According to statistics from the ROC Department of Health, in 1992 malignant tumors (also known as cancer) were the nation's number one cause of death. On average approximately one in five persons will get cancer.
根據我國行政院衛生署的統計，民國八十二年台灣地區十大死亡原因，惡性腫瘤（又稱癌症）仍高居首位，平均每五個人就有一人死於癌症。