Survival Rate and Prognostic Factors for Colorectal Cancer in Sabah, Borneo, Malaysia: A Retrospective Cohort of a Population-Based Study.
Puteri Nureylia AmirRichard AvoiSiti Norbayah YusofSyed Sharizman Syed Abdul RahimFredie RobinsonNelbon GiloiMuhammad Aklil Abd RahimNaing Oo ThaMohd Yusof IbrahimMohammad Saffree JeffreeFirdaus HayatiPublished in: Asian Pacific journal of cancer prevention : APJCP (2022)
The survival rate for colorectal cancer patients in Sabah was comparatively lower than other states in Malaysia and in some Asian countries. Those patients who presented at later stage had poorer survival. Health promotion and community-based screening program should be emphasized in addition to encouraging early diagnosis to improve survival.