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Esophageal Cancer, Gastric Cancer and the use of Pesticides in the Southwestern of Turkey

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dc.creator Demirpence, Ozlem
dc.creator Yildiz, Mustafa
dc.creator Gunduz, Seyda
dc.creator KAYA, Vildan
dc.creator Dilli, Utku Donem
dc.creator Yildirim, Mustafa
dc.date 2013-12-31T22:00:00Z
dc.date.accessioned 2020-10-06T10:46:43Z
dc.date.available 2020-10-06T10:46:43Z
dc.identifier 820fc9d4-01f7-4359-ba3d-a49150caccfb
dc.identifier 10.7314/apjcp.2014.15.6.2821
dc.identifier https://avesis.sdu.edu.tr/publication/details/820fc9d4-01f7-4359-ba3d-a49150caccfb/oai
dc.identifier.uri http://acikerisim.sdu.edu.tr/xmlui/handle/123456789/64875
dc.description Background: Esophageal and gastric cancer generally have a poor prognosis and may share common risk factors. It has been demonstrated that the pesticide usage may contribute to development of many cancer types. In this study, the relation between amount of pesticides used in agriculture and esophageal and gastric cancer incidence was researched. Materials and Methods: Findings from the data bank of the Ministry of Health Provincial Health Directorate Cancer Records Center between the years of 1998-2010 were used. All patients who were diagnosed with gastric and esophageal cancer histopathologically were included. Data for annual pesticide usage were obtained from Provincial Agriculture Directorate for the same time period. Statistical analysis was performed using the Spearman test. Results: One thousand eight hundred and ninety-six patients were involved in the study, 1,233 males (65%) and 663 females (35%), 230 with esophageal cancer (12.1%) and 1,666 with gastric cancer (87.9%). No statistically significant relation was apparent between pesticide amount used and esophageal cancer (p: 0.87). Conclusions: In our study, there was no relationship between pesticide usage and esophageal or gastric cancer. However, the time between pesticide usage and cancer development was not known, qualifying the comparison.
dc.language eng
dc.rights info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.title Esophageal Cancer, Gastric Cancer and the use of Pesticides in the Southwestern of Turkey
dc.type info:eu-repo/semantics/article


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