Trends in the Incidence of Stomach Cancer in Golestan Province, a High-risk Area in Northern Iran, 2004-2016.
Fatemeh Ghasemi-KebriaTaghi AmirianiAbdolreza FazelMohammad Naimi-TabieiAlireza NorouziMasoud KhoshniaMohammadreza SeyyedmajidiAbdollah PooshaniSeyedeFatemeh MousaviemadiHoushang PoorkhaniSeyedMehdi SedaghatFaezeh SalamatSusan Hasanpour-HeidariNastaran Jafari-DelouieMasoomeh GholamiShahryar SemnaniGholamreza RoshandelElisabete WeiderpassReza MalekzadehPublished in: Archives of Iranian medicine (2020)
We found high incidence rates as well as temporal and geographical diversities in ASR of stomach cancer in Golestan, Iran. Our results showed an increase in the number of new cases, mainly due to population size and aging. Further studies are warranted to determine the risk factors of this cancer in this high-risk population.