Overview
- The Health Ministry released site-specific outcomes for about 990,000 people diagnosed in 2016 using the nationwide cancer registry.
- Among those aged 15 and older, five-year survival was highest for prostate cancer at 92.1% and lowest for pancreatic cancer at 11.8%.
- Other major adult cancers recorded five-year survival of 88.0% for breast, 67.8% for colorectal, 64.0% for stomach, and 37.7% for lung.
- For children under 15, five-year survival reached 95.7% for lymphomas, 82.2% for leukemias and related disorders, and 60.8% for central nervous system tumors.
- New diagnoses totaled 990,930 in 2022 and 993,469 in 2023, with levels roughly steady aside from a one-time dip linked to the start of COVID-19 in 2020.