Comparison of crude and age-specific incidence rates of breast, ovary, endometrium and cervix cancers in Iran, 2005.
BACKGROUND
Cancer accounts for 12.6% of total deaths in the world (just after heart disease).


METHODS
Frequency and age-specific incidence rates of breast and gynecologic cancers in Iran are calculated based on the dataset of the National Cancer Registry of Iran in 2005.


RESULTS
Gynecologic and breast cancer accounted for 7.6% and 25.6% of total cancer cases, respectively. Ovarian cancer was the most frequent gynecologic cancer followed by endometrium. Endometrial cancer revealed the highest age specific incidence rate followed by ovary (after 59 years).


CONCLUSIONS
Regarding disease burden, breast and gynecologic cases account for 33.4% of total cancer patients. The age specific incidence rate is a useful guide in epidemiologic and future plans.
Preventative Gynecology Research Center, Imam Hossein Medical Center, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran E-mail : drmarab@yahoo.com.
Maliheh
M
Arab
Giti
G
Noghabaei
Seyyedeh Neda
SN
Kazemi
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D016889:Endometrial Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007492:Iran / Q000453:epidemiology; D008875:Middle Aged; D010051:Ovarian Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology*; D011379:Prognosis; D013997:Time Factors; D002583:Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology*; D055815:Young Adult