4 in 10 cancer patients survive over 5 years in Korea.

The recent MOHW statistics revealed that 4 in 10 patients who were diagnosed as cancer in 1995 found alive over 5 years, which traced 59,602 patients until 2001. The data was compiled from the National Statistical Office and the Ministry of Government Administration and Home Affairs that confirmed 55,042 death through the computer networks of the residential registry, showing 41.4% (male 32.6% ...