Spatio-temporal mapping of breast and prostate cancers in South Iran from 2014 to 2017.

Mahdieh MontazeriBenyamin HoseiniNeda FirouraghiFatemeh KianiHosein Raouf-MobiniAdele BiabangardAli DadashiVahideh ZolfaghariLeila AhmadianSaeid EslamiRobert BergquistNasser BagheriBehzad Kiani

Published in: BMC cancer (2020)

North-western Kerman had a significantly higher incidence rate of both breast and prostate cancer than the average, which should help in designing tailored screening and surveillance systems. Furthermore, this study generates new hypotheses regarding the potential relationship between increased incidence of cancers in certain geographical areas and environmental risk factors.

Keyphrases

risk factors
prostate cancer
radical prostatectomy
public health
human health
high resolution
south africa
smoking cessation
climate change
young adults