Cancer Statistics in Korea: Incidence, Mortality, Survival, and Prevalence in 2020.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

The current study provides national cancer statistics and their secular trends in Korea, including incidence, mortality, survival, and prevalence in 2020.

Materials and methods

Incidence, survival, and prevalence rates of cancer were calculated using the Korea National Cancer Incidence Database, from 1999 to 2020, with survival follow-up until December 31, 2021. Deaths from cancer were assessed using causes-of-death data obtained from Statistics Korea.

Results

The number of new cancer diagnoses in 2020 decreased by 9,218 cases (3.6%) compared to 2019. In 2020, newly diagnosed cancer cases and deaths from cancer were reported as 247,952 (age-standardized rate [ASR], 262.2 per 100,000) and 82,204 (ASR, 69.9 per 100,000), respectively. The overall cancer incidenc

SUBMITTER: Kang MJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10101796 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature