Epidemiology Study for Cancer Incidences among Patients from Baghdad Carrying Different Types of Cancer

Abstract

This study was carried out in Al-Yarmook hospital, laboratories department, Baghdad- Iraq; One hundred thirty three Iraqi
patients have been recorded during period May 2014 until December 2014. The current study has demonstrated that five
different types of the following cancers: Breast cancer, Skin cancer, colorectal cancer, Bladder cancer and endometrial cancer
were enrolled in this study. Comparison among each type of cancer was regarded in age, sex and number. The majority results
in cancer epidemiology for the present study were fluctuated between the skin and breast cancer, which showed 33.1% and
this, represented the prevalence of cancer among all the other types of cancers. In case of other types, the result has showed
16.5 %, 13.5% and 3.7 % for endometrial cancer, Bladder cancer and colorectal cancer, respectively.
Keywords: Types of Cancer, Epidemiology Study.