Cancer statistics in Korea: Incidence, mortality, survival and prevalence in 2010

Cancer Research and Treatment

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 1-14

  Jung, Kyu Won ^a   Won, Young Joo ^a   Kong, Hyun Joo ^a   Oh, Chang Mo ^a   Seo, Hong Gwan ^b   Lee, Jin Soo ^a  

^a The Korea Central Cancer Registry   (South Korea)

^b National Cancer Center   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Incidence; Korea; Mortality; Neoplasms; Prevalence; Survival

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLADDER CANCER; BRAIN CANCER; BREAST CANCER; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER STATISTICS; CANCER SURVIVAL; CAUSE OF DEATH; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM TUMOR; CHILD; COLON CANCER; COLORECTAL CANCER; DATA BASE; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; FEMALE; GALLBLADDER CANCER; GROUPS BY AGE; HODGKIN DISEASE; HUMAN; INFANT; KIDNEY CANCER; KOREA; LEUKEMIA; LIP CANCER; LIVER CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOUTH CANCER; MULTIPLE MYELOMA; NEWBORN; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; OVARY CANCER; PANCREAS CANCER; PHARYNX CANCER; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PROSTATE CANCER; RECTUM CANCER; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; STOMACH CANCER; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVAL TIME; TESTIS CANCER; THYROID CANCER; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; UTERUS CANCER;

EID: 84879126781     PISSN: 15982998     EISSN: 20059256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4143/crt.2013.45.1.1     Document Type: Article

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