〈Reference Data〉

The Social Issues Solved by Olympus

Data source: GLOBOCAN 2020 ©International Agency for Research on Cancer 2021

BreastNumber of Cancer Cases in the World by Cancer Site

Lung

Estimated number of incident cases and deaths worldwide for both sexes and all ages

Olympus developed the world ’s first practