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Arch Iran Med. 2021;24(3): 167-176. doi: 10.34172/aim.2021.27

Original Article

The Iranian Study of Opium and Cancer (IROPICAN): Rationale, Design, and Initial Findings

Maryam Hadji 1,2, Hamideh Rashidian 2, Maryam Marzban 3,4, Mahin Gholipour 5, Ahmad Naghibzadeh-Tahami 6, Elham Mohebbi 2,7, Elmira Ebrahimi 2, Bayan Hosseini 2,8, Ali Akbar Haghdoost 9,10, Abbas Rezaianzadeh 11, Afarin Rahimi-Movaghar 12, Abdolvahab Moradi 5, Monireh Sadat Seyyedsalehi 2, Reza Shirkoohi 2, Hossein Poustchi 13, Sareh Eghtesad 13, Farid Najafi 14,15, Roya Safari-Faramani 16, Reza Alizadeh-Navaei 17, Ali Reza Ansari Moghadam 18, Mahdieh Bakhshi 18, Azim Nejatizadeh 19, Masumeh Mahmudi 19, Soudabeh Shahid-Sales 20, Saideh Ahmadi-Simab 20, Omid Nabavian 21, Paolo Boffetta 22,23, Eero Pukkala 1,24 * , Elisabete Weiderpass 8, Farin Kamangar 25 * , Kazem Zendehdel 2,26,27 *

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1- Karimi A, Mohebbi E, Mckay-Chopin S, Rashidian H, Hadji M, Peyghambari V, Marzban M, Naghibzadeh-Tahami A, Gholipour M, Kamangar F, Tommasino M, Gheit T, Zendehdel K, Pelka P. Human Papillomavirus and Risk of Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma in Iran. Microbiol Spectr. 2022;10(4) [Crossref]
2- Hadji M, Rashidian H, Marzban M, Naghibzadeh-Tahami A, Gholipour M, Mohebbi E, Safari-Faramani R, Seyyedsalehi M, Hosseini B, Bakhshi M, Alizadeh-Navaei R, Ahmadi L, Rezaianzadeh A, Moradi A, Ansari-Moghaddam A, Nejatizadeh A, ShahidSales S, Zohrabi F, Mohammadi R, Nowroozi M, Poustchi H, Nasrollahzadeh D, Najafi F, Haghdoost A, Rahimi-Movaghar A, Etemadi A, Mohagheghi M, Malekzadeh R, Brennan P, Schüz J, Boffetta P, Weiderpass E, Kamangar F, Zendehdel K, Pukkala E. Opium use and risk of bladder cancer: a multi-centre case-referent study in Iran. 2022;51(3):830 [Crossref]
3- Pakmanesh H, Anvari O, Forey N, Weiderpass E, Malekpourafshar R, Iranpour M, Shahesmaeili A, Ahmadi N, Bazrafshan A, Zendehdel K, Kannengiesser C, Ba I, McKay J, Zvereva M, Hosen M, Sheikh M, Calvez-Kelm F. TERT Promoter Mutations as Simple and Non-Invasive Urinary Biomarkers for the Detection of Urothelial Bladder Cancer in a High-Risk Region. IJMS. 2022;23(22):14319 [Crossref]
4- Seyyedsalehi M, Hadji M, Collatuzzo G, Rashidian H, Sasanfar B, Huybrechts I, Chajes V, Boffetta P, Zendehdel K. Role of dietary intake of specific polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs) on colorectal cancer risk in Iran. Lipids. 2024;59(2):41 [Crossref]
5- Collatuzzo G, Seyyedsalehi M, Rashidian H, Hadji M, Safari-Faramani R, Rezaianzadeh A, Malekzadeh R, Zendehdel K, Boffetta P. Determinants of early-onset colorectal cancer: a multicenter case-control study in Iran. 2024;33(6):533 [Crossref]
6- Hosseini B, Zendehdel K, Bouaoun L, Hall A, Rashidian H, Hadji M, Gholipour M, Haghdoost A, Schüz J, Olsson A. Bladder cancer risk in relation to occupations held in a nationwide case‐control study in Iran. Intl Journal of Cancer. 2023;153(4):765 [Crossref]
7- Seyyedsalehi M, Rossi M, Hadji M, Rashidian H, Marzban M, Parpinel M, Fiori F, Naghibzadeh-Tahami A, Hannun Y, Luberto C, Zendehdel K, Boffetta P. Dietary Choline and Betaine Intake and Risk of Colorectal Cancer in an Iranian Population. Cancers. 2023;15(9):2557 [Crossref]
8- Hadji M, Rashidian H, Marzban M, Rezaianzadeh A, Ansari-Moghaddam A, Bakhshi M, Nejatizadeh A, Seyyedsalehi M, Naghibzadeh-Tahami A, Haghdoost A, Mohebbi E, Freedman N, Malekzadeh R, Etemadi A, Kamangar F, Weiderpass E, Pukkala E, Boffetta P, Zendehdel K. Unveiling an Association between Waterpipe Smoking and Bladder Cancer Risk: A Multicenter Case–Control Study in Iran. 2024;33(4):509 [Crossref]
9- Toorang F, Seyyedsalehi M, Sasanfar B, Rashidian H, Hadji M, Mohebbi E, Safari R, Najefi F, Naghibzadeh-Tahami A, Boffetta P, Zendehdel K. Dietary total antioxidant capacity and head and neck cancer: a large case-control study in Iran. Front Nutr. 2023;10 [Crossref]
10- Collatuzzo G, Seyyedsalehi M, Rezaeianzadeh A, Marzban M, Rashidian H, Hadji M, Kamangar F, Etemadi A, Pukkala E, Zendehdel K, Boffetta P. Consumption of Yoghurt and Other Dairy Products and Risk of Colorectal Cancer in Iran: The IROPICAN Study. Nutrients. 2022;14(12):2506 [Crossref]
11- Darvishi N, Farhadi M, Poorolajal J. Correction: The Role of Social Support in Preventing Suicidal Ideations and Behaviors: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. J Res Health Sci. 2024;24(3):e00625 [Crossref]
12- Hadji M, Marzban M, Rashidian H, Naghibzadeh-Tahami A, Gholipour M, Mohebbi E, Safari-Faramani R, Seyyedsalehi M, Hosseini B, Alizadeh-Navaei R, Rezaianzadeh A, Moradi A, ShahidSales S, Najafi F, Moazed V, Haghdoost A, Rahimi-Movaghar A, Etemadi A, Malekzadeh R, Boffetta P, Weiderpass E, Kamangar F, Zendehdel K, Pukkala E. Opium use and risk of colorectal cancer: a multi-center case-referent study in Iran. Acta Oncologica. 2023;62(12):1661 [Crossref]
13- Toorang F, Seyyedsalehi M, Sasanfar B, Rashidian H, Hadji M, Gholipour M, Marzban M, Bakhshi M, Rezaianzadeh A, Boffetta P, Zendehdel K. Dietary total antioxidant capacity and odds of lung cancer: a large case-control study. BMC Cancer. 2024;24(1) [Crossref]
