国大教授:马来妇女宫颈癌比率低是因为传统生活，少性伴侣?

会不会是对其它种族的冒犯?
从纯理论上分析，也是个乱拍脑袋说法，作为一个新加坡的教授，本地各族的宗教生活细节至少应该考虑在内吧，例如马来男人普遍割除包皮，如厕后冲洗，宗教原因经常净身(?)这些因素比那个多性伴侣在新加坡起的作用应该更加明显吧?



Professor Chia, who heads the Department of Epidemiology and Public Health at the Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine at NUS, explains that it is difficult to make comparisons in the case of Indians because of the small numbers involved.

But he adds that the lower incidence of cancer among Indians may simply be due to competing causes of death and disease that need to be investigated further. For example, Indians may be dying of other causes, such as heart disease, before cancer even has a chance to strike.

A study published on the relatively lower cancer incidence among Singapore Malays by NUS Professor Lee Hin Peng in 2004 suggests that it could be due to genetic factors or closer adherence to traditional values and lifestyles.

The less prevalent adoption of the “Western lifestyles” by the Malay population could explain their lower risk of cancer, the study concludes.

For example, Malay women have much lower rates of cervical cancer, which is believed to occur more frequently in women with multiple sex partners.