Cancer Statistics in Korea: Incidence, Mortality, Survival, and Prevalence in 2015

2018396 citationsJournal Articlediamond Open Access

Authors

The Community of Population-Based Regional Cancer Registries

Abstract

Age-standardized cancer incidence rates have decreased since 2012 and mortality rates have declined since 2002; however, the 5-year survival rates have improved remarkably from 1993-1995 to 2011-2015 in Korea.

Topics & Keywords

Global Cancer Incidence and Screening Colorectal Cancer Screening and Detection Nutritional Studies and Diet

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: Cancer Research and Treatment

Volume 50, Issue 2, pp. 303-316

DOI: 10.4143/crt.2018.143

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