Modeling the Trend Changes of Liver Cancer Mortality in the 6 WHO Regions.

Background: There is little information about comparison of the mortality patterns in different regions. The current study aimed to assess the trend changes of liver cancer mortality in 6 WHO regions.

Methods: The mortality rates of liver cancer in the 6 WHO regions during 1990 to 2017 were extracted from the Global Burden of Disease database.

Clustering time trends of breast cancer incidence in Africa: a 27-year longitudinal study in 53 countries.

Background: Breast cancer is the most common, frequently diagnosed cancer with the highest incidence among female worldwide. Although the incidence is decreasing in developed countries, it is on increase in most of the African countries.

Objective: This study aimed to identify different time trends of breast cancer incidence among African countries using latent mixture approach.

Clustering Trend Changes of Lung Cancer Incidence in Europe via the Growth Mixture Model during 1990-2016.

Background: Lung cancer accounts for half of all deaths from cancer in Europe and has the highest incidence in Southern Europe. The current study aimed to cluster trend changes of lung cancer incidence in Europe via the growth mixture model.

Methods: The dataset included incidence rates of female and male lung cancer per 100,000 for 42 European countries during 1990-2016 compiled from the Gapminder database.

Trends and Risk Factors of Gastric Cancer in Iran (2005-2010).

Background: Gastric cancer (GC) is the first and the third prevalent cancer among males and females in Iran, respectively. The aim of this study was mainly to identify high-risk areas of GC by assessing the spatial and temporal pattern of incidence, and second, to explore some risk factors of GC in ecological setting.

Methods: In this cross-sectional ecological study we used Bayesian hierarchical space-time model to measure the relative risk and temporal trends of GC in Iran from 2005 to 2010 based on available data.

Burden of Oral Diseases in Iran, 1990-2010: Findings from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010.

Background: Oral diseases, as a group of chronic diseases, are among the major public health problems that lead to disability throughout the world. The major part of burden of oral diseases is caused by dental caries, periodontal diseases, edentulism, mouth cancer, cleft lip, and cleft palate. The aim of the present paper is to report the global results for the burden of oral disease in Iran from 1990 to 2010, derived from GBD study 2010 by sex and age.