Spatial epidemiology of skin cancer in Iran: separating sun-exposed and non-sun-exposed parts of the body

• Main Authors: Behzad Kiani (Author), Parinaz Tabari (Author), Alireza Mohammadi (Author), Sayyed Mostafa Mostafavi (Author), Mohsen Moghadami (Author), Mitra Amini (Author), Abbas Rezaianzadeh (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2022-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Skin cancer is among the most common cancer types with an increasing global trend of incidence rate. This study explores the spatial distribution of skin cancer, considering body sites exposed and not exposed to sunshine separately. Methods We used 4302 skin cancer cases recorded...