70% of medical institutions diagnosed with cancer decreased year-on-year.

The National Cancer Center analyzed large-scale data on patients diagnosed with cancer in the last year, collected from more than 860 medical institutions nationwide, and found that 70% of medical institutions had cancer. It turned out that the number of diagnoses was lower than in the previous year.

The center is calling for active medical examinations, considering that the background is the decrease in medical examination opportunities due to the effects of the new coronavirus.

The National Cancer Center has analyzed data from a total of 1,043,379 patients diagnosed with cancer over the last year at 863 major medical institutions nationwide.

As a result, the number of cancer diagnoses decreased at 594 facilities, which is about 69% of the total, and the average decrease was 4.6%.

In addition, when the number of diagnoses by type of cancer was compared with the average for the four years up to the adult

, it decreased by

about 14% for gastric

cancer and about 4% for colorectal cancer.

For this among gastric cancer, and examine the cancer is found opportunity, both as compared to the average of the four years up to the year before last,

▽ case found in cancer screening, such as screening of local governments decrease of Pasento 24.3,

▽ other than medical examination The number of cases found by undergoing medical examinations decreased by 11.0%, and in

all cases

, the number

was the lowest around May last year.

The center believes that the background is that the medical examination center was temporarily closed or refrained from receiving medical examinations due to the influence of the new corona around last spring.

Fumihiko Wakao, Business Manager, Cancer Control Research Institute, National Cancer Center, said, "Various investigations have been conducted on the decrease in the number of cancer diagnoses, but based on large-scale data, we can grasp the overall picture. It's important to be able to do it. I want you to be proactive in getting a medical examination and see a hospital if you have any symptoms that you are interested in. "