Recent Updates

Summary of findings for cancer statistics in 2009
(10/2011)

Quick overview of common cancers in 2009 updated.
(10/2011)

New cases of cancer in 2009 released.
(10/2011)

Increasing cancer burden but decreasing risk - Observation in the past quarter century
(11/2009)

The Hong Kong Cancer Registry was established in 1963 as a population-based cancer registry. We compile reports on cancer statistics using demographic, morphologic and histologic data collected from medical institutions in Hong Kong. The main purposes of the Registry are: