cancers of urinary system; prevalence, demographic

Objectives: this investigation aimed to clarify the period prevalence (pp) and incidence rate (irs) related to cancers of the urinary system in isfahan province, iran. methods: recorded data were obtained from the isfahan cancer registry. the location of cancers was distinguished from the related established topography code (c64 - c68). period prevalence (pp) and irs was identified per 100000 persons. results: there were 2117 patients with urinary system cancers. the mean age ± sd was 63.6 ± 14.9 years old, which in 62% ranged between 20 and 70 years. a value of 42.5 was calculated for pp that was associated with values of 66.4 for males and 17.9 for females (p < 0.001). the total pp corresponded to values of 33.2 for bladder, 8.1 for a kidney, 0.42 for renal pelvis, 0.36 for ureter and 0.38 for other unspecified related organs. of these populations, the estimated living cases corresponded to 368 females and 1513 males. conclusions: the pp for urinary system cancers in male population was 3.7 times higher than females. there was a 23.2% increase in the irs over the study period. these findings highlighted the advantage of a focus on the risk of urinary system diseases, its evidence based pharmacotherapy and surgical management of such patients. in this process, providing clinical drug-management has potential importance in iran.