title: Nasopharyngeal carcinoma: opportunities for international collaborative research in Malaysia and Hawaii.
abstract: Malaysia and Hawaii have several advantages for epidemiologic and laboratory studies on nasopharyngeal carcinoma. Both have multiethnic populations with different incidence rates of nasopharyngeal carcinoma and different life-styles. Malaysia has large populations of Chinese, Malaya, and Indians, and the number of cases of nasopharyngeal carcinoma at any one time is comparatively large. Incidence rates for 1968--72, age-standardized to the World population, for Guangdong hua (Cantonese Chinese) in Malaysia were 24.3/100,000 for males and 12.0/100,000 for females. In Hawaii, the ratio was 12.9/100,000 for males and 6.7/100,000 for females. The small number of cases in Hawaii would require that research in that State be conducted in collaboration with research elsewhere with larger case numbers.
mesh_terms: D002681:China / Q000208:ethnology; D004812:Epidemiologic Methods; D005006:Ethnicity / Q000266:history; D005260:Female; D006680:HLA Antigens; D006254:Hawaii; D049671:History, 18th Century; D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D049691:History, Medieval; D006801:Humans; D007391:International Cooperation; D008296:Malaysia; D008297:Male; D009303:Nasopharyngeal Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology; D012042:Registries; D012107:Research Design
chemical_list: D006680:HLA Antigens