14- Seyyedsalehi M, Shah A, Rashidian H, Hadji M, Marzban M, Ansari-Moghaddam A, Nejatizadeh A, Boffetta P, Zendehdel K. Determinants of waterpipe smoking in Iranian adults: results from the IROPICAN study. Front Psychiatry. 2023;14 [Crossref]
15- Fekrazad S, Mohebbi E, Mehravar S, Mortaja M, Teymouri F, Hadji M, Rashidian H, Naghibzadeh-Tahami A, Rezaei N, Zendehdel K, Shirkhoda M. Allergies and risk of head and neck cancer: a case–control study. Sci Rep. 2024;14(1) [Crossref]
16- Hosseini B, Olsson A, Bouaoun L, Hall A, Hadji M, Rashidian H, Naghibzadeh-Tahami A, Marzban M, Najafi F, Haghdoost A, Boffetta P, Kamangar F, Pukkala E, Etemadi A, Weiderpass E, Schüz J, Zendehdel K. Lung cancer risk in relation to jobs held in a nationwide case–control study in Iran. Occup Environ Med. 2022;79(12):831 [Crossref]
17- Seyyedsalehi M, Collatuzzo G, Rashidian H, Hadji M, Gholipour M, Mohebbi E, Kamangar F, Pukkala E, Huybrechts I, Gunter M, Chajes V, Boffetta P, Zendehdel K. Dietary Ruminant and Industrial Trans-Fatty Acids Intake and Colorectal Cancer Risk. Nutrients. 2022;14(22):4912 [Crossref]
18- Seyyedsalehi M, Collatuzzo G, Huybrechts I, Hadji M, Rashidian H, Safari-Faramani R, Alizadeh-Navaei R, Kamangar F, Etemadi A, Pukkala E, Gunter M, Chajes V, Boffetta P, Zendehdel K. Association between dietary fat intake and colorectal cancer: A multicenter case-control study in Iran. Front Nutr. 2022;9 [Crossref]
19- Rashidian H, Hadji M, Gholipour M, Naghibzadeh‐Tahami A, Marzban M, Mohebbi E, Safari‐Faramani R, Bakhshi M, Sadat Seyyedsalehi M, Hosseini B, Alizadeh‐Navaei R, Emami H, Haghdoost A, Rezaianzadeh A, Moradi A, Ansari‐Moghaddam A, Nejatizadeh A, ShahidSales S, Rezvani A, Larizadeh M, Najafi F, Poustchi H, Mohagheghi M, Brennan P, Weiderpass E, Schüz J, Pukkala E, Freedman N, Boffetta P, Malekzadeh R, Etemadi A, Rahimi‐Movaghar A, Kamangar F, Zendehdel K. Opium use and risk of lung cancer: A multicenter case‐control study in Iran. Intl Journal of Cancer. 2023;152(2):203 [Crossref]
20- Nemati S, Dardashti A, Mohebbi E, Kamangar F, Malekzadeh R, Zendehdel K, Sheikh M. Potential impact of controlling opium use prevalence on future cancer incidence in Iran. eClinicalMedicine. 2024;73:102650 [Crossref]
21- Narmcheshm S, Seyyedsalehi M, Sasanfar B, Rashidian H, Hadji M, Mohebbi E, Naghibzadeh-Tahami A, Boffetta P, Toorang F, Zendehdel K. Dietary Inflammatory Index and Head and Neck Cancer: A Multicenter Case-Control Study in Iran. J Res Health Sci. 2024;24(3):e00624 [Crossref]
22- Collatuzzo G, Rashidian H, Hadji M, Naghibzadeh A, Alizadeh-Navaei R, Boffetta P, Zendehdel K. Cigarettes and waterpipe use and risk of colorectal cancer in Iran: the IROPICAN study. 2024; [Crossref]
23- Karimi A, Mohebbi E, Mckay‐Chopin S, Hadji M, Rashidian H, Marzban M, Naghibzadeh‐Tahami A, Gholipour M, Eslami H, Kamangar F, Tommasino M, Gheit T, Zendehdel K. Association of opium use and tobacco smoking with α‐, β‐, and γ‐human papillomavirus oral infection. Intl Journal of Cancer. 2024;155(9):1544 [Crossref]
24- Nemati S, Mohebbi E, Toorang F, Hadji M, Hosseini B, Saeedi E, Abdi S, Nahvijou A, Kamangar F, Roshandel G, Ghanbari Motlagh A, Pourshams A, Poustchi H, Haghdoost A, Najafi F, Sheikh M, Malekzadeh R, Zendehdel K. Population attributable proportion and number of cancer cases attributed to potentially modifiable risk factors in Iran in 2020. Intl Journal of Cancer. 2023;153(10):1758 [Crossref]
25- Lotfi F, Rashidian H, Hadji M, Mohebbi E, Marzban M, Naghibzadeh-Tahami A, Pukkala E, Boffetta P, Etemadi A, Zendehdel K, Ghasemi H. Exposure to second-hand smoke and risk of lung cancer among Iranian population: A multicenter case-control study. PLoS ONE. 2024;19(7):e0306517 [Crossref]
26- Marzban M, Mohebbi E, Haghdoost A, Aryaie M, Zahedi M, Khazaei Z, Gholizade M, Naghibzadeh-Tahami A. Opium Use and the Risk of Liver Cancer: A Case–Control Study. 2023;16(1):29 [Crossref]

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A Monthly Peer-Reviewed Medical Journal Published by the Academy of Medical Sciences of the I.R. Iran; Indexed in PubMed/MEDLINE, ISI Web of Science, EMBASE, SCOPUS, CINHAL, PASCAL, CSA, SID, ISSN: Print 1029-2977, Online 1735-3947.The impact factor of Archives of Iranian Medicine according to Journal Citation Reports® (JCR®) 2016 is 1.20.