Quality of Life in Malay and Chinese Women Newly Diagnosed with Breast Cancer
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Malaysia has a multi-ethnic population of approximately 60% Malay, 30% Chinese, and 10% Indian and other ethnic minorities (Department of Statistics Malaysia, 2010). Breast cancer is the most frequent cancer among women in all the ethnic groups in Malaysia. According to the National Cancer Registry (NCR), 3,242 females were newly diagnosed with breast cancer in 2007 (Zainal and Nor, 2011). Of these, 58% were diagnosed at Stage I and Stage II while 42% were diagnosed at Stage III and Stage IV. The incidence of breast cancer was highest among Chinese (38.1/100,000), followed by Indians (33.7/100,000), and Malay (25.4/100,000). Although
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تاریخ انتشار 2013