Abstract
This study was carried out in Middle Euphrates cancer center, laboratories department, Al-Najaf holy city - Iraq; Iraqi patients have been recorded during period January 2018 until December 2018. This study has demonstrated that four different types of the following cancers: Breast cancer, brain cancer, lung cancer and Bladder cancer were registered in this study. Comparison was occured among each type of cancer was regarded in sex, age and number. The highest levels of cancer among all the other types were breast and lung cancer , the majority results in cancer epidemiology for this study, which showed 22% and 8 % respectively. While in other types, the result has showed 6%, 4.7%,for Bladder cancer, and braian cancer, respectively
Highlights
The major public health problem worldwide is cancer [1]
Lung cancer or lung carcinoma is a malignant lung tumor characterized by uncontrolled cell growth in the lung tissues [6,7] .The highest rates are in North America, Europe, and East Asia, with over a one third of new cases in China
Breast cancer was the most common type of cancer accounted for 22 % of all Iraqi patients
Summary
The major public health problem worldwide is cancer [1]. In 2007 it was the third leading cause of deaths and the 7th leading cause of morbidity in Iraq [2]. The need for complete knowledge about cancer types in Iraq is obligatory to plan and create control programs for the common cancer which may be amenable to avoidance, early discovery and treatment. The aim of this research is to demonstate the pattern of cancer in Iraq by primary site of tumor in the major series of Iraq patients with cancer.
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