Epidemiology of pediatric sarcoma in Iran.
Mehdi Azizmohammad LoohaAtieh AkbariMohammad Esmaeel AkbariElaheh ZareanNarjes MehrvarSoheila KhodakarimPublished in: Cancer reports (Hoboken, N.J.) (2022)
The present study is the first comprehensive study of pediatric sarcomas in Iran, in which a lower incidence and survival rate of MBTs and STSs compared with high-income countries were found. However, the survival rates of these malignancies were higher in high-income countries compared to Iran. This study showed the need to improve the quantity and quality of the population-based registry in Iran for acquiring progress in the prevention and control of sarcomas.