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. 2019 Jan;30(1):e38.
doi: 10.3802/jgo.2019.30.e38.

Incidence of cervical, endometrial, and ovarian cancer in Korea during 1999-2015

Myong Cheol Lim  1 , Young Joo Won  2 , Mun Jung Ko  3 , Miseon Kim  4 , Seung Hyuk Shim  5 , Dong Hoon Suh  6 , Jae Weon Kim  7
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Incidence of cervical, endometrial, and ovarian cancer in Korea during 1999-2015

Myong Cheol Lim et al. J Gynecol Oncol. 2019 Jan.

Abstract

Objective: To investigate the incidence and trends of cervical (C53), endometrial (C54.1), and ovarian cancer (C56) among Korean females between 1999 and 2015.

Methods: The incidence of the three major gynecological cancers between 1999 and 2015 was analyzed based on the data from the Korea Central Cancer Registry. The age-standardized rates (ASRs) and the annual percent changes (APCs) for each site were calculated.

Results: The absolute incidence rates of the three major gynecological cancers increased from 6,394 in 1999 to 8,288 in 2015. ASR for gynecologic cancer decreased from 23.7 per 100,000 in 1999 to 21.1 in 2015. This was mainly due to a definitive decrease in the incidence of cervical cancer, which recorded an APC of -3.7%. The trends of APC for gynecologic cancer were variable, being -1.36% between 1999 and 2006 and -0.11% between 2006 and 2015. A definitive but variable increase was noted for endometrial cancer, and the APC for this cancer was 7.4% between 1999 and 2009 and 3.5% between 2009 and 2015. The incidence of ovarian cancer gradually increased, with an APC of 1.8% between 1999 and 2015.

Conclusion: Overall, ASRs and APCs for the three major gynecological cancers are decreasing, with a recent reduction in the width of the change. However, there has been a progressive increase in the incidence of endometrial and ovarian cancers.

Keywords: Cancer; Cervix Uteri; Endometrium; Koreans; Ovary.

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Conflict of interest statement

No potential conflict of interest relevant to this article was reported.

Figures

Fig. 1
Fig. 1. Age-standardized incidence curve for cervical, endometrial, and ovarian cancer for female patients between 1999 and 2015 in the Korea Central Cancer Registry.
Fig. 2
Fig. 2. APC in the incidences of overall gynecologic cancers, cervical, endometrial, and ovarian cancers by age group during 1999–2015.
APC, annual percent change. *p<0.05.
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