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Martin CS Wong

Professor, The Scjool of Public Health and Primary Care, The Chinese University of Hong …
Verified email at cuhk.edu.hk
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Updated epidemiology of gastrointestinal cancers in East Asia

J Huang, DE Lucero-Prisno III, L Zhang, W Xu… - Nature Reviews …, 2023 - nature.com
Globally, gastrointestinal cancers represent more than one-fourth of all cancer incidence
and one-third of cancer-related mortality. Although there has been much progress in …

The changing epidemiology of liver diseases in the Asia–Pacific region

MCS Wong, JLW Huang, J George, J Huang… - Nature reviews …, 2019 - nature.com
This Review presents current epidemiological trends of the most common liver diseases in
Asia–Pacific countries. Hepatitis B virus (HBV) remains the primary cause of cirrhosis; …

[HTML][HTML] Global, regional and time-trend prevalence of central obesity: a systematic review and meta-analysis of 13.2 million subjects

MCS Wong, J Huang, J Wang, PSF Chan, V Lok… - European journal of …, 2020 - Springer
We aimed to examine the global prevalences of central obesity according to age, sex, race,
place of residence, geographical region, national income level, and the definitions of central …

[HTML][HTML] Acceptance of the COVID-19 vaccine based on the health belief model: A population-based survey in Hong Kong

MCS Wong, ELY Wong, J Huang, AWL Cheung, K Law… - Vaccine, 2021 - Elsevier
Background Vaccines for COVID-19 are anticipated to be available by 2021. Vaccine uptake
rate is a crucial determinant for herd immunity. We examined factors associated with …

Global incidence and mortality for prostate cancer: analysis of temporal patterns and trends in 36 countries

MCS Wong, WB Goggins, HHX Wang, FDH Fung… - European urology, 2016 - Elsevier
Abstract Background Prostate cancer (PCa) is a leading cause of mortality and morbidity
globally, but its specific geographic patterns and temporal trends are under-researched …

Global incidence and mortality of gastric cancer, 1980-2018

MCS Wong, J Huang, PSF Chan, P Choi… - JAMA network …, 2021 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Gastric cancer is one of the most common cancers, with a high mortality-to-
incidence ratio. It is uncertain whether developed nations may encounter an increasing …

[HTML][HTML] Worldwide burden of, risk factors for, and trends in pancreatic cancer

J Huang, V Lok, CH Ngai, L Zhang, J Yuan, XQ Lao… - Gastroenterology, 2021 - Elsevier
Background & Aims We evaluated global and regional burdens of, risk factors for, and
epidemiologic trends in pancreatic cancer among groups of different sexes and ages …

[HTML][HTML] Incidence and mortality of lung cancer: global trends and association with socioeconomic status

MCS Wong, XQ Lao, KF Ho, WB Goggins, SLA Tse - Scientific reports, 2017 - nature.com
We examined the correlation between lung cancer incidence/mortality and country-specific
socioeconomic development, and evaluated its most recent global trends. We retrieved its …

[HTML][HTML] Determinants of medication adherence to antihypertensive medications among a Chinese population using Morisky Medication Adherence Scale

GKY Lee, HHX Wang, KQL Liu, Y Cheung, DE Morisky… - PloS one, 2013 - journals.plos.org
Background and Objectives Poor adherence to medications is one of the major public health
challenges. Only one-third of the population reported successful control of blood pressure …

[HTML][HTML] The global epidemiology of bladder cancer: a joinpoint regression analysis of its incidence and mortality trends and projection

MCS Wong, FDH Fung, C Leung, WWL Cheung… - Scientific reports, 2018 - nature.com
We tested the hypotheses that the global incidence of bladder cancer was increasing but its
mortality was reducing and its incidence was positively correlated with country-specific …