Prognostic Factors for Bladder Cancer Patients in Malaysia: A Population-Based Study.

Background: Malaysia has the third highest crude mortality rates of bladder cancer within Southeast Asia. We aimed to identify the prognostic factors for bladder cancer patients in Malaysia.

Methods: A retrospective population-based study was conducted among patients diagnosed between 2007 and 2011.

Survival and Characteristics of Bladder Cancer: Analysis of the Malaysian National Cancer Registry.

Background: Bladder cancer ranked ninth of principal male cancer in Malaysia. This study aimed to evaluate the clinical characteristics and survival of bladder cancer patients in Malaysia.

Methods: A retrospective cohort study was conducted by obtaining records in the Malaysian National Cancer Registry.

The support for smoke free policy and how it is influenced by tolerance to smoking - experience of a developing country.

This cross sectional survey was conducted to determine the support in making Penang UNESCO World Heritage Site (GTWHS) smoke free and to determine the influence of tolerance towards smoking on this support. This is the first phase in making Penang, Malaysia a smoke free state. A multistage sampling process was done to select a sample of respondents to represent the population of GTWHS.

Cancer epidemiology and control in peninsular and island South-East Asia - past, present and future.

Malaysia, Brunei, Singapore, Indonesia, East Timor and the Philippines constitute peninsular and island South-East Asia. For reasons of largely shared ethnicity, with Chinese elements added to the basic Austromalaysian populations, as well as geographical contiguity, they can be usefully grouped together for studies of chronic disease prevalence and underlying risk factors. The fact of problems are shared in common, particularly regarding increasing cancer rates, underlines the necessity for a coordinated approach to research and development of control measures.