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Trend analysis of Pancreatic Cancer Mortality in Iran
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| Z Fazeli, Fs Fazeli bavandpour, Ar Abdi, Ma Pour hosaingholi *1, Bastaminezhad |
| 1- , Amin_phg@yahoo.com |
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Abstract: (16328 Views) |
| Introduction: Pancreatic cancer is a fatal cancer with low survival. There is little publi-shed data on the mortality of pancreas cancer and its epidemiology in Iran. The aim of this study was to present the mor-tality trends from pancreatic cancer for Iranian population, from 1999 to 2004. Usi-ng national death statistic in order to pro-vide update information for its burden.
Materials and Methods: National death Statistic reported by the Ministry of Health are included in this analysis. Pancreas can-cer were expressed as the annual mortality rates/100,000, overall, by sex and by age group(<15, 15-49 and ≥50 years of age) and age standardized rate(ASR).
Findings: The age standardized mortality rate of pancreatic cancer decreased slightly during the years under the study. Its mor-tality was higher for male and the mortality increased as age increased.
Discussion & Conclusion: This study pro-vides projection for burden of death due to pancreatic cancer for Iran, indicating that the trend of its mortality slightly decreased and may be leveled off in recent years. |
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| Keywords: pancreatic cancer; mortality; Iran |
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Type of Study: Research |
Subject:
Molecular Genetics
Received: 2013/03/16 | Accepted: 2013/03/17 | Published: 2013/03/17
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