Background Colorectal cancer is the third most common cancer in Iran. The increasing trend
of colorectal cancer incidence in Iran and the close relationship with the geographical …

Abstract The North-Western and Central region of Asia stretches from Turkey through
Armenia, Georgia and Azerbaijan, to Iran and Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan …

Background: Stomach cancer is the fourth most common cancer and the second leading
cause of cancer-related death through the world. It is predicted that the number of new …

Background and aims: Regardless of the fact that cancers of GI tract have been reported to
be the most common fatal neoplasms in East Azerbaijan, there is a serious lack of …

Background Few countries in the Middle East have a population-based cancer registry,
despite a clear need for accurate cancer statistics in this region. We therefore established a …

Background: A cancer registry program has been established in East Azerbaijan and this
has emphasized the importance of cancers of gastrointestinal tract in this region. The aim of …

Background: Cancer is an increasing cause of mortality and morbidity worldwide. Incidences
of common cancers has been growing in different provinces of Iran in recent years but trends …

Background: Stomach cancer is the fourth most prevalent cancer in the world. Although
many studies have been carried out on the incidence of this type of cancer in the world …

AIM: To estimate the prevalence of colorectal cancer (CRC) in patients with long lasting
colonic symptoms undergoing total colonoscopy; and to establish clinical features predicting …

BACKGROUND Early diagnosis and endoscopic resection of adenomatous polyps is the
main approach for screening and prevention of colorectal cancer (CRC). We aimed to …