) -
Khadijeh Kalan Farmanfarma,
Neda Mahdavifar,
Soheil Hassanipour,
Hamid Salehiniya
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
clinical and experimental gastroenterology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.113
H-Index - 30
ISSN - 1178-7023
DOI - 10.2147/ceg.s256627
Subject(s) - medicine , epidemiology , incidence (geometry) , scopus , persian , cancer , disease , odds ratio , demography , mortality rate , medline , linguistics , philosophy , physics , sociology , political science , law , optics
Gastric cancer (GC) is one of the most common cancers in Iran. Knowledge of the epidemiology of the disease is essential in planning for prevention. So this study aimed to investigate the epidemiological aspects of gastric cancer including prevalence, incidence, mortality, and risk factors of Iran.