Published January 1993 | Version v1
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Statistical study on cancer patients of cancer research hospital

  • 1. Korea Cancer Center Hospital, Seoul (Korea, Republic of)

Description

The total number of malignant neoplasms included in this study 15,737 cases(11.8%) among 133,251 cases for 3 years. On sex, females with 52.9% were much more than males with 47.1%. The highest proportion of cancer patients by age was 33.7% in males and 28.5% in females, respectivelty for 50-59 age group. The most frequent primary site among males was found to be stomach with 35.5%, followed by liver(14.7%), lung(13.0%), esophagus(5.4%) and colon (3.2%). In females, the first order was uterine cervix with 40.6%, followed by stomach(17.2%), breast(14.4), rectum(3.7%) and lung(3.4%). The most common type of morphology of malignant neoplasms was adenocarcinoma(47.4%) in males an squamous cell carcinoma(58.0%) in females. Among the cancer patients initially diagnosed in this hospital, the proportion of malignant neoplasms by the exent of disease was 2.5% for patient with carcinoma-in-situ, 54.1% for patients with localized involvement, 13.3% for patients with regional involvement and 8.5% for patients with distant involvement. Among the cancer patients initially treatment in this hospital, the proportion of malignant neoplasms by the method of treatment was 23.6% for surgery, 25.3% for radiotherapy and 30.3% for chemotherapy. Among the cancer patients confirmed by medical records, 7.7% was traced more than 5 years. (Author)

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42 p.
Report number
KAERI/RR--1144/92

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Country of Publication
Korea, Republic of
Country of Input or Organization
Korea, Republic of
INIS RN
24057030
Subject category
S62: RADIOLOGY AND NUCLEAR MEDICINE;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Numerical Data
Descriptors DEI
AGE GROUPS; DIAGNOSIS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HOSPITALS; NEOPLASMS; PATIENTS; SEX; STATISTICAL DATA
Descriptors DEC
ANIMALS; BUILDINGS; DATA; DISEASES; INFORMATION; MAMMALS; MAN; MEDICAL ESTABLISHMENTS; NUMERICAL DATA; PRIMATES; VERTEBRATES