Epidemiology of cancer in Khon Kaen.

The prospective and retrospective data collection of cancer cases in all the hospitals and death certificates in Khon Kaen province were reported as a population-based cancer registry of Khon Kaen province. Liver cancer especially cholangiocarcinoma and cervical cancer lead the group. The age-standardized incidence rate of cancer of Khon Kaen was about 72.4 to 173.3 per 100,000 population per year and it is higher in males than in females.