en Pathology Pathology Original Research Original Research This investigation was done in Kennan from March 1989 to March 1993 to study the epidemiology of cancers in this province and to compare the results with a previous study performed in this area and some available statistics. A total number of 288 1 new cases of malignancy were registered and the crude relative frequency of cancers was studied. Gastric cancer with a frequency of 9.7%, malignant lymphoma with 8.8% and leukemia with 6.8% were the three most common malignancies in this province, excluding skin malignancy. Keywords: Cancer epidemiology, Gastric carcinoma, Malignant lymphoma, Breast carcinoma 19 23 http://mjiri.iums.ac.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-298-491&slc_lang=en&sid=1 H TABRIZCHEE 20031947532846004897 20031947532846004897 Yes From the Department of Pathology, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Islamic Republic of Iran. M MASOOMIAN 20031947532846004898 20031947532846004898 No F AHANI 20031947532846004899 20031947532846004899 No MS ZARE 20031947532846004900 20031947532846004900 No