CANCERS IN THE LUMPUR EPIDEMIOLOGY OF HOSPITAL, KUALA THE

A descriptive study of 1,945 cancer cases discharged from the Uniuersit y Hospital, Kuala Lumpur, during the three-year period from 1972 to 1974, was carried out to analyse cancer patterns and frequency in the OOTl'ous age, sex and ethnic groups, The highest frequency of cancers occurred among the Chinese (68.8 percent) in excess of that expected from their utilization rate of the hospital (50.5 percent). The jive leading cancers in males were lung, liver, stomach, nasopharynx and rectum. In the females, the jive leading cancers were cervix uteri, breast, stomach, lung and oUlr) ' This was the pattern reflected among the Chrnese, the patterns for the Malays and Indians were different. In addition, the Chinese constituted the highest proportions in most of the selected Indiind ual cancers analysed (including cancer of the nasopharynx, lung, liver, stomach, cervix, breast, rectum and colon). However, there was a high proportion of Indians I'n laryngeal and skirt cancer. The age distribution of the patients showed that cancers ofthe oesophagus, stomach, colon, rectum, liver, lung, skin and bladder, were predominant in the older age groups (55 years and above)