Radiation Oncology/Epidemiology/Taiwan Cancer Registry

Cancer Epidemiology

• Taiwan Cancer Registry Website

• Chiang et al. (2016) Incidence and survival of adult cancer patients in Taiwan, 2002–2012. J Formos Med Assoc. 2016 Dec;115(12):1076-1088. (PMID 26786251)

• A total of 105,832 people diagnosed with various types of cancer in 2016 in Taiwan

• Estimated a new cancer case every four minutes and 58 seconds

• Median age for cancer diagnosis about 63 years of age

• Cancer Incidence (2016) in Taiwan:

(1) Colon cancer

(2) Lung cancer

(3) Female breast cancer

(4) Liver cancer

(5) Oral cavity cancer (including oropharyngeal cancer, hypopharyngeal cancer, etc.)

(6) Prostate cancer

(7) Thyroid cancer

(8) Stomach cancer

(9) Skin cancer

(10) Esophageal cancer

• Male Cancer Incidence (2016) in Taiwan:

(1) Colon cancer

(2) Liver cancer

(3) Lung cancer

(4) Oral cavity cancer (including oropharyngeal cancer, hypopharyngeal cancer, etc.)

(5) Prostate cancer

(6) Esophageal cancer

(7) Gastric cancer

(8) Skin cancer

(9) Bladder cancer

(10) Leukemia

• Female Cancer Incidence (2016) in Taiwan:

(1) Breast cancer

(2) Colon cancer

(3) Lung cancer

(4) Thyroid cancer

(5) Liver cancer

(6) Endometrial cancer

(7) Ovarian cancer

(8) Cervical cancer

(9) Skin cancer

(10) Gastric cancer

• Childhood Cancer Incidence (PMID 25599927) in Taiwan:

(1) Leukemia

(2) Brain tumor

(3) Lymphoma

(4) Neuroblastoma

(5) Germ cell tumor

(6) Osteosarcoma

(7) Soft tissue sarcoma

(8) Wilms' tumor

(9) Hepatic tumor

(10) Retinoblatoma

• The 10 leading causes of cancer death in 2016 in Taiwan

Radiation Oncology

• /Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology
  • Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology (Ther Radiol Oncol; TRO; 2616-2768), launched in September 2017 and originated in 1994 and known in the field as the Blue Journal, publishes papers describing original research, case reports and clinical investigations related to radiation oncology
  • This includes clinical radiotherapy, radiobiology, chemotherapy, immunotherapy, hyperthermia, tumor biology, experimental therapeutics and clinical oncology. It also covers fields of medical physics, radiology, nursing care, education, technology, health information and health policy as it relates to radiology and oncology
• /Taiwan Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology
• /Taiwan Society of Neutron Capture Therapy
• /Chinese Society of Medical Physics