Geo-Relationship between Cancer Cases and the Environment by GIS: A Case Study of Trabzon in Turkey

Yomralıoğlu, Tahsin; Colak, H. Ebru; Aydınoğlu, Arif Çağdaş

doi:10.3390/ijerph6123190

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“…One of the tools that can assess the distribution of the disease, determine high risk areas and the impact of environmental factors is Geographical information system. There are several studies on usage of this system in the same disease (Bédard et al, 2003;Poulstrup and Hansen, 2004;Çetin et al, 2005;Yomralioglu et al, 2009). Given attention to the point that the knowledge of locational characteristics of the disease incidence can help in prioritizing and giving suitable healthcare and also, due to the absence of similar studies which analyze stomach cancer in Iran, we decided to investigate the spatial distribution pattern of stomach cancer in Iran…”

Section: Spatial Analysis Of Stomach Cancer Incidence In Iranmentioning

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Spatial Analysis of Stomach Cancer Incidence in Iran

Pakzad¹,

Khani²,

Pakzad³

et al. 2016

Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention

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Stomach cancer, the fourth most common cancer and the second leading cause of cancer-related death through the world, is very common in parts of Iran. Geographic variation in the incidence of stomach cancer is due to many different factors. The aim of this study was to assess the geographical and spatial distribution of stomach cancer in Iran using data from the cancer registry program in Iran for the year 2009. The reported incidences of stomach cancer for different provinces were standardized to the world population structure. ArcGIS software was used to analyse the data. Hot spots and high risk areas were determined using spatial analysis (Getis-Ord Gi). Hot and cold spots were determined as more than or less than 2 standard deviations from the national average, respectively. A significance level of 0.10 was used for statistical judgment. In 2009, a total of 6,886 cases of stomach cancers were reported of which 4,891 were in men and 1,995 in women (standardized incidence rates of 19.2 and 10.0, respectively, per 100,000 population). The results showed that stomach cancer was concentrated mainly in northwest of the country in both men and women. In women, northwest provinces such as Ardebil, East Azerbaijan, West Azerbaijan, Gilan, and Qazvin were identified as hot spots (p<0.1). In men, all northwest provinces, Ardabil, East Azerbaijan, Gilan, Qazvin, Zanjan and Kurdistan, the incidences were higher than the national average and these were identified as hot spots (P<0.01). As stomach cancer is clustered in the northwest of the country, further epidemiological studies are needed to identify factors contributing to this concentration.

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Section: Spatial Analysis Of Stomach Cancer Incidence In Iranmentioning

confidence: 99%

Spatial Analysis of Stomach Cancer Incidence in Iran

Pakzad¹,

Khani²,

Pakzad³

et al. 2016

Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention

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“…Universally, GIS does not only serve for making disease maps; instead, it is capable in leading to a better understanding of the relationship between a disease and its environmental surrounding (Yomralioglu et al, 2009). The advanced technology of GIS is proven through the understanding of geographic distribution of a disease.…”

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A review on the potential role and application of GIS in the management of substance abuse

Fazillah

2017

Int. j. adv. appl. sci

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Health Geography can provide a spatial comprehension of a population's health, the environment's effect on health and disease and the distribution of disease in an area. It also deals with accessibility to health care and spatial distribution of health care providers and diseases. In this paper, we elaborate the importance of GIS in the public health fields and the restraint that faced in the implementing of GIS. In addition, we also highlighted the potential of GIS in substance abuse management based on the reviewing other studies, including understanding the geographic distribution of substance abuse problems, risk area spatial accessibility to the treatment center, and network analysis and modelling. Despite the ability of GIS in handling these cases, certain limitations were identified to be obstacles of the application of this technology for substance abuse. For example, the GIS application requires high expertise and technical users to handle the system. Through the power of GIS analyses, it is capable in identifying the risk area, monitoring the substance abuse problems, planning the strategic program, and providing a systematic system to aide in decision-making processes.

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“…These data included the call time, response time, age, gender, condition, diagnosis, address, and other information. To acquire the locations of trauma events, address geocoding [35] was used to convert the trauma attribute data into spatial data. Then, a spatial statistical analysis of the trauma data was conducted in each district.…”

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Location Optimization Using a Hierarchical Location-Allocation Model for Trauma Centers in Shenzhen, China

Zhu

Tian

et al. 2016

IJGI

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Trauma is considered a "modern civilized sickness", and its occurrence substantially affects all of society, as well as individuals. The implementation of trauma emergency systems in cities with young, prosperous, and highly mobile populations is necessary and significant. A complete trauma emergency system includes both low-level trauma centers that offer basic emergency services and high-level trauma centers that offer comprehensive services. GIS and operational research methods were used to solve the location problem associated with these centers. This study analyzed the spatial distribution characteristics of trauma demands and the candidate locations of trauma centers based on a spatial analysis and presented a hierarchical location-allocation model for low-and high-level trauma centers in Shenzhen. The response, coverage, treatment and cost capacities of the trauma center locations were considered, and an ant colony optimization was used to calculate the optimal solution. The objectives of this study were to optimize trauma center locations, improve the allocation of medical trauma resources and reduce the rate of deaths and disabilities due to trauma.

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Geo-Relationship between Cancer Cases and the Environment by GIS: A Case Study of Trabzon in Turkey

Cited by 31 publications

References 21 publications

Spatial Analysis of Stomach Cancer Incidence in Iran

Spatial Analysis of Stomach Cancer Incidence in Iran

A review on the potential role and application of GIS in the management of substance abuse

Location Optimization Using a Hierarchical Location-Allocation Model for Trauma Centers in Shenzhen, China

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