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The Latest News of the International Campus : The largest Middle East Cohort studies are being conducted in Golestan province. Edit Content | Posted on: 1st May 2019
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Dr. Reza Malekzadeh, Deputy Minister of Research and Technology of the Ministry of Health and Medical Education at the International Congress on new advance Cancer and Gastrointestinal Cancer, hosted by Golestan University of Medical Sciences, with the presence of international professors said: Golestan province has started since year 2000 and is one of the research studies that will continue until the next twenty years, and we can say that it is the largest study of Cohort in the Middle East.
He added, "Currently, we are conducting these studies throughout Iran, the initial core of which has started from Golestan province. We would like to thank the professors and faculty members of Golestan University and the people of the region for their worthy cooperation".
He said that international scientific cooperation is one of the methods that can be introduced to the world, adding that effective international cooperation with the world countries has been done in the discussion in Cohort studies of cancer and its findings.
Dr. Malekzadeh continued that studies conducted before the revolution in Golestan region showed the highest prevalence of esophageal cancer in this region, but fortunately after the revolution, with the improvement of the economic and social situation of the people, esophageal cancer significantly decreased in Golestan.
He mentioned low consumption of vegetables, hot tea and drinks, lack of oral hygiene, opium consumption and air pollution as causes gastrointestinal cancer and said that by performing some interventions and observing hygienic principles, can be largely helpful in prevention of GI cancer.
The Deputy Minister of Research and Technology of the Ministry of Health continued; 50,000 people are under continuous research studies in Golestan Cohort studies.
He also stressed that, unfortunately, 5% of the world's opium is consumed in Iran, and 20% of people over the age of 40 consume opium for entertainment, which plays a significant role in the spread of gastrointestinal cancer.
It is worth mentioning that the International Congress of recent advance Cancer and Gastrointestinal Cancer is being held in Golestan from the 11th to the 13th of Ordibehesht with the presence of prominent European and foreign professors.
* Cohort studies of Cancer (study based on long-term cancer population is going on in Golestan province).
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He added, "Currently, we are conducting these studies throughout Iran, the initial core of which has started from Golestan province. We would like to thank the professors and faculty members of Golestan University and the people of the region for their worthy cooperation".
He said that international scientific cooperation is one of the methods that can be introduced to the world, adding that effective international cooperation with the world countries has been done in the discussion in Cohort studies of cancer and its findings.
Dr. Malekzadeh continued that studies conducted before the revolution in Golestan region showed the highest prevalence of esophageal cancer in this region, but fortunately after the revolution, with the improvement of the economic and social situation of the people, esophageal cancer significantly decreased in Golestan.
He mentioned low consumption of vegetables, hot tea and drinks, lack of oral hygiene, opium consumption and air pollution as causes gastrointestinal cancer and said that by performing some interventions and observing hygienic principles, can be largely helpful in prevention of GI cancer.
The Deputy Minister of Research and Technology of the Ministry of Health continued; 50,000 people are under continuous research studies in Golestan Cohort studies.
He also stressed that, unfortunately, 5% of the world's opium is consumed in Iran, and 20% of people over the age of 40 consume opium for entertainment, which plays a significant role in the spread of gastrointestinal cancer.
It is worth mentioning that the International Congress of recent advance Cancer and Gastrointestinal Cancer is being held in Golestan from the 11th to the 13th of Ordibehesht with the presence of prominent European and foreign professors.
* Cohort studies of Cancer (study based on long-term cancer population is going on in Golestan province).
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