Open AccessA 7-Years Retrospective Study of Gastrointestinal Cancers Incidence in the Western Iran
Author(s) -
Masoud Yasemi,
Mohammad Reza Ahmadi,
Hadi Peyman,
Mohammad Rasool Yasemi,
Javaher Khajavikhan,
Helmet T. Karim
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
journal of clinical and diagnostic research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2249-782X
pISSN - 0973-709X
DOI - 10.7860/jcdr/2015/12003.6144
Subject(s) - medicine , incidence (geometry) , cancer , esophagus , stomach , stomach cancer , gastroenterology , adenocarcinoma , disease , colorectal cancer , retrospective cohort study , gastrointestinal cancer , intestinal cancer , esophageal cancer , physics , optics
In Iran, cancer is the third reason of the death and every year 500,000 new cases were detected, and 14% of all death is related to cancer. The most common system that is affected by cancer (after the skin) is gastrointestinal (GI) system. The purpose of the study is evaluation of the 7 years incidence (2002-2008) of the GI cancers in Ilam province in the west of Iran.