Table 2.
Distribution of cancer patients who underwent radiation therapy based on primary diagnosis between 2011 and 2015 in Korea
| Category | Primary diagnosis (diagnostic code) | Yeara) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | ||
| Breast | (C50) | 13,765 | 15,059 | 15,766 | 16,549 | 17,302 |
| Gastrointestinal | Colorectum (C18-C20) | 5,054 | 5,048 | 4,920 | 4,901 | 4,898 |
| Liver (C22) | 3,027 | 3,446 | 3,641 | 3,679 | 4,112 | |
| Esophagus (C15) | 1,250 | 1,335 | 1,380 | 1,397 | 1,472 | |
| Stomach (C16) | 1,070 | 1,048 | 1,026 | 992 | 1,013 | |
| Pancreas (C25) | 782 | 942 | 906 | 948 | 998 | |
| Gallbladder and biliary (C23-C24) | 778 | 856 | 879 | 954 | 985 | |
| Anus (C21) | 193 | 213 | 211 | 203 | 199 | |
| Small bowel (C17) | 42 | 39 | 43 | 35 | 32 | |
| Other (C26) | 4 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | |
| Subtotal | 12,200 | 12,932 | 13,009 | 13,112 | 13,712 | |
| Thoracic | Lung (C34) | 8,991 | 9,425 | 10,187 | 10,846 | 10,863 |
| Thymus (C37) | 258 | 238 | 249 | 307 | 323 | |
| Mediastinum (C38) | 41 | 44 | 48 | 47 | 54 | |
| Trachea (C33) | 16 | 18 | 16 | 22 | 25 | |
| Other (C39) | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | |
| Subtotal | 9,310 | 9,728 | 10,502 | 11,223 | 11,266 | |
| Head and neck | Larynx (C32) | 773 | 884 | 964 | 912 | 903 |
| Oropharynx (C01, C09-C10) | 509 | 615 | 595 | 621 | 619 | |
| Oral cavity (C02-C06) | 500 | 601 | 588 | 605 | 632 | |
| Nasopharynx (C11) | 414 | 489 | 488 | 488 | 516 | |
| Salivary gland (C07-C08) | 298 | 346 | 347 | 398 | 374 | |
| Hypopharynx (C12-C13) | 354 | 394 | 352 | 437 | 395 | |
| Paranasal sinus (C31) | 149 | 166 | 145 | 179 | 166 | |
| Nasal cavity (C30) | 93 | 129 | 110 | 128 | 142 | |
| Eye and orbit (C69) | 44 | 54 | 51 | 41 | 58 | |
| Lip (C00) | 11 | 8 | 13 | 9 | 18 | |
| Other (C14) | 19 | 20 | 14 | 16 | 17 | |
| Subtotal | 3,164 | 3,706 | 3,667 | 3,834 | 3,840 | |
| Gynecologic | Uterine cervix (C53) | 2,453 | 2,481 | 2,540 | 2,425 | 2,466 |
| Uterine corpus (C54-C55) | 635 | 724 | 741 | 810 | 813 | |
| Ovary and tube (C56) | 217 | 204 | 247 | 248 | 258 | |
| Vagina and vulva (C51-C52) | 111 | 111 | 100 | 90 | 122 | |
| Other (C57-C58) | 15 | 14 | 12 | 9 | 11 | |
| Subtotal | 3,431 | 3,534 | 3,640 | 3,582 | 3,670 | |
| Genitourinary | Prostate (C61) | 1,952 | 2,451 | 2,577 | 2,634 | 2,778 |
| Ureter and bladder (C66-C67) | 498 | 484 | 531 | 608 | 602 | |
| Kidney (C64-C65) | 443 | 422 | 445 | 454 | 525 | |
| Penis and testis (C60, C62-C63) | 65 | 57 | 66 | 57 | 62 | |
| Other (C68) | 11 | 14 | 12 | 18 | 19 | |
| Subtotal | 2,969 | 3,428 | 3,631 | 3,771 | 3,986 | |
| CNS | Brain (C70-C71) | 1,388 | 1,513 | 1,567 | 1,623 | 1,605 |
| Spinal cord (C72) | 60 | 61 | 52 | 48 | 47 | |
| Other (C47) | 45 | 36 | 52 | 32 | 46 | |
| Subtotal | 1,493 | 1,610 | 1,671 | 1,703 | 1,698 | |
| Lymphoma | Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (C82-C88) | 1,169 | 1,322 | 1,321 | 1,389 | 1,493 |
| Hodgkin's disease (C81) | 98 | 108 | 91 | 93 | 100 | |
| Other (C96) | 22 | 23 | 21 | 30 | 33 | |
| Subtotal | 1,289 | 1,453 | 1,433 | 1,512 | 1,626 | |
| Soft tissue | (C46, C49) | 545 | 581 | 631 | 648 | 715 |
| Mesothelioma | (C45) | 14 | 19 | 18 | 19 | 29 |
| Myeloma and plasmacytoma | (C90) | 316 | 414 | 442 | 450 | 459 |
| Thyroid | (C73) | 354 | 381 | 357 | 360 | 309 |
| Leukemia | (C91-C95) | 359 | 353 | 351 | 411 | 396 |
| Skin | (C44) | 244 | 287 | 264 | 284 | 279 |
| Malignant melanoma | (C43) | 215 | 209 | 225 | 244 | 241 |
| Primary bone and cartilage | (C40-C41) | 213 | 219 | 170 | 206 | 223 |
| Endocrine | (C74-C75) | 56 | 72 | 93 | 101 | 104 |
| Unknown primary | (C48, C76-C80, C97) | 878 | 1,070 | 1,239 | 1,287 | 1,420 |
| Total No. of cancer patients | - | 50,815 | 55,055 | 57,109 | 59,296 | 61,275 |
| Carcinoma in situ of the breast | (D05) | 1,388 | 1,653 | 1,918 | 1,912 | 2,062 |
| Benign neoplasm of meninges | (D32) | 1,022 | 960 | 1,041 | 1,112 | 1,032 |
| Benign neoplasm of CNS | (D33) | 726 | 750 | 744 | 694 | 713 |
| Benign neoplasm of endocrine | (D34-D35) | 229 | 283 | 304 | 319 | 308 |
| Other D code diseases | (D00-D04, D06-D31, D36-D48) | 630 | 734 | 723 | 729 | 793 |
| Total D code patients | - | 3,995 | 4,380 | 4,730 | 4,766 | 4,908 |
| Total | - | 54,810 | 59,435 | 61,839 | 64,062 | 66,183 |
CNS, central nervous system.
a)
Number of patients who received radiation therapy.