title: Prediction of Cancer Incidence and Mortality in Korea, 2017.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  This study aimed to report on cancer incidence and mortality for the year 2017 in Korea in order to estimate the nation's current cancer burden.
  
  
  METHODS
  Cancer incidence data from 1999 to 2014 were obtained from the Korea National Cancer Incidence Database, and cancer mortality data from 1993 to 2015 were acquired from Statistics Korea. Cancer incidence and mortality were projected by fitting a linear regression model to observe age-specific cancer rates against observed years, and then multiplying the projected age-specific rates by the age-specific population. TheJoinpointregression model was used to determine at which year the linear trend changed significantly; we only used data of the latest trend.
  
  
  RESULTS
  A total of 221,143 new cancer cases and 80,268 cancer deaths are expected to occur in Korea in 2017. The most common cancer sites are the colorectum, stomach, lung, thyroid, and breast. These five cancers represent half of the overall burden of cancer in Korea. For mortality, the most common sites are the lung, liver, colorectal, stomach, and pancreas.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The incidence rate of all cancers in Korea appears to have decreased mainly because of a decrease in thyroid cancer. These up-to-date estimates of the cancer burden in Korea could be an important resource for planning and evaluation of cancer-control programs.
authors.affiliation: The Korea Central Cancer Registry, National Cancer Center, Goyang, Korea.|National Cancer Control Institute, National Cancer Center, Goyang, Korea.
authors.forename: Kyu-Won
authors.initials: KW
authors.lastname: Jung
authors.affiliation: The Korea Central Cancer Registry, National Cancer Center, Goyang, Korea.|National Cancer Control Institute, National Cancer Center, Goyang, Korea.|Department of Cancer Control and Population Health, National Cancer Center Graduate School of Cancer Science and Policy, Goyang, Korea.
authors.forename: Young-Joo
authors.initials: YJ
authors.lastname: Won
authors.affiliation: The Korea Central Cancer Registry, National Cancer Center, Goyang, Korea.|National Cancer Control Institute, National Cancer Center, Goyang, Korea.
authors.forename: Chang-Mo
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Oh
authors.affiliation: The Korea Central Cancer Registry, National Cancer Center, Goyang, Korea.|National Cancer Control Institute, National Cancer Center, Goyang, Korea.
authors.forename: Hyun-Joo
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Kong
authors.affiliation: National Cancer Control Institute, National Cancer Center, Goyang, Korea.|Department of Cancer Control and Population Health, National Cancer Center Graduate School of Cancer Science and Policy, Goyang, Korea.
authors.forename: Duk Hyoung
authors.initials: DH
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.affiliation: The Korea Central Cancer Registry, National Cancer Center, Goyang, Korea.
authors.forename: Kang Hyun
authors.initials: KH
authors.lastname: Lee
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D016208:Databases, Factual; D005260:Female; D049674:History, 21st Century; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008297:Male; D009026:Mortality; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000266:history / Q000401:mortality; D011159:Population Surveillance; D012042:Registries; D056910:Republic of Korea / Q000453:epidemiology; D012737:Sex Factors
keywords: 2017; Forecasting; Incidence; Korea; Mortality; Neoplasms