The incidence of prostate cancer in Iran: results of a population-based cancer registry.
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.
Sadjadi
Alireza
A
Digestive Disease Research Center, Shariati Hospital, Medical sciences/University of Tehran, Kargar Avenue, Tehran 1411713137, Iran. sadjadi@ams.ac.ir
Nooraie
Mehdi
M
Ghorbani
Anahita
A
Alimohammadian
Masoomeh
M
Zahedi
Mohammad-Javad
MJ
Darvish-Moghadam
Sodeif
S
Fakheri
Hafez
H
Babai
Masood
M
Semnani
Shahriar
S
Mansour-Ghanaei
Fariborz
F
Mohagheghi
Mohammad-Ali
MA
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