Abstract
Background: Cervical cancer is a common cancer among women around the world. Due to the geographical differences in incidence, mortality and risk factors of cervical cancer, it is necessary to conduct different studies in different countries. This review study is aimed to investigate the most important aspects of cervical cancer in Iran.Methods: Reviewing papers without time limitation was conducted with the keywords cervical cancer, Cervix uteri cancer and Iran in their title or abstract. The databases of Medline, IranMedex, SID, ScienceDirect, Embase, Google Scholar, Web of Science, and Scopus were searched. The title and abstract of the papers were reviewed, in all, 51 full papers were reviewed.Results: Based on published studies, the incidence of cervical cancer varies between different areas of Iran. The findings of this study demonstrated that there is a relationship between marital status, marriage age, and age of first pregnancy, smoking, and consumption of oral contraceptive pills, multiple sexual partners, family history, multiparty, and cervical cancer.Conclusion: The results of this review showed that the incidence of cervical cancer in Iran is low; however, the risk factors associated with this cancer are not few, which could lead to the increase in the incidence of cervical cancer in the future.
Highlights
Cervical cancer is a common and deadly cancer among women around the world [1]
In 2005, Arab and colleagues reported age specific incidence rate (ASR) of cervical cancer was 1.4 in 100000 individuals, which reached its peak in the ages of 60-64 years with 6.8 [24]
Khorasanizadeh et al in 2013, analyzed the National Cancer Registry data, and stated the average ASR of cervical cancer in Iran is 2.5, where the highest was in Fars (4.1) and the lowest was in Zanjan (0.4) [23]
Summary
Cervical cancer is a common and deadly cancer among women around the world [1]. Cervical cancer is caused by the slow progression of precancerous lesions, and at this time, abnormal cells are detected with Pap test [8]. Cervical cancer is a common cancer among women around the world. Due to the geographical differences in incidence, mortality and risk factors of cervical cancer, it is necessary to conduct different studies in different countries. This review study is aimed to investigate the most important aspects of cervical cancer in Iran. Methods: Reviewing papers without time limitation was conducted with the keywords cervical cancer, Cervix uteri cancer and Iran in their title or abstract. Conclusion: The results of this review showed that the incidence of cervical cancer in Iran is low; the risk factors associated with this cancer are not few, which could lead to the increase in the incidence of cervical cancer in the future
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