Re-validate the dataset of Iraq cancer registries.

Objective: To evaluate the cancer registry in Iraq over a 5 year period from 2013 to 2018 (except 2017 as software data was not accessable) in all of Iraqi's provinces. Further more to study the incidence rate and the pattern of distribution of breast cancer in various provinces of Iraq.

Methods: All data was collected from the cancer registration centres of Iraq.

Expression of Aldehyde Dehydrogenase (ALDH1) and ATP Binding Cassette Transporter G2 (ABCG2) in Iraqi Patients with Colon Cancer and the Relation with Clinicopathological Features.

Tumor initiation cells or cancer stem cell markers ABCG2 and ALDH1 play pivotal roles in invasion, metastasis and resistance to cytotoxic agents. In this study, we evaluated the expression levels of ALDH1 and ABCG2 in Iraqi patients with colon cancer and/or benign colon tumors. We also investigated the association between the expression levels of these markers and patient clincopathological features.