title: Cancer survival in Incheon, Republic of Korea, 1997-2001.
abstract: The Incheon cancer registry was established in 1997. Cancer is not a notifiable disease, hence registration of cases is done by active methods. The registry contributed survival data for 42 cancer sites or types registered during 1997-2001. The follow-up information has been obtained predominantly by passive methods, with median follow-up ranging between 1-44 months for various cancers. The proportion with histologically verified diagnosis for different cancers ranged between 16-100%; death certificates only (DCOs) comprised 0-51%; 49-100% of total registered cases were included for the survival analysis. The top-ranking cancers on 5-year age-standardized relative survival rates were testis (98%), thyroid (90%), ureter (87%), adrenal gland (86%), nonmelanoma skin (83%), corpus uteri (82%), Hodgkin lymphoma (81%), breast and cervix (74%). Five-year relative survival by age group showed a decreasing trend with increasing age groups for cancers of the stomach, small intestine, colon, gall bladder, larynx, lung, breast, cervix and ovary, and was fluctuating for other cancers.
authors.affiliation: Incheon Cancer Registry, The College of Medicine, Inha University, Incheon, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Z H
authors.initials: ZH
authors.lastname: Woo
authors.forename: Y C
authors.initials: YC
authors.lastname: Hong
authors.forename: W C
authors.initials: WC
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Y K
authors.initials: YK
authors.lastname: Pu
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality*; D012042:Registries; D056910:Republic of Korea; D013997:Time Factors