Table 3. Cancer treatment methods and their results.

Treatment methods	Number of cases (year)*
Laparoscopic surgery for cancers	Stomach: 15,000 per year (2018) (19)
(minimally invasive treatment for the digestive system)	Lung: 39,000 per year (2018) (19)
Endoscopy/Endoscopic therapy	Stomach: 47,045 per year (2017) (20)
ESD	Large intestine: ≥ 6,000 (2017) (20)
EMR (including polypectomy)	Stomach: 3,824 per year (2017) (20)
Hepatic cancer treatment (RFA)	30,000 per year or more (2014) (21)
IMRT	25,000 per year (2017) (22)
Particle-beam radiation therapy	4,800 per year (2017) (22)

^*The number of cases for each treatment method for Japan's population (126,020,000, as of 1/1/2020) is listed. EMR, endoscopic mucosal resection; ESD, endoscopic submucosal dissection; IMRT, intensity-modulated radiotherapy; RFA, radiofrequency ablation.