title: The incidence of prostate cancer in Iran: results of a population-based cancer registry.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Little is known about the epidemiology of prostate cancer in Iranian men. We carried out an active prostate cancer surveillance program in five provinces of Iran.
  
  
  METHODS
  Data used in this study were obtained from population-based cancer registries between 1996 and 2000.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The age-standardized incidence rate of prostate carcinoma in the five provinces was 5.1 per 100,000 person-years. No significant difference was seen in the age-standardized incidence rate of prostate cancer within the provinces studied. The mean+/-SD age of patients with prostate cancer was 67+/-13.5 years.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The incidence of prostate cancer in Iran is very low as compared to the Western countries. This can partly be explained by lack of nationwide screening program, younger age structure and quality of cancer registration system in Iran.
authors: Digestive Disease Research Center, Shariati Hospital, Medical sciences/University of Tehran, Kargar Avenue, Tehran 1411713137, Iran. sadjadi@ams.ac.ir
authors: Alireza
authors: A
authors: Sadjadi
authors: Mehdi
authors: M
authors: Nooraie
authors: Anahita
authors: A
authors: Ghorbani
authors: Masoomeh
authors: M
authors: Alimohammadian
authors: Mohammad-Javad
authors: MJ
authors: Zahedi
authors: Sodeif
authors: S
authors: Darvish-Moghadam
authors: Hafez
authors: H
authors: Fakheri
authors: Masood
authors: M
authors: Babai
authors: Shahriar
authors: S
authors: Semnani
authors: Fariborz
authors: F
authors: Mansour-Ghanaei
authors: Mohammad-Ali
authors: MA
authors: Mohagheghi
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D017677:Age Distribution; D000368:Aged; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006306:Health Surveys; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007492:Iran / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011471:Prostatic Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology*; D012042:Registries