{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"submitter":["Kang MJ"],"funding":["National Cancer Center","Ministry of Health and Welfare"],"pagination":["385-399"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC10101796"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["55(2)"],"pubmed_abstract":["<h4>Purpose</h4>The current study provides national cancer statistics and their secular trends in Korea, including incidence, mortality, survival, and prevalence in 2020.<h4>Materials and methods</h4>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.<h4>Results</h4>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"],"journal":["Cancer research and treatment"],"pubmed_title":["Cancer Statistics in Korea: Incidence, Mortality, Survival, and Prevalence in 2020."],"pmcid":["PMC10101796"],"funding_grant_id":["2211110","2260020"],"pubmed_authors":["Bang SH","Choi SH","Yun EH","Im JS","Kim HJ","Seo HG","Kang MJ","Jung KW","Park EH","Community of Population-Based Regional Cancer Registries*","Kong HJ"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"Cancer Statistics in Korea: Incidence, Mortality, Survival, and Prevalence in 2020.","description":"<h4>Purpose</h4>The current study provides national cancer statistics and their secular trends in Korea, including incidence, mortality, survival, and prevalence in 2020.<h4>Materials and methods</h4>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.<h4>Results</h4>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","dates":{"release":"2023-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2023 Apr","modification":"2025-04-19T23:47:40.537Z","creation":"2025-04-19T23:47:40.537Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC10101796","cross_references":{"pubmed":["36915245"],"doi":["10.4143/crt.2023.447"]}}