Spatial Analysis of Colorectal Cancer Cases in Kuala Lumpur

Descriptive Epidemiology of Colorectal Cancer in University Malaya Medical Centre, 2001 to 2010

“…This is similar to a recent study from Iran (Hajmanoochehri et al, 2014). Previous studies, however, suggested that males have a higher risk for colorectal cancer (Mosli and Al-Ahwal, 2012;Shah et al, 2014). This is said to be due to exposure to dietary, lifestyle risk sex-specific exposure to/or metabolism of environmental risk factors, differences in screening experiences and access to medical care (de Kok et al, 2008;Koo and Leong, 2010).…”

“…Although previous Malaysian national cancer registry reports have shown the Chinese having the highest incidence of colorectal cancer (Zarihah et al, 2003;Lim et al, 2004;Zainal Ariffin et al, 2011;Shah et al, 2014), local registries have sometimes contradicted this; this was attributed to dissimilarities in the local ethnic distribution. However, given the proportion of Chinese colorectal cancers far exceeds their proportion in our catchment area, it is likely to reflect a true increased risk.…”

Cancer Incidence Rate in the Elderly Inhabitants of Tehran: Is there Really any Cluster?

“…Some studies found that the high level of socioeconomic status was associated with the development of colorectal cancer (54,55). In Malaysia, colorectal cancer (CRC) hot spots were located in the northwest region of Kuala Lumpur (KL) where residents have high socioeconomic status (56). In another study in Massachusetts men residents had more clusters than women, and after adjustment for SES and urban proportion, some of these areas were not significantly different (57).…”

Psychometric Validation of the Malaysian Chinese Version of the EORTC QLQ-C30 in Colorectal Cancer Patients

“…However, to the best knowledge of the researchers, the QLQ-C30 was only validated for use in Bahasa Malaysia for use in patients with breast cancer (Yusoff et al, 2010), and use to examined quality of life of colorectal cancer in Malaysia (Natrah et al, 2012;Sharifa Ezat et al, 2014). However, the psychometric properties of QLQ-C30 has never been examined for Malaysian Chinese language in colorectal cancer patients, despite the fact that colorectal cancer is more common among Chinese compared to other ethnic groups in Malaysia (Magaji et al, 2014;Shah et al, 2014). Thus, evaluating its psychometric properties in Malaysian Chinese patients with colorectal cancer is both necessary and timely.…”