Breast cancer in a multi-ethnic Asian setting: Results from the Singapore–Malaysia hospital-based breast cancer registry
Nirmala Bhoo Pathy, Cheng Har Yip, Nur Aishah Taib, Mikael Hartman, Nakul Saxena, Philip Iau, Awang M. Bulgiba, Soo Chin Lee, Siew Eng Lim, John E.L. Wong, Helena M. Verkooijen
20110301
2011 Apr 1
Breast
Breast cancer in a multi-ethnic Asian setting: Results from the Singapore–Malaysia hospital-based breast cancer registry
Breast. 2011 Apr;20, Nirmala Bhoo Pathy, Cheng Har Yip, Nur Aishah Taib, Mikael Hartman, Nakul Saxena, Philip Iau, Awang M. Bulgiba, Soo Chin Lee, Siew Eng Lim, John E.L. Wong, Helena M. Verkooijen
Abstract
Two hospital-based breast cancer databases (University Malaya Medical Center, Malaysia [n = 1513] and National University Hospital, Singapore [n = 2545]) were merged into a regional registry of breast cancer patients diagnosed between 1990 and 2007. A review of the data found 51% of patients diagnosed before the age of 50 years. and 72% percent of the women were Chinese followed by Malays (16%), Indians (8%), and other races (4%). Median tumor size at presentation was 26 mm and about 25% of patients...
