Table 1.

The national cancer screening program in Korea

Cancer	Target population	Frequency	Test or procedure	Co-payment1 (US $)
Stomach	40 and over (adults)	Every 2 yr	Endoscopy or Upper Gastrointestinal Series	7
Colorectal	50 and over (adults)	Every 1 yr2	Fecal Occult Blood Test3	0.5
Breast	40 and over (women)	Every 2 yr	Mammography and Clinical breast exam	3.5
Cervix	30 and over (women)	Every 2 yr	Pap smear	0

¹Co-payments only applied to people with a higher income (i.e., upper 50%), and account for 20% of the total price. No co-payment is applied to the low-income population (i.e., lower 50%). There is no co-payment for cervical cancer screening regardless of income level;

²Colorectal screening is provided every 2 years to most of the target population, with the exception of low-income people or manual laborers;

³Colonoscopy or barium enema are performed if the fecal occult blood test is positive.