Cancer Statistics in Korea: Incidence, Mortality, Survival, and Prevalence in 2021.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

The current study provides national cancer statistics and their secular trends in Korea, including incidence, mortality, survival, and prevalence in 2021.

Materials and methods

Incidence, survival, and prevalence rates of cancer were calculated using the Korea National Cancer Incidence Database, from 1999 to 2021, with survival follow-up until December 31, 2022. Deaths from cancer were assessed using causes-of-death data obtained from Statistics Korea.

Results

The number of new cancer diagnoses in 2021 increased by 27,002 cases (10.8%) compared to 2020. In 2021, newly diagnosed cancer cases and deaths from cancer were reported as 277,523 (age-standardized rate [ASR], 289.3 per 100,000) and 82,688 (ASR, 67.6 per 100,000), respectively. The overall cancer incide

SUBMITTER: Park EH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11016640 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature