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Cancer Incidence in Korea
Hai Rim Shin, Yoon Ok Ahn, Jong Myon Bae, Myung Hee Shin, Duk Hee Lee, Choong Won Lee, Hee Choul Ohrr, Don Hee Ahn, Jacques Ferlay, Dornald Maxwell Parkin, Dae Kyu Oh, Jae Gahb Park
Cancer Res Treat. 2002;34(6):405-408.   Published online December 31, 2002
DOI: https://doi.org/10.4143/crt.2002.34.6.405
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PURPOSE
We estimated the incidence of cancer in Korea.
MATERIALS AND METHODS
The indicence of cancer was estimated using national mortality data, and the incidence data from four frontier regional cancer registries, including Kangwha, Seoul, Busan and Deagu. These four registries served a population about seventeen million, which is almost 38% of entire population in Korea.
RESULTS
The overall age-standardized incidence rates (ASR) were 287.0 and 163.1 per 100,000 for males and females, respectively. Among males, stomach cancer was the most frequent (ASR 69.6), followed by lung cancers, including bronchus cancer (ASR 54.5), liver cancer (ASR 47.0) and colo-rectal cancer (ASR 25.2). The most frequent sites of cancer in females, by rank order, were stomach (ASR 26.8), breast (ASR 20.1), uterine cervix (ASR 18.0), colo-rectum (ASR 15.9), lung (ASR 13.0) and liver (ASR 12.0).
CONCLUSION
It is hoped that these results will provide valuable leads for cancer research and cancer control in Korea.

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Survival of Korean Cancer Patients Diagnosed in 1995
Jong Myon Bae, Young Joo Won, Kyu Won Jung, Kyung Ae Suh, Young Ho Yun, Myung Hee Shin, Yoon Ok Ahn, Duk Hee Lee, Hai Rim Shin, Don Hee Ahn, Dae Kyu Oh, Jae Gahb Park
Cancer Res Treat. 2002;34(5):319-325.   Published online October 31, 2002
DOI: https://doi.org/10.4143/crt.2002.34.5.319
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PURPOSE
To produce the nationwide 5-year survival rates of Korean cancer patients by primary cancer site.
MATERIALS AND METHODS
The study subjects were cancer patients diagnosed in 1995, as documented by the Korea Central Cancer Registry (KCCR) Program. This data was collected in 120 (93%) of 129 nationwide intern- and resident-training hospitals and 75 (94%) of the 80 Korean university hospitals. Follow-up was performed by obtaining information upon vital status (i.e., whether living or dead) from the government administered whole population files. Cumulative observed survival rate (OSR) was calculated by using the life table method and the relative survival rate (RSR) was computed using the life-time table for the years 1995, 1997, and 1999.
RESULTS
Of the 55,042 study subjects, the OSR for all Korean cancer patients was 61.4% at 1 year and 38.1% at 5 years. The RSR for all cancers was 62.5% at 1 year and 41.4% at 5 years, and the 5-year RSRs for all cancers in men and women were 32.6% and 53.2%, respectively.
CONCLUSION
This is the first nationwide report upon 5-year cancer survival by primary site in Korea. Men showed a lower survival rate than women in most malignancies. Pancreatic and thyroid cancer had the lowest and highest 5-year survival rates, respectively.

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Annual Report of the Central Cancer Registry in Korea-1999: Based on Registered Data from 128 Hospitals
Jong Myon Bae, Young Joo Won, Kyu Won Jung, Kyung Ae Suh, Don Hee Ahn, Jae Gahb Park
Cancer Res Treat. 2001;33(5):367-372.   Published online October 31, 2001
DOI: https://doi.org/10.4143/crt.2001.33.5.367
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PURPOSE
The Central Cancer Registry Center in Korea (KCCR) conducted a nationwide hospital-based cancer registry to provide basic statistical data on cancer.
MATERIALS AND METHODS
In 1999, 128 hospitals participated in the cancer registry program. All cancer registry data, which was submitted from the participating hospitals by diskettes during the year, were reviewed and analyzed by the committee members who were all Board-qualified clinical oncologists and pathologists. To avoid duplication, every resident registration number was compared by a computer.
Case
s that had been diagnosed by a histological examination were preferentially chosen for inclusion in this data.
