TY - JOUR ID - TI - THE HISTOPATHOLOGIC AND GEOGRAPHIC PATTERN OF STOMACH CANCER IN IRAQ (2000-2007) AU - Amer Al Khuzaie PY - 2022 VL - IS - SP - 64 EP - 69 JO - Al-Bayan Journal for Medical and Health Sciences مجلة البيان للعلوم الطبية والصحية SN - 2789911 29573793 AB - Retrospectively we studied case sheets of gastric cancer patients in Iraq during our work in the cancercouncil in MOH; about 3412 newly diagnosed cases were reported during eight years (2000-2007).These data were brought from all Iraqi governorates and general and private hospitals, and byreviewing the histopathology of all patients and geographically, we concentrated on the year 2007because the data available more regarding results of histopathology. As in other countries, we foundthat adenocarcinoma is the most common 58.6%, while the highest incidence is reported in Duhok,Najaf, and Kirkuk.

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