Publications by authors named "Siu-Lan Leung"
Article Synopsis
- Breast cancer is a significant health issue in Shanghai and Hong Kong, contributing to 20-25% of new female cancer cases, with a notable increasing trend in incidence rates from 1976 to 2009.
- In Shanghai, the average annual percentage change (AAPC) in breast cancer incidence was 2.83, particularly high for women aged 50 and above, suggesting strong birth cohort effects, especially in post-menopausal women.
- The study concludes that breast cancer incidence is rising faster in Shanghai than in Hong Kong, potentially linked to decreased birth rates and environmental factors, necessitating further research on these contributing elements.
Background: A novel line of research suggests that eating at nighttime may have several metabolic consequences that are highly relevant to breast cancer. We investigated the association between nighttime eating habits after 10 p.m.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFRisk assessment model for invasive breast cancer in Hong Kong women.
Medicine (Baltimore)
August 2016
No risk assessment tool is available for identifying high risk population of breast cancer (BCa) in Hong Kong. A case-control study including 918 BCa cases and 923 controls was used to develop the risk assessment model among Hong Kong Chinese women.Each participant received an in-depth interview to obtain their lifestyle and environmental risk factors.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPurpose: Experimental studies implicate tea and tea polyphenols may be preventive against breast cancer, but evidence from epidemiological studies has been inconsistent. We conducted a hospital-based case-control study to evaluate the role of tea especially green tea in breast cancer etiology.
Methods: We consecutively recruited 756 incident breast cancer cases and 789 hospital controls who had completed information on tea consumption.
Abdominal wall necrotising fasciitis secondary to fish bone ingestion is extremely rare. We present a case of ingested fish bone complicated with self-sealing small bowel perforation and abdominal wall necrotising fasciitis. Following principles of necrotising fasciitis, a high index of suspicion led to early diagnosis and early treatment.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPurpose: The role of family history to the risk of breast cancer was analyzed by incorporating menopausal status in Hong Kong Chinese women, with a particular respect to the estrogen receptor-positive (ER+) type.
Methods: Seven hundred and forty seven breast cancer incident cases and 781 hospital controls who had completed information on family cancer history in first-degree relatives (nature father, mother, and siblings) were recruited. Odds ratio for breast cancer were calculated by unconditional multiple logistic regression, stratified by menopausal status (a surrogate of endogenous female sex hormone level and age) and type of relative affected with the disease.