RESULTS
Of 94,003 cases that were registered, there was a total of 8,452 (9.0%) duplication cases which were excluded. Of the remaining 85,551 cases, there were 3,231 cases (3.8%) of carcinoma in situ (morphology code/2) which were excluded. A final total of 82,320 cases were analyzed. Of the analyzed cases, 46,908 (57.0%) were males and 35,412 (43.0%) were females. The leading age groups in the order of their relative frequency were those who were 60~64 years of age (15.3%), followed by the 55~59 age group (13.8%). The six leading primary cancer sites in the order of their relative frequency were stomach (20.7%), followed by the bronchus and lung (12.1%), the liver and intrahepatic bile duct (12.0%), the colorectum (9.9%), the breast (6.4%), and then the uterine cervix (5.0%). In males, the five leading primary cancer sites were the stomach (24.2%), the liver and intrahepatic bile duct (16.3%), the bronchus and lung (16.1%), the colorectum (9.7%), and the urinary bladder (3.3%). In females, the stomach (16.2%) was the most common cancer site, followed by the breast (14.7%), the uterine cervix (11.6%), the colorectum (10.2%), and the thyroid (6.8%). Among the 1,077 cases of childhood malignancies, leukemia (35.4%), CNS tumors (16.7%), malignant lymphomas (7.0%), and sympathetic nervous system tumors (6.9%) were the most common cancer types.
CONCLUSION
We analyzed and report the KCCR data from 128 nationwide hospitals during 1999.

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A Study of the Survival Rate of Childhood Cancer in Korea
Mi Hwa Yang, Song Hyeun Eun, Chan Sook Park, Jin A Son, Jae Yun Kim, Jae Wook Ko, Don Hee Ahn
Cancer Res Treat. 2001;33(3):191-198.   Published online June 30, 2001
DOI: https://doi.org/10.4143/crt.2001.33.3.191
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PURPOSE
It is known that the prognosis of childhood cancer is relatively good, however actual representative nationwide data on childhood cancer, particularly of survival rate, are rare. In this study we attempted to establish the overall survival rate of major childhood cancer.
MATERIALS AND METHODS
The primary source of data of childhood cancer under 15 years of age were the registry files of the Central Cancer Registry Report (Ministry of Health & Welfare) from 1993 to 1997. The above data was compared to death case data files of the same period obtained from the Korea National Statistical Office using the personal identification code. We calculated the 1, 3, and 5 year survival rates using the life table of SPSS and Kaplan-Meier method and compared the survival rate of disease according to prognostic factors.
RESULTS
A total of 6,720 cases of pediatric cancer from the Central Cancer Registry files were computerized and sorted by personal identification (ID) code to extract duplicated cases as well as cases with incomplete data. The final number of cases entered in this study was 4,983. 1) The number of confirmed death cases was 1,448 (29.1%). 2) The disease distribution showed that the most common pediatric cancer was leukemia (1,468/4,983, 29%), followed by brain tumors (503/4,983, 10%), lymphoma (315/4,983, 6%), Wilms tumor (165/4,983, 3%), etc. in order by number of patients. 3) The 5 year survival rate of disease was as follows: overall 62%, acute lymphocytic leukemia 61%, acute non-lymphocytic leukemia 32%, malignant lymphoma 72%, neuroblastoma 47%, medulloblastoma 51%, Astrocytoma 66%, Wilms tumor 83%, etc.
CONCLUSION
We analyzed and report the 5 year survival rate of overall childhood cancer and of each of the twelve major childhood cancers from in Korea 1993 to 1997 to provide basic data on childhood cancer statistics.

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Annual Report of the Central Cancer Registry in Korea-1998 (Based on Registered Data from 124 Hospitals)
Chang In Suh, Kyung Ae Suh, Seong Heum Park, Hee Jin Chang, Jae Wook Ko, Don Hee Ahn
J Korean Cancer Assoc. 2000;32(5):827-834.
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PURPOSE
Central Cancer Registry Center in Korea conducted a nation-wide hospital-based cancer registry to provide the basic data on cancer statistics.
MATERIALS AND METHODS
In 1998, 124 hospitals participated in the cancer registry program. All cancer registry data, submitted from the participating hospitals by diskettes during the year, were reviewed and sorted out by the committee members who were all board-qualified clinical oncologists and pathologists. To avoid duplication, every resident registration numbers were compared by the computer. Cases diagnosed by histologic examination were preferentially chosen.
