Table 2.

Trends in the 5-year relative survival rates (unit, %) at the time of diagnosis between 1993 and 2017 in Korea

Site	Sex	Year
		1993–1995	1996–2000	2001–2005	2006–2010	2011–2015	2013–2017
All	Both	42.9	45.1	54.1	65.5	70.7	70.4
	Men	33.2	36.3	45.6	56.8	63.1	63.5
	Women	55.1	56.4	64.3	74.4	78.4	77.5
Stomach	Both	43.9	47.3	58.0	68.4	75.9	76.5
	Men	43.9	47.6	58.7	69.1	76.8	77.5
	Women	43.7	46.8	56.6	67.0	74.0	74.6
Colorectum	Both	56.2	58.8	66.9	73.9	76.2	75.0
	Men	56.6	59.8	68.8	75.8	77.9	76.6
	Women	55.7	57.7	64.4	71.1	73.7	72.6
Liver*	Both	11.7	14.1	20.5	28.2	34.3	35.6
	Men	10.8	13.8	20.4	28.2	34.8	36.4
	Women	15.0	15.1	20.9	28.3	32.7	33.2
Breast	Both	79.2	83.6	88.6	91.2	92.7	93.2
	Men	77.1	84.3	87.5	89.9	89.4	94.7
	Women	79.2	83.6	88.7	91.2	92.7	93.2
Uterine cervix	Both	78.3	80.3	81.5	80.7	80.2	80.2
	Men	-	-	-	-	-	-
	Women	78.3	80.3	81.5	80.7	80.2	80.2
Lung†	Both	12.5	13.6	16.5	20.2	27.5	30.2
	Men	11.6	12.4	15.3	18.0	23.2	25.2
	Women	15.8	17.5	20.1	26.0	37.2	41.5

^*Liver cancer includes the liver and intrahepatic bile duct.

^†Lung cancer includes the lung and bronchus.