TY - JOUR JF - gums-med JO - JGUMS VL - 31 IS - 4 PY - 2023 Y1 - 2023/1/01 TI - Epidemiological Study of Different Types of Cancers Among Adults PERSIAN Guilan Cohort Study TT - بررسی وضعیت اپیدمیولوژیک انواع سرطان‌ در جمعیت کوهورت پرشین گیلان N2 - Background Cancer is the leading cause of death in the world after cardiovascular disease, and is the third leading cause of death in Iran. Objective This epidemiological study aims to investigate different types of cancers in Sowme’e Sara County, Guilan, Iran. Methods This analytical cross-sectional study is a part of the PERSIAN Guilan cohort study that was conducted on 10520 adult men and women in Sowme’e Sara County. The prevalence rate was determined per 100,000 people. Descriptive statistics (mean, standard deviation, frequency, and percentage) were used for describing data. Statistical analyzes were performed in STATA version 13 software. Results In this study, 94 patients with cancer and 98 types of cancer were recorded. Most of patients were female (n=65, 68.4%). The mean age at diagnosis in men and women was 47.61±11.23 and 44.30±7.87 years, respectively (Total=45.58±10.09 years). The most common cancers were breast cancer, brain & central nervous system cancer, and prostate cancer. The minimum age for diagnosis in men and women were 23 and 19 years, respectively,. Conclusion Screening for breast cancer in women and prostate cancer in men living in Sowme’e Sara County should be done which is currently underway using mammography and prostate specific antigen tests. SP - 274 EP - 285 AU - Balou, Heydar Ali AU - Joukar, Farahnaz AU - Yeganeh, Sara AU - Hassanipour, Soheil AU - Naghipour, Mohammadreza AU - Baghaee, Massood AU - Sadeghi, Gholamreza AU - Hayadokht, Golsa AU - Nikbakht, Hossein Ali AU - Mansour-Ghanaei, Fariborz AD - Guilan Gastrointestinal and Liver Diseases Research Center, Guilan University of Medical Sciences, Rasht, Iran. KW - Epidemiology KW - Cancer KW - Guilan Cohort study UR - http://journal.gums.ac.ir/article-1-2486-en.html DO - 10.32598/JGUMS.31.3.1748.5 ER -