@ARTICLE{Shafigh, author = {Shafigh, E and Siadati, S and Shefaei, SH and }, title = {The epidemiological study of cancer in hospitals of Babol Medical University, 1990-2002}, volume = {7}, number = {3}, abstract ={Background and objective: Cancer is a major medical problem and one of the most causes of death. Considering the young population of Iran and the high rate of malignancies, cancer registry is necessary in order to plan strategies to control and detection of cancer. Methods: This study was done on all pathological reports in Shahid Beheshti and Yahyanejad hospitals in Babol during 1990 to 2002. Sex, age and affected organs were determined and the repeated cases were excluded. Then they were categorized in two age groups 15-50 years and over 50 years. Data were analyzed by SPSS and using T-test and (P }, URL = {http://jbums.org/article-1-2625-en.html}, eprint = {http://jbums.org/article-1-2625-en.pdf}, journal = {Journal of Babol University of Medical Sciences}, doi = {}, year = {2005} }