China News Agency, Taipei, December 29. The latest report released by the Taiwan Health and Welfare Department on the 29th shows that in 2018, one person in Taiwan had cancer in 4 minutes and 31 seconds on average, 11 seconds faster than 2017.

The number of new cancers in 2018 was 116,131, an increase of 4447 from the previous year, a record high.

　　According to reports from Taiwanese media such as the Central News Agency and the United Daily News, based on the age-standardized incidence of cancer, 309.8 people per 100,000 people in Taiwan suffered from cancer in 2018, an increase of 4.4 from 2017.

　　In terms of gender, the number of new cancers in men in 2018 was 61,779, and the age-standardized cancer incidence in 2018 was 341.3 per 100,000 population, an increase of 5.6 from the previous year.

The number of women with new cancers was 54,352, 284.7 per 100,000 population, an increase of 3.7 from the previous year.

　　The top ten types of cancers in the number of new cancers in Taiwan in 2018 are colorectal cancer, lung cancer, female breast cancer (i.e. breast cancer), liver cancer, oral cancer, prostate cancer (i.e. prostate cancer), thyroid cancer, and skin cancer. , Stomach cancer, esophageal cancer.

Among them, colorectal cancer has been the largest number of new cancers in Taiwan for 13 consecutive years, and prostate cancer (prostate cancer) and lung cancer have increased the most.

　　Chen Yumin, chairman of the Taiwan Lung Cancer Society, said that if there are immediate family members such as parents and children who have lung cancer, the rate of lung cancer will increase; in addition, people who have been in air-polluted areas or who have suffered from tuberculosis, emphysema and other diseases for a long time Attention should also be paid to the health of the lungs.

　　The median age of cancer in Taiwan in 2018 was 63 years, the same as 2017.

　　In addition, Taiwan’s cancer mortality rate has declined for eight consecutive years.

Officials from the health and welfare department said, “Nowadays, cancer does not mean death. More attention should be paid to medical care after diagnosis and returning to a normal life in society”.

However, the official also reminded that the number of people suffering from cancer in Taiwan is expected to continue to rise in the future due to factors such as accelerated population aging and unhealthy living conditions.

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