Table 7.
Trends in the 5-year relative survival rates (%) by year of diagnosis from 1993 to 2017 in Korea
| Site/Type | Both sexes |
Men |
Women |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1993-1995 | 1996-2000 | 2001-2005 | 2006-2010 | 2011-2015 | 2013-2017 | Changea) | 1993-1995 | 1996-2000 | 2001-2005 | 2006-2010 | 2011-2015 | 2013-2017 | Changea) | 1993-1995 | 1996-2000 | 2001-2005 | 2006-2010 | 2011-2015 | 2013-2017 | Changea) | |
| All sites | 42.9 | 45.1 | 54.1 | 65.5 | 70.7 | 70.4 | 27.5 | 33.2 | 36.3 | 45.6 | 56.8 | 63.1 | 63.5 | 30.3 | 55.1 | 56.4 | 64.3 | 74.4 | 78.4 | 77.5 | 22.4 |
| All sites excluding thyroid | 41.2 | 43.3 | 50.8 | 59.0 | 64.2 | 65.0 | 23.8 | 32.7 | 35.8 | 44.7 | 54.6 | 60.3 | 61.0 | 28.3 | 52.6 | 53.5 | 59.1 | 65.0 | 69.3 | 70.1 | 17.5 |
| Lip, oral cavity, and pharynx | 42.1 | 47.4 | 54.5 | 61.0 | 65.3 | 66.7 | 24.6 | 36.6 | 41.7 | 49.6 | 56.9 | 61.7 | 63.7 | 27.1 | 59.3 | 64.5 | 68.1 | 72.0 | 74.4 | 74.1 | 14.8 |
| Esophagus | 14.0 | 15.7 | 21.5 | 29.9 | 36.4 | 38.0 | 24.0 | 13.1 | 14.8 | 20.7 | 29.3 | 36.1 | 37.5 | 24.4 | 25.0 | 25.9 | 29.8 | 37.1 | 39.7 | 42.2 | 17.2 |
| Stomach | 43.9 | 47.3 | 58.0 | 68.4 | 75.9 | 76.5 | 32.6 | 43.9 | 47.6 | 58.7 | 69.1 | 76.8 | 77.5 | 33.6 | 43.7 | 46.8 | 56.6 | 67.0 | 74.0 | 74.6 | 30.9 |
| Colon and rectum | 56.2 | 58.8 | 66.9 | 73.9 | 76.2 | 75.0 | 18.8 | 56.6 | 59.8 | 68.8 | 75.8 | 77.9 | 76.6 | 20.0 | 55.7 | 57.7 | 64.4 | 71.1 | 73.7 | 72.6 | 16.9 |
| Liverb) | 11.7 | 14.1 | 20.5 | 28.2 | 34.3 | 35.6 | 23.9 | 10.8 | 13.8 | 20.4 | 28.2 | 34.8 | 36.4 | 25.6 | 15.0 | 15.1 | 20.9 | 28.3 | 32.7 | 33.2 | 18.2 |
| Gallbladderc) | 18.7 | 20.7 | 23.1 | 26.9 | 28.8 | 28.9 | 10.2 | 18.0 | 21.1 | 23.5 | 27.8 | 29.5 | 29.7 | 11.7 | 19.3 | 20.3 | 22.7 | 26.0 | 28.1 | 28.0 | 8.7 |
| Pancreas | 10.6 | 8.7 | 8.4 | 8.5 | 10.8 | 12.2 | 1.6 | 10.0 | 8.3 | 8.4 | 8.3 | 10.2 | 11.8 | 1.8 | 11.5 | 9.2 | 8.4 | 8.8 | 11.4 | 12.5 | 1.0 |
| Larynx | 61.6 | 63.3 | 66.5 | 73.2 | 75.0 | 77.0 | 15.4 | 62.1 | 63.7 | 67.1 | 73.5 | 75.4 | 77.4 | 15.3 | 56.3 | 58.9 | 58.6 | 68.0 | 69.2 | 69.6 | 13.3 |
| Lungd) | 12.5 | 13.6 | 16.5 | 20.2 | 27.5 | 30.2 | 17.7 | 11.6 | 12.4 | 15.3 | 18.0 | 23.2 | 25.2 | 13.6 | 15.8 | 17.5 | 20.1 | 26.0 | 37.2 | 41.5 | 25.7 |
| Breast | 79.2 | 83.6 | 88.6 | 91.2 | 92.7 | 93.2 | 14.0 | 77.1 | 84.3 | 87.5 | 89.9 | 89.4 | 94.7 | 17.6 | 79.2 | 83.6 | 88.7 | 91.2 | 92.7 | 93.2 | 14.0 |
