Incidence of Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma in Malaysia, with Special Reference to the State of Selangor

A “registry” of all known cases of nasopharyngeal carcinoma in Malaysia, 1968-72, was established. Attention was focused on the State of Selangor where conditions are best for case finding. Age-adjusted incidence rates among Chinese males and females were 17·3 and 7·3 per 100,000; among Malay males...

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Published in:British journal of cancer 1974-07, Vol.30 (1), p.86-94
Main Authors: Armstrong, R W, Kutty, M, Dharmalingam, S K
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Adult
Age Factors
Aged
Asian Continental Ancestry Group
Biomedicine
Cancer Research
Carcinoma - pathology
Carcinoma, Squamous Cell - pathology
Child
Child, Preschool
China - ethnology
Drug Resistance
Epidemiology
Female
Humans
India - ethnology
Malaysia
Male
Middle Aged
Molecular Medicine
Nasopharyngeal Neoplasms - epidemiology
Nasopharyngeal Neoplasms - pathology
Oncology
original-article
Sex Factors
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Summary:A “registry” of all known cases of nasopharyngeal carcinoma in Malaysia, 1968-72, was established. Attention was focused on the State of Selangor where conditions are best for case finding. Age-adjusted incidence rates among Chinese males and females were 17·3 and 7·3 per 100,000; among Malay males and females, the rates were 2·5 and 0·3 and among Indian males, 1·1. The detailed ethnicity of 192 cases in Selangor was established. Estimated incidence rates for the Chinese sub-groups agreed with the pattern observed elsewhere: highest among the Cantonese, lowest among the Hokkien/Teochiu, with the Khek in between. There was no correlation between histological type and sub-ethnic group among the Chinese cases.
ISSN:0007-0920
1532-1827
DOI:10.1038/bjc.1974.116