In 2020, around 78 percent of female patients with cancer in South Korea survived longer than five years, while 65.5 percent of male patients with cancer could survive longer than five years. On average, the five-year survival rate for cancer among South Koreans that year was 71.5 percent.
Five-year survival rates for cancer in South Korea in 2020, by gender
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