Only 52.8% of the incident cases we

Only 52.8% of the incident cases were staged at the time of diagnosis with an increase by 1.8% compared to the previous report 2007-2011. Of these, 15.5% were reported as stage I, 20.8% as stage II, 22.8% as stage III, and 40.9% as stage IV. Most of the cancer cases were detected at late stage as the overall proportion of cases diagnosed at advanced stages (stage III & IV) were increased from 58.7% (2007-2011) to 63.7% (2012-2016).This report demonstrated a significant increase in number of newly diagnosed cancer cases in the country for the past five years. This is prominently seen in breast, colorectal and lung cancers and despite of the availability of screening programme for the above cancers the percentage of advanced cancer are still alarmingly high. Therefore, effective prevention, early detection and enhanced public awareness must be a priority agenda in strengthening the cancer control programme in Malaysia.