Increasing Trend in Colorectal Cancer Incidence in the Southeast of Iran 2003-2013: A Population Based Cancer Registry Study

Asian Pac J Cancer Prev. 2015;16(13):5257-60. doi: 10.7314/apjcp.2015.16.13.5257.

Abstract

Rates based on age-adjusted incidence of colorectal cancers over a 10-year period in Kerman, the biggest province of Iran, were estimated from 2003 to 2013. Data were obtained from the population-based cancer registry unit of Kerman University of Medical Sciences (CR-KMU). Information included age, sex, city, ICD-O and year of registry. Our trend analyses cover 3.91% of the Iranian population. The data set comprised cases diagnosed from 2003 to 2013.The population of over 20 years was interpolated using 2003 and 2010 censuses. Then, truncated age-adjusted incidence rates were calculated. Increase was noted from 2003-2009 to 2010-2013 for 731 cancer cases considered in the analysis. The increases was most prominent in 2009. Totally, the frequency of the cancer was greater in males. Moreover, calculating truncated age-adjusted incidence rate indicated that the most prevalent age of colorectal incidence was in the 50-59 year age group except in 2007-2008 and 2012- 2013, when greatest incidences occurred in people aged 60-69 years. Our data revealed that the incidence rates of colorectal cancer have increased over the past decade in our region of Iran.

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Age Factors
  • Aged
  • Aged, 80 and over
  • Colorectal Neoplasms / epidemiology*
  • Female
  • Follow-Up Studies
  • Humans
  • Incidence
  • Iran / epidemiology
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Prognosis
  • Registries / statistics & numerical data*
  • Young Adult