Relation of Women Breast Cancer with Arsenic Spatial Dispersion (Case Study: Isfahan Province, Iran)

Abstract

The present study sets out to investigate the correlation between breast cancer and the concentration of Arsenic in Isfahan Province, Iran. All cases of breast cancer recorded between 2007 and 2009 were included. In order to calculate the Arsenic concentrations associated with the poll frequency of breast cancer, the concentrations of Arsenic in province (case study) were examined. In this research, we applied target detection algorithms on MODIS images to detect Arsenic. In the next step, decision fusion method was used to combine the results. In this combination, each pixel is contaminated if 5 of 6 algorithms detect it as contaminated and the software Geographic Information System (GIS) was used to analyze the data; breast cancer spatial distribution was mapped and the distribution of Arsenic in the province was determined. The results indicated a significantly positive correlation between breast cancer and the distribution of Arsenic. The findings of the current study underscore not only the importance of preventing exposure to Arsenic but also the importance of controlling Arsenic- producing industries.