| Cervix uteri | 78.3 | 80.3 | 81.5 | 80.7 | 80.2 | 80.2 | 1.9 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 78.3 | 80.3 | 81.5 | 80.7 | 80.2 | 80.2 | 1.9 |
| Corpus uteri | 82.9 | 82.0 | 84.8 | 86.5 | 87.8 | 88.2 | 5.3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 82.9 | 82.0 | 84.8 | 86.5 | 87.8 | 88.2 | 5.3 |
| Ovary | 60.1 | 59.4 | 61.7 | 61.2 | 64.3 | 64.9 | 4.8 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 60.1 | 59.4 | 61.7 | 61.2 | 64.3 | 64.9 | 4.8 |
| Prostate | 59.1 | 69.2 | 81.0 | 91.9 | 94.1 | 94.1 | 35.0 | 59.1 | 69.2 | 81.0 | 91.9 | 94.1 | 94.1 | 35.0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Testis | 87.4 | 90.4 | 90.7 | 93.1 | 95.1 | 95.2 | 7.8 | 87.4 | 90.4 | 90.7 | 93.1 | 95.1 | 95.2 | 7.8 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kidney | 64.3 | 67.0 | 73.6 | 78.6 | 82.4 | 83.1 | 18.8 | 63.5 | 65.3 | 73.0 | 78.4 | 82.1 | 83.1 | 19.6 | 65.9 | 70.3 | 74.9 | 78.9 | 83.2 | 82.9 | 17.0 |
| Bladder | 70.7 | 73.6 | 76.0 | 77.2 | 76.4 | 76.8 | 6.1 | 71.6 | 75.1 | 77.8 | 79.2 | 78.3 | 78.8 | 7.2 | 67.1 | 67.3 | 69.1 | 69.1 | 68.6 | 68.9 | 1.8 |
| Brain and CNS | 40.4 | 39.9 | 41.0 | 42.9 | 41.3 | 40.8 | 0.4 | 39.1 | 38.7 | 40.3 | 41.3 | 39.7 | 39.2 | 0.1 | 42.1 | 41.4 | 41.8 | 44.6 | 43.0 | 42.5 | 0.4 |
| Thyroid | 94.5 | 95.0 | 98.4 | 100.0 | 100.2 | 100.1 | 5.6 | 87.9 | 89.6 | 96.0 | 100.2 | 100.6 | 100.4 | 12.5 | 95.7 | 96.0 | 98.7 | 99.9 | 100.1 | 100.0 | 4.3 |
| Hodgkin lymphoma | 70.1 | 71.9 | 76.7 | 81.0 | 82.2 | 83.7 | 13.6 | 69.2 | 69.3 | 74.7 | 80.8 | 81.7 | 81.3 | 12.1 | 71.5 | 77.3 | 80.7 | 81.5 | 83.1 | 87.8 | 16.3 |
| Non-Hodgkin lymphoma | 48.3 | 51.1 | 56.0 | 59.4 | 62.8 | 63.2 | 14.9 | 46.9 | 49.6 | 55.0 | 59.2 | 62.7 | 63.9 | 17.0 | 50.6 | 53.3 | 57.5 | 59.7 | 62.9 | 62.2 | 11.6 |
| Multiple myeloma | 23.5 | 21.0 | 29.7 | 35.0 | 41.2 | 43.3 | 19.8 | 23.0 | 19.1 | 29.8 | 35.2 | 40.8 | 43.6 | 20.6 | 24.1 | 23.3 | 29.5 | 34.7 | 41.7 | 43.1 | 19.0 |
| Leukemia | 27.5 | 34.3 | 42.0 | 47.7 | 51.9 | 53.0 | 25.5 | 27.3 | 33.3 | 41.8 | 46.9 | 52.2 | 53.6 | 26.3 | 27.8 | 35.5 | 42.2 | 48.7 | 51.5 | 52.3 | 24.5 |
| Other and ill-defined | 44.5 | 48.3 | 57.8 | 67.6 | 72.6 | 74.0 | 29.5 | 39.6 | 44.7 | 54.0 | 63.8 | 69.3 | 70.9 | 31.3 | 50.1 | 52.6 | 61.9 | 71.5 | 76.0 | 77.0 | 26.9 |
CNS, central nervous system.
a)
Absolute percentage change in 5-year relative survival from 1993 to 1995 and 2013 to 2017,
b)
Includes the liver and intrahepatic bile duct,
c)
Includes the gallbladder and other/unspecified parts of the biliary tract,
d)
Includes the lung and bronchus.