Joint disease mapping of two digestive cancers in Golestan province, Iran: using a shared component model

Recent studies have suggested the occurrence patterns and related diet factor of esophagus cancer (EC) and gastric cancer (GC). Incidence of these cancers were mapped either in general and stratified by gender. The aim of this study was to model the geographical variation in incidence of these two related cancers jointly to explore the relative importance of an intended risk factor, diet low in fruit and vegetable intake, in Golestan, Iran.

Source: Osong Public Health and Research Perspectives - February 19, 2015 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Parisa Chamanpara, Abbas Moghimbeigi, Javad Faradmal, Jalal Poorolajal Tags: Original Article Source Type: research