Cancer statistics in Korea: Incidence, mortality, survival, and prevalence in 2012

Cancer Research and Treatment

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 127-141

  Jung, Kyu Won ^a   Won, Young Joo ^a   Kong, Hyun Joo ^a   Oh, Chang Mo ^a   Cho, Hyunsoon ^a   Lee, Duk Hyoung ^a   Lee, Kang Hyun ^a  

^a National Cancer Center   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Incidence; Korea; Mortality; Neoplasms; Prevalence; Survival

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BLADDER CANCER; BRAIN CANCER; BREAST CANCER; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER STATISTICS; CANCER SURVIVAL; CAUSE OF DEATH; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM TUMOR; CHILD; COLORECTAL CANCER; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; FEMALE; GALLBLADDER CANCER; HODGKIN DISEASE; HUMAN; INFANT; KIDNEY CANCER; LARYNX CANCER; LEUKEMIA; LIP CANCER; LIVER CANCER; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOUTH CANCER; MULTIPLE MYELOMA; NEWBORN; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; OVARY CANCER; PANCREAS CANCER; PHARYNX CANCER; PREVALENCE; PROSTATE CANCER; SEX RATIO; SOUTH KOREA; STOMACH CANCER; SURVIVAL RATE; TESTIS CANCER; THYROID CANCER; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; UTERUS CANCER;

EID: 84928570724     PISSN: 1598-2998     EISSN: 2005-9256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4143/crt.2015.060     Document Type: Article

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