Mahdi Sheikh

Oesophageal cancer risk factors

Dr Mahdi Sheikh, from the Islamic Republic of Iran, is a postdoctoral researcher in the Genetic Epidemiology Group at IARC. He researches the causes of the high rates of oesophageal cancer observed in parts of the Islamic Republic of Iran. Thanks to this work, several lifestyle and environmental risk factors have been discovered that could lead to successful cancer prevention initiatives.

  • Country: Iran (Islamic Republic of)
  • Cancer type or topic: Oesophageal