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Figure 3-5 Cancer Screening Can Effectively Lower The Cancer Death Rate
Data from a study commissioned by the Health Promotion Administration, the MOHW, shows:
Once every two years
Breast X Mammogram
41%↓ Breast cancer
mortality rate
Pap smear
70%↓ Cervical cancer
mortality rate
Immune qualitative method fecal occult blood test (FOBT)
35%↓ Colon cancer
mortality rate
Oral mucosa examination
26%↓ Oral cancer death rate
for men with betel quid and smoking habit
Once every three years
Table 3-1
Screening Volume and Rate, Precancerous Lesions, Follow-up Rate for Positive Screenings, Cancer Cases, and Follow-up Rates for Positive Screenings for the Four Major Types of Cancer, 2021
Cancer Type
Screening Volume (Thousands)
Screening Rate (%)
Precancerous Lesions
Cancer Cases
Follow-up Rate for Positive Screenings (%)
Cervical Cancer
1,790
51.5
11,977 (including carcinoma in situ)
1,149
89.6
Breast Cancer
669
32.9
-
3,806
90.2
Colorectal Cancer
1,022
32.5
31,611
2,191
70.6
Oral Cancer
372
2,890
1,004
77.2
Total
3,851
39,338
7,562
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Notes
: Basis for Screening Rates
1. Cervical cancer: the rate of women aged 30-69 who have received a screening for cervical cancer within the past three years.
2. Breast cancer: the rate of women aged 45-69 who have received a screening for breast cancer within the past two years.
3. Colorectal cancer: the rate of people aged 50-69 who have received a screening for colorectal cancer within the past two
years.
4. Oral cancer screening rate: since the screening for oral cancer focus primarily on smokers and betel quid chewers (including
those who quit) and the denominator already covers those with the habit of smoking and betel nut chewing, and as such, this
data will no longer be included starting from 2017 onward.
5. Precancerous lesion: is a kind of benign (non-malignant) change in tissue type, however, the change has relatively high risk of
malignant disorder.