Epidemiology of Leukemia and Multiple Myeloma in Golestan, Iran

Background: The aim of this paper was to present the incidence rates of leukemia and multiple myeloma (MM) in Golestan province located in northeastern Iran during 2004-2009. Materials and Methods: This was a descriptive cross-sectional study. Data on newly diagnosed (incident) leukemia and MM cases...

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Published in:Asian Pacific journal of cancer prevention : APJCP 2013, Vol.14 (4), p.2333-2336
Main Authors: Rajabli, Niloofar, Naeimi-Tabeie, Mohammad, Jahangirrad, Ataollah, Sedaghat, Seyed-Mehdi, Semnani, Shahryar, Roshandel, Gholamreza
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Language:Korean
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Summary:Background: The aim of this paper was to present the incidence rates of leukemia and multiple myeloma (MM) in Golestan province located in northeastern Iran during 2004-2009. Materials and Methods: This was a descriptive cross-sectional study. Data on newly diagnosed (incident) leukemia and MM cases were obtained from collected from Golestan population-based cancer registry. Data was entered into CanReg-4 software. Age standardized incidence rates (ASR) (per 100000 person-years) for leukemia and MM were calculated. Data on Golestan population was obtained from the data of Iranian national census in 2006. Results: Totally, 11036 new cancer cases were registered in GPRC from 2004-2009. Leukemia and MM accounted for 693 and 124 of cases, respectively. The mean age in patients with leukemia and MM was 43.8 and 62.4 years, respectively. The ASRs for leukemia among men and women were 10.4 and 7.8, respectively (p
ISSN:1513-7368
2476-762X