Table 3.
Details of cancer types, methods, and results extracted from the included articles
| Authors | Cancer site | Study period | Method applied | High-risk clusters | Low-risk clusters |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kavousi et al. 13 | Lip cancer | 2002 to 2005 | Hierarchical Bayesian approach | Khorasan, Kerman, Yazd (the eastern provinces) | Western provinces (except for Ilam) |
| Soleimani et al. 14 | Gastrointestinal tract cancers | 2010 | Full Bayesian smoothing method and Moran’s I index | North, northwest, west, and northeast of Iran | - |
| Zayeri et al. 15 | Skin cancer | 2008 to 2010 | Classic and full Bayesian models | Central and highland regions | - |
| Mahdavifar et al. 16 | Breast cancer | 2009 | Hot Spot Analysis (Getis -Ord Gi*) | Tehran, Isfahan, Yazd, Markazi, Fars (central provinces) | Sistan-Baluchestan, Khorasan, South Khorasan, Zanjan |
| Pakzad et al. 17 | Stomach cancer | 2009 | Hot spot Analysis (Getis -Ord Gi*) | Northwest of Iran (both men and women) | - |
| Pakzad et al. 18 | Skin cancer | 2016 | Hot Spot Analysis (Getis -Ord Gi*) | Central provinces and desert regions (women only) | Sistan-Baluchistan, Kerman, Hormozgan |
| Yazd, Qom (men only) | |||||
| Olfatifar et al. 19 | Breast cancer in women | 2004 to 2010 | Anselin Local Moran’s I index method | East and northeast of Iran | - |
| Ahmadi et al. 20 | Breast cancer | 2011 | Global and local indicators of spatial autocorrelation (LISA), Moran’s I index, and Getis–Ord Gi* | Mazandaran, Tehran, Alborz, Isfahan, Markazi | - |
| Najafimehr et al. 21 | Esophageal cancer | 2004 to 2010 | Routine and spatial Poisson generalized linear mixed models | Northern half of Iran | Southern half of Iran |
| Pourhoseingholi et al. 22 | Colorectal cancer | 2005 to 2008 | Bayesian and Poisson regression models spatial analysis using GIS | East Azerbaijan | South Khorasan |
| Rahimzadeh et al. 23 | Breast cancer in women | 2000 to 2003 and 2008 to 2010 | Bayesian spatial model | North Khorasan, Alborz, Ilam | Qazvin, Qom, Yazd |
| Rahimi Pordanjani et al. 24 | Acute lymphoblastic leukemia in children | 2006 to 2014 | Mann-Whitney U, Joinpoint regression analysis, Global Moran’s I, and Anselin Local Moran’s I | Fars, Kohgiluyeh-Boyerahmad | Kermanshah, Zanjan, Kurdistan |
| Babaee et al. 9 | 10 most prevalent cancer types | 2014 | Anselin Local Moran’s I index method, fixed distance band option | Northwest provinces, Semnan (stomach and breast cancers) | - |
| Asmarian et al. 25 | Gastric cancer | 2003 to 2010 | Area-to-area Poisson kriging and Besag-York-Mollie (BYM) spatial models | North and northwest of Iran (Ardabil) | Sistan-Blochestan |
| Asmarian et al. 26 | Esophageal cancer | 2003 to 2007 | Area-to-area Poisson Kriging method | North, northwest, and northeast provinces (Ardebil, Mazandaran, Kordestan) | |
| Bab et al. 27 | Lung cancer | 2000 to 2005 | Poisson regression model | Mountainous regions | Western provinces of the Caspian Sea |
| Haddad-Khoshkar et al. 28 | Prostate cancer | 2005 to 2008 | Empirical and full Bayesian models | Fars, Semnan, Isfahan, Tehran | Sistan-Baluchestan |
| Jafari-Koshk et al. 29 | Bladder cancer | 2004 to 2008 | Hierarchical Bayesian framework | Guilan, Semnan | - |
| Jafari-Koshk et al. 30 | Breast cancer | 2004 to 2008 | Bayesian space-time model | Tehran, Isfahan, Yazd | - |
| Kavousi et al. 31 | Gastric cancer | 2004 to 2009 | Space-time scan statistics | North, northwest, and central provinces (particularly Ardabil, Kurdistan, Mazandaran, and Gilan) | - |
| Khazaei et al. 32 | Lung cancer | 2008 | Mapping the incidence by ArcGIS | Central and southern provinces | - |
| Khoshkar et al. 33 | Breast cancer | 2005 to 2008 | Bayesian spatial ecological regression models | Khorasan-Razavi, Lorestan, Hamedan | Ardebil, Kohgiluyeh-Boyerahmad |
| Khosravi Shadmani et al. 34 | Colorectal cancer | 2008 | Central, northern, and western provinces | Southeastern provinces | |
| Pakzad et al. 35 | Colorectal cancer | 2009 | Analysis of hot spots (Getis-Ord Gi*) | Central provinces and north of Iran | |
| Rahimi Pordanjani et al. 36 | Acute lymphoblastic leukemia | 2006 to 2014 | Global Moran’s I, Optimized hotspot analysis (OHSA), Global Poisson regression (GPR), Geographically weighted Poisson regression (GWPR) | South, southwest, and mideast of Iran | North and northwest of Iran |
| Raei et al. 11 | Breast and cervix uteri cancers | 2004 to 2009 | Adaptive smoothing model, Spatio-temporal mapping | Around the central-northern half of Iran (breast cancer). | Northwest and southeast of Iran (breast and cervix uteri cancers) |
| Northeastern part of Iran (cervix uteri cancer) | |||||
| Rahimi Pordanjani et al. 37 | Acute lymphoblastic leukemia | 2006 to 2014 | Getis-Ord general G (GOGG) index, Optimized hot spot analysis | South, central region, and east of Iran | North and west of Iran |
| Rastaghi et al. 38 | Esophageal cancer | 2005 to 2007 | Bayesian multilevel space-time model | Northeast and northwest regions and some parts of the central regions | Desert and southern regions |
| Sharafi et al. 39 | Gastric cancer | 2003 to 2010 | Bayesian spatial and Bayesian Spatio-temporal models | Northwest of Iran | Southeast of Iran |
| Raei et al. 12 | Breast and cervix uteri cancer | 2004 to 2009 | Hierarchical Bayesian models | Tehran, Isfahan, Mazandaran, Gilan (breast cancer) | North Khorasan, Zanjan, Chaharmahal-Bakhtiari, Sistan-Baluchestan, and Kohgiluyeh-Boyerahmad (breast cancer) |
| Tehran, Golestan, Khuzestan, Khorasan-Razavi (cervix uteri cancer) | Zanjan, Chaharmahal-Bakhtiari, Sistan-Baluchestan, and Kohgiluyeh-Boyerahmad (cervix uteri cancer) | ||||
| Mahaki et al. 10 | Esophagus, stomach, bladder, colorectal, lung, prostate, and female breast cancer | 2007 | Full Bayesian model | Fars and northwestern provinces | Hormozgan, Sistan-Baluchestan, South Khorasan, Kerman |