RESULTS
Of 89,226 cases registered, 9,163 (10.3%) duplication cases were excluded. Of the remaining 80,063 cases, 3,195 cases (4.0%) of carcinoma in situ (morphology code /2) were excluded. Finally 76,868 cases were analyzed. Of the analyzed cases, 44,037 (57.3%) were male and 32,831 (42.7%) were female. The leading age groups in the order of relative frequency were 60~64 years of age (15.3%), followed by 55~59 (14.4%). The leading primary cancer sites in the order of relative frequency were stomach (20.9%), followed by liver and intrahepatic bile ducts (12.2%), bronchus and lung (11.9%), colorectum (9.6%), breast (6.1%). In male, the leading primary cancer sites were stomach (24.4%), followed by liver and intrahepatic bile ducts (16.4%), bronchus and lung(16.0%), colorectum(9.2%) and urinary bladder (3.5%). In female, stomach (16.3%) was the most common site, followed by breast (14.1%), uterine cervix (13.0%), colorectum (10.1%) and liver and intrahepatic bile ducts (6.5%). Among the 1,190 cases of childhood malignancies, leukemia (33.4%), CNS tumor (15.7%) and sympathetic nervous system tumor (8.4%) were common.
CONCLUSION
We analyzed and reported the registered cancer data from 124 hospitals during 1998.
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Accuraey of Cancer Death Certificates in KOREA: A comparison between diagnoses in the central cancer registry and certified underlying causes of death
Duk Hee Lee, Hai Rim Shin, Don Hee Ahn, Byung Yeol Chun, Sin Kam, Yoon Ok Ahn
J Korean Cancer Assoc. 2000;32(1):210-219.
AbstractAbstract
PURPOSE
We evaluated the accuracy of death certificates for persons who registered in the Central Cancer Registry in 1993 and died from 1993 to 1995.
MATERIALS AND METHODS
The study consisted of 27,058 cases which were classified into five groups. according to the possibility of accuracy of the underlying causes of death. We compared the distribution of five groups according to several demographic factors. Also we calculated the detection rate and the confirmation rate for a selected 23,858 persons reported to die of a cancer.
RESULTS
Among the 27,058 deaths, only 64.4% was included in the group which had reported the same cancer site with registry as underlying cause of death. The accuracy decreased with increasing age and was worse for women and rural residence. And physicians certification was an important factor to improve the accuracy. Cancers of stomach, lung, esophagus and breast were included into the high accuracy group, cancers of the colon, rectum and gallbladder and extrahepatic biliary tract into the low accuracy group. Cancers of the colon, pancreas, liver and lung were overreported, varied from 1.2 to 1.4 times, and cervical cancer was severely underreported, about 0.5 times.
CONCLUSION
These results suggest that the caution in the use and interpretation of cancer certificate data would be required.
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A Survey for the Hospital Utilization of Cancer patients in Inchon
Woo Chul Kim, Yun Chul Hong, Yoo Kyung Pu, Jae Hwan Oh, Joo Young Kim, Ze Hong Woo, Tae Hoon Lee, Heechoul Ohrr, Don Hee Ahn, John J K Loh
J Korean Cancer Assoc. 1999;31(2):386-395.
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PURPOSE
The purpose of this study was to evaluate the hospital utilization of cancer patients in Inchon and to assess the feasibility of Inchon Cancer Registry (ICR).
MATERIALS AND METHODS
We used two data sources from Korean Central Cancer Registry (KCCR) and Korean Medical Insurance (KMI) for analysis.
RESULTS
KCCR data analysis showed that 50.8% of cancer patients visited hospitals in Seoul, 46% visited hospitals in Inchon, and 2.6% in other areas at first visit. The analysis of KMI data showed that 43% of cancer patients visited hospital in Seoul, 38.5% visited hospitals in Inchon, and 18.5% in other areas at first visit. From these results, we found many cancer patients visited hospitals located in Seoul. We estimated that 52.1% would be missed when we performed cancer registry project in Inchon area alone from the KCCR data analysis. On the other hand, 60% would be missed from the KMI data. However, if we used registration data at the nation-wide level and actively registered cancer patient data in Inchan, expected unregistration rates would be 5%.
CONCLUSION
Even though registration rate to KCCR was relatively low (74%) in Inhon and many patients were treated in other area, we are convinced that almast all cancer patients would be registered because most cancer patients visited at least one of the cancer registry hospitals at the nation-wide level. Therefore, if ICR used KCCR and encouraged the hospitals in Inchon to actively participate in cancer registration, the population-based cancer registration in Inchon would be possible.
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