Open AccessEvaluating the trend of cutaneous malignant tumors in Ilam from 2002 to 2011
Author(s) -
Mohammad Reza Ahmadi,
Zeinab Bakhtari,
Behrang Kazeminezhad,
Samiramis Ghavam
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
journal of family medicine and primary care
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2278-7135
pISSN - 2249-4863
DOI - 10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_178_17
Subject(s) - medicine , skin cancer , cancer , incidence (geometry) , malignancy , basal cell carcinoma , cancer registry , basal cell , disease , melanoma , dermatology , pathological , physics , cancer research , optics
Skin cancer, the melanoma type of which causes high mortality, is the most common malignancy in Iran and all over the world. UV is the most important cause of the incidence of this disease. This study evaluates the frequency of different types of cancer and their trajectory in Ilam province from 2012 to 2011.