Abstract
According to increase in elderly populations, and change in lifestyle and cancer-causing behavior, the global burden of cancer is increasing. For prevention and control of disease, knowledge of population statistics of cancers and their trends is essential. This study aimed to investigate the epidemiology and trends of cancer in the province of Kerman: southeast of Iran. This analytical and cross-sectional study was carried out based on cancer registry data at the Disease Management Center of the Health Ministry from 2004 to 2009 in the province of Kerman in Iran. Common cancers were defined as the number of reported cases and standardized incidence rates. To compute the annual percentage change (APC), joinpoint 4.1.1.1 software was applied. Of 10,595 registered cases, 45.3% (4802 cases) were in women and 56.7% (5,793 cases) occurred in men. The standardized incidence rates for both females and males were increasing during the six years studied. The most common cancers in both sexes during six years of studied were skin (13.4%), breast (9.35%), bladder (7.8%), stomach (7.45%), leukemia (7.05%), colorectal(5.57%), lung(4.92%), trachea(3.51%) and prostate(2.48%). Our findings revealed that the cancer incidence is demonstrating increasing trends in both sexes in the province of Kerman. This may be because of changes in lifestyle, increasing exposure to risk factors for cancer and increase of life expectancy. If this is the case, increasing public awareness of cancer risk factors is a high priority, together with introduction of large-scale screening techniques.
Highlights
Spread of non-communicable chronic diseases, especially cancer, along with control of communicable diseases has become a public health concern in the world (Taheri et al, 2012)
Common cancers were defined as the number of reported cases and standardized incidence rates
Our findings revealed that the cancer incidence is demonstrating increasing trends in both sexes in the province of Kerman
Summary
Spread of non-communicable chronic diseases, especially cancer, along with control of communicable diseases has become a public health concern in the world (Taheri et al, 2012). The age-standardized incidence rates related to this cancer were 0.7 and 0.6 in men and common cancer were breast(963 cases), skin (611 cases), colorectal (291), leukemia (271 cases) and thyroid (262 cases) in women during 6 years, respectively, but in women, respectively, while the rate for Iranian men and women were 18.93 and 13.09, respectively (Eatemed et al, 2008) and in the present study 14.53 and 13.23 in men and men skin (812 cases), bladder (663 cases), stomach (534 cases), leukemia (476 cases) and lung cancers (384 cases), respectively.
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