More than 2 out of 10 people, cause of death 'cancer' [Anchor Report]

Over the past five years, the number of cancer patients in Korea has increased by nearly 20% to 1.95 million.

Of these, 1.12 million, or 58%, were made up of female patients.Cancer treatment costs for

have increased significantly.

It has increased by nearly 40% in five years, exceeding 10 trillion won per year.

The cost of cancer treatment per person was 5.2 million won.

How are cancer types different by gender?

For men, stomach cancer and colon cancer were at the top of the list, following prostate cancer.

Women had the highest number of patients in the order of thyroid cancer, breast cancer, and uterine cancer.As cancer cases of

continue to rise, more than two out of 10 deaths last year were found to have died of 'cancer'.

Breast cancer in their 40s, liver cancer in their 50s, and lung cancer in their 60s and older were the top mortality rates.