Nearly 70,000 new cancer cases were reported over two-year period recently. The new cases were diagnosed among Malaysia in Peninsular Malaysia between 2003 and 2005. According to a report released in 2008 on the incidence of the disease in West Malaysia.
The Cancer Incidence in Peninsular Malaysia 2003-2005 report, published by the National Cancer Registry (NCR), states that the total 67,792 new cases were diagnosed among 29,596 males (43.7%^) and 38,196 females (56.3%). The annual crude rate for males was 100.2% per 100,000 population and 132.1% per 100,000 for females.
The most frequent cancer during this period in Malaysias was breast cancer (18%) followed by large bowel cancer (11.9%) and lung cancer (7.4%).
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