Rising incidence of adenocarcinoma of the esophagus in Kerman, Iran.
BACKGROUND
The fall in the incidence of esophageal squamous cell cancer and noncardia gastric cancers in western countries parallels a concomitant rise in the incidence of gastric cardia cancer and distal adenocarcinoma of the esophagus. We aimed to investigate the incidence trend of different gastric and esophageal cancers in Kerman, southeast Iran.


METHODS
The information of all newly diagnosed patients with gastric and esophageal cancers were collected actively from all histopathology departments around the Kerman Province during 1991 - 2002 retrospectively.


RESULTS
The annual age standardized incidence risks of esophageal and gastric cancers in Kerman were 1.9 and 6.9 per 100,000 populations. In average, the risks of gastric and esophageal squamous cell cancers were more or less constant, while the risk of adenocarcinoma of the esophagus increased around 11% annually.


CONCLUSIONS
The risks of upper gastrointestinal cancers in Kerman Province were quite lower than the average risks in the whole country. The rising incidence of adenocarcinoma of the esophagus in Kerman parallels its temporal pattern in western countries.
Haghdoost
Ali-Akbar
AA
Physiology Research Center, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran. ahaghdoost@kmu.ac.ir
Hosseini
Hamed
H
Chamani
Goli
G
Zarei
Mohammad-Reza
MR
Rad
Maryam
M
Hashemipoor
Maryam
M
Zahedi
Mohammad-Javad
MJ
Darvish-Moghadam
Sodif
S
D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000453:epidemiology*; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D004938:Esophageal Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007492:Iran / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013274:Stomach Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology*