title: Incidence and lifetime risk of uterine corpus cancer in Taiwanese women from 1991 to 2010.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Although uterine corpus cancer has been the most common malignancy of the female genital tract in many countries, the lifetime risk of this cancer has not yet been determined among Taiwanese women. The purpose of the study was to describe the change in incidence and the lifetime risk of uterine corpus cancer over a 20-year period from 1991 to 2010 in Taiwan.
  
  
  METHODS
  We conducted a population-based registry study using the released database (available online) from the Taiwan Cancer Registry.
  
  
  RESULTS
  A total of 15,542 women newly diagnosed with uterine corpus cancer were included in this study. The total number of this cancer increased by 5.7-fold from 1991 to 2010. The annual age-specific rate nearly doubled during the past decade (2001-2010) when compared with the previous decade (1991-2000). Incidence rates were highest in women aged 50-59 years, and increasing incidence rates were observed in each age strata starting from 40 years to 85 years and more, after the year 2000. The lifetime risk of being diagnosed with uterine corpus cancer was 0.39% in 1991-1995, 0.54% in 1996-2000, 0.73% in 2001-2005, and 1.12% in 2006-2010 among Taiwanese women.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  According to the observed changes in incidence rate, the burden of uterine corpus cancer in the general female population is expected to increase in the near future. From a public-health perspective, care providers should develop strategies for the prevention, early detection, and intervention to reduce the rapidly increasing incidence of uterine corpus cancer in Taiwan.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Public Health & Department of Public Health, School of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan.
authors.forename: Jerry Cheng-Yen
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Lai
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Mackay Memorial Hospital and Mackay Medical College, Taipei, Taiwan.
authors.forename: Chia-Sui
authors.initials: CS
authors.lastname: Weng
authors.affiliation: Department of Nursing, Mackay Medical College, New Taipei City, Taiwan.
authors.forename: Sheng-Miauh
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.affiliation: Institute of Hospital and Health Care Administration, School of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan; Department of Education and Research, Taipei City Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan.
authors.forename: Nicole
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.affiliation: Institute of Public Health & Department of Public Health, School of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan.
authors.forename: Yiing-Jenq
authors.initials: YJ
authors.lastname: Chou
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Medical University of Lublin, Lublin, Poland.
authors.forename: Chien-Chen
authors.initials: CC
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Mackay Memorial Hospital and Mackay Medical College, Taipei, Taiwan; Department of Nursing, Mackay Junior College of Medicine, Nursing, and Management, Taipei, Taiwan; Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Mackay Memorial Hospital Taitung Branch, Taitung, Taiwan. Electronic address: KL421229@ms6.hinet.net.
authors.forename: Kung-Liahng
authors.initials: KL
authors.lastname: Wang
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D017677:Age Distribution; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D016208:Databases, Factual; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008875:Middle Aged; D012042:Registries; D012306:Risk; D013624:Taiwan / Q000453:epidemiology; D014594:Uterine Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology*
keywords: Taiwan; endometrial cancer; incidence; lifetime risk; population surveillance