Lung Cancer Epidemiology in Korea.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

The current study was undertaken to examine the trends in the lung cancer incidence, mortality, and survival after a diagnosis in Korea.

Materials and methods

Lung cancer incidence data according to the histologic type and mortality data were obtained from the Korea Central Cancer Registry and the Statistics Korea, respectively. The age-standardized incidence and mortality rates were calculated, and the Joinpoint model and age-period-cohort analyses were used to describe the trends in the rates. The 5-year relative survival rates of lung cancer were also calculated.

Results

Although the number of new lung cancer cases increased between 1999 and 2012, the age-standardized incidence rate decreased by 0.9% per year in men, whereas the incidence in women increased

SUBMITTER: Shin A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5512360 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature