Hepatocellular carcinoma in the Malaysian Orang Asli

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Necropsies were performed on 285 consecutively unclaimed Orang Asli bodies from Gombak Orang Asli Hospital during an eight‐year period from May 1967 to April 1975. Of the 25 malignant neoplasms, hepatocellular carcinoma was by far the commonest (36%). The nine patients with this neoplasm had coexistant macronodular cirrhosis. There were 20 cases of cirrhosis; 45% of these had coexistant hepatocellular carcinoma. The 53,000 Orang Aslis living in West Malaysia comprise three tribes, the Negrito, Senoi, and Melayu Asli (Proto Malays). The Senoi appear to have a high predilection for liver cancer, all our nine cases occurring in this group. These aboriginal people live in the jungles where they practice shifting cultivation and maintain their own dietary and social customs. Detailed studies of their dietary habits may provide a clue to the etiology of liver cancer in these people. Copyright © 1976 American Cancer Society

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Sumithran, E., & Prathap, K. (1976). Hepatocellular carcinoma in the Malaysian Orang Asli. Cancer, 37(5), 2263–2266. https://doi.org/10.1002/1097-0142(197605)37:5<2263::AID-CNCR2820370516>3.0.CO;2-G

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