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ArticleGastroenterology and hepatology from bed to bench2018

Iranian high risk regions due to esophageal cancer: spatial analysis of cancer registry data.

Hadis Najafimehr, Sara Ashtari, Mohamad Amin Pourhoseingholi, Luca Busani

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Article in Gastroenterology and hepatology from bed to bench, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Hadis NajafimehrGastroenterology and Liver Diseases Research Center, Research Institute for Gastroenterology and Liver Diseases, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Sara AshtariGastroenterology and Liver Diseases Research Center, Research Institute for Gastroenterology and Liver Diseases, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Mohamad Amin PourhoseingholiBasic and Molecular Epidemiology of Gastrointestinal Disorders Research Center, Research Institute for Gastroenterology and Liver Diseases, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Luca BusaniDepartment of Infectious Diseases, Instituto Superiore di Sanità, Roma, Italy.
Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences · IRIstituto Superiore di Sanità · IT

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

aimThe aim of this study was to identify the esophageal cancer (EC) high risk regions to evaluate changes of relative risks (RRs) for both genders by time in Iranian provinces.

backgroundEC is one of the public health problems in Iran. In spite of this fact, there is not comprehensive study estimating RRs across the Iranian provinces.

methodsIn this cross-sectional study the data for EC cases were extracted from Ministry of Health and Medical Education (MOHME) including 30 provinces from 2004 to 2010. For estimating the model parameters, we used Bayesian approach by regarding spatial correlations of adjacent provinces.

resultsThe Northern half of Iran has high risk and other half has low risk. During the time, the range of RRs has decreased for both gender and also the dispersion of EC is decreasing for women but nearly is fixed for men.

conclusionWhile RR has declined during the study, focusing on the Northern half of Iran as high risk regions is a considerable fact for policymakers.

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Bayesian modelEsophageal cancerIranRelative risks

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