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			<journal>
			<title>Iranian Journal of Otorhinolaryngology</title>
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			<short_title></short_title>
			<subject>Medical Sciences</subject>
			<web_url>https://ijorl.mums.ac.ir/</web_url>
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			<journal_id_issn>2251-7251</journal_id_issn>
			<journal_id_issn_online>2251-726X</journal_id_issn_online>
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			<language>en</language>
			<pubdate>
				<type>jalali</type>
				<year>2023</year>
				<month>1</month>
				<day>1</day>
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			<pubdate>
				<type>gregorian</type>
				<year>2023</year>
				<month>1</month>
				<day>1</day>
			</pubdate>
			<volume>35</volume>
			<number>1</number>
			<publish_type>online</publish_type>
			<publish_edition>1</publish_edition>
			<article_type>fulltext</article_type>
			<articleset><article>
				<language>en</language>
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				<title>Epidemiology and Histopathology of Nasopharyngeal Neoplasms in Iran</title>
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				<subject></subject>
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				<content_type>Original</content_type>
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				<abstract><![CDATA[Introduction: This study aimed to study the trend, histologic pattern, geographical distribution, and characteristics of nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) and nasopharyngeal neoplasms (NPN) from 2003 to 2017 in Iran.Material and Methods: The Ministry of Health and Medical Education collected NPN cases from each province&#039;s corresponding university and stored them at Iran&#039;s National Cancer Registry (INCR) database. The Joinpoint program calculated the average annual percent change (AAPC) and its 95% confidence interval (CI). The jump model minimized the interfering effect of INCR transformation.Results: A total of 3653 NPN cases were reported between 2003-2010 and 2014-2017 with a mean age of 49.04 ± 18.31 years and a male to female ratio of 2.15. The age-standardized incidence rate (ASIR) per 100,000 person-years in 2017 was 0.30 and 0.68 for females and males, respectively. Although the ASIR/100,000 of NPN raised from 0.35 to 0.49 during 2003-2017, the trend was constant with a AAPC of -2% (95% CI: -4.8% to 0.9%). The age-specific incidence rate was highest in the older than 70 years-old population (1.56/100,000). NPC formed 77.1% of NPNs and showed a constant pattern (AAPC CI: -5.7% to 0.2%), in contrast to the significant increase of non-keratinizing squamous cell carcinoma (AAPC CI: 2.3% to 24.5%).Conclusions: Nasopharynx cancer is rare in Iran, and NPC incidence remained constant during 2003-2017, unlike their rising trend previously reported. However, non-keratinizing squamous cell carcinoma exhibited a significant increase, and future studies are needed to examine the role of the Epstein-Barr virus on this growth rate.]]></abstract>
				<keyword_fa></keyword_fa>
				<keyword>Nasopharyngeal Neoplasms, Nasopharyngeal carcinoma, Epidemiology, Histology, incidence, Iran</keyword>
				<start_page>3</start_page>
				<end_page>12</end_page>
				<web_url>https://ijorl.mums.ac.ir/article_21615.html</web_url>
			<author_list><author>
				<first_name>Ali</first_name>
				<middle_name></middle_name>
				<last_name>Safavi Naini</last_name>
				<suffix></suffix>
				<first_name_fa></first_name_fa>
				<middle_name_fa></middle_name_fa>
				<last_name_fa></last_name_fa>
				<suffix_fa></suffix_fa>
				<email>alisafavi2000@gmail.com</email>
				<code>93844</code>
				<coreauthor>No</coreauthor>
				<affiliation>National Research Institute of Tuberculosis and Lung Diseases, Massih Daneshvari Hospital, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.</affiliation>
				<affiliation_fa></affiliation_fa>
				 </author><author>
				<first_name>Mohammad Mehdi</first_name>
				<middle_name></middle_name>
				<last_name>Rostami</last_name>
				<suffix></suffix>
				<first_name_fa></first_name_fa>
				<middle_name_fa></middle_name_fa>
				<last_name_fa></last_name_fa>
				<suffix_fa></suffix_fa>
				<email>mmrostamient@gmail.com</email>
				<code>93845</code>
				<coreauthor>No</coreauthor>
				<affiliation>National Research Institute of Tuberculosis and Lung Diseases, Massih Daneshvari Hospital, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.</affiliation>
				<affiliation_fa></affiliation_fa>
				 </author><author>
				<first_name>Fatemeh</first_name>
				<middle_name></middle_name>
				<last_name>Shojaeian</last_name>
				<suffix></suffix>
				<first_name_fa></first_name_fa>
				<middle_name_fa></middle_name_fa>
				<last_name_fa></last_name_fa>
				<suffix_fa></suffix_fa>
				<email>fshojae1@jhmi.edu</email>
				<code>93846</code>
				<coreauthor>No</coreauthor>
				<affiliation>Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, US.</affiliation>
				<affiliation_fa></affiliation_fa>
				 </author><author>
				<first_name>Mehdi</first_name>
				<middle_name></middle_name>
				<last_name>Azizmohammad Looha</last_name>
				<suffix></suffix>
				<first_name_fa></first_name_fa>
				<middle_name_fa></middle_name_fa>
				<last_name_fa></last_name_fa>
				<suffix_fa></suffix_fa>
				<email>mehdi.looha@gmail.com</email>
				<code>93847</code>
				<coreauthor>No</coreauthor>
				<affiliation>Basic and Molecular Epidemiology of Gastrointestinal Disorders Research Center, Research Institute for Gastroenterology and Liver Diseases, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.</affiliation>
				<affiliation_fa></affiliation_fa>
				 </author><author>
				<first_name>Ali</first_name>
				<middle_name></middle_name>
				<last_name>Ghanbari Motlagh</last_name>
				<suffix></suffix>
				<first_name_fa></first_name_fa>
				<middle_name_fa></middle_name_fa>
				<last_name_fa></last_name_fa>
				<suffix_fa></suffix_fa>
				<email>agmotlagh@yahoo.com</email>
				<code>93848</code>
				<coreauthor>No</coreauthor>
				<affiliation>Cancer Office, Deputy of Health, Ministry of Health, Tehran, Iran.</affiliation>
				<affiliation_fa></affiliation_fa>
				 </author><author>
				<first_name>Amirali</first_name>
				<middle_name></middle_name>
				<last_name>Safavi</last_name>
				<suffix></suffix>
				<first_name_fa></first_name_fa>
				<middle_name_fa></middle_name_fa>
				<last_name_fa></last_name_fa>
				<suffix_fa></suffix_fa>
				<email>md.amirali.safavi@gmail.com</email>
				<code>93849</code>
				<coreauthor>No</coreauthor>
				<affiliation>National Research Institute of Tuberculosis and Lung Diseases, Massih Daneshvari Hospital, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.</affiliation>
				<affiliation_fa></affiliation_fa>
				 </author><author>
				<first_name>Seyed Amir Ahmad</first_name>
				<middle_name></middle_name>
				<last_name>Safavi-Naini</last_name>
				<suffix></suffix>
				<first_name_fa></first_name_fa>
				<middle_name_fa></middle_name_fa>
				<last_name_fa></last_name_fa>
				<suffix_fa></suffix_fa>
				<email>sdamirsa@ymail.com</email>
				<code>93850</code>
				<coreauthor>Yes</coreauthor>
				<affiliation>National Research Institute of Tuberculosis and Lung Diseases, Massih Daneshvari Hospital, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.</affiliation>
				<affiliation_fa></affiliation_fa>
				 </author></author_list>
				</article>
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