Objective To investigate the association between tea drinking habits in Golestan province,
northern Iran, and risk of oesophageal squamous cell carcinoma. Design Population based …

The earliest reports of high incidence of oesophageal cancer (OC) in the northern parts of
Iran date back to the early 1970s. 1, 2 A population-based cancer registry was established in …

BACKROUND: GOLESTAN Province, at the western end of the Asian ESOPHAGEAL CANCER
(EC) belt in northeastern IRAN, was reported to have one of the highest worldwide rates …

Background Cancer registries in the 1970s showed that parts of Golestan Province in Iran
had the highest rate of oesophageal squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC) in the world. More …

Long noncoding RNAs (lncRNAs) have emerged as new regulators of stem cell pluripotency
and tumorigenesis. The SOX2 gene, a master regulator of pluripotency, is embedded within …

Objectives To investigate the association between opium use and subsequent risk of death.
Design Prospective cohort study. Setting The Golestan Cohort Study in north-eastern Iran …

Aim: Our objective was to investigate the effects and tolerability of fixed‐dose combination
therapy on blood pressure and LDL in adults without elevated blood pressure or lipid levels. …

Introduction The Golestan population-based cancer registry (GPCR) was established in
Golestan province, Northern Iran, within the Asian belt with predominance of upper-…

Introduction: Fumonisin B1 (FB1) is a toxic and carcinogenic mycotoxin produced in cereals
due to fungal infection. This study was conducted to determine FB1 contamination of rice …

Golestan province in the northeast of Iran is part of the Asian esophageal cancer belt and is
known as a high‐risk area for esophageal (EC) and gastric cancers (GC). Data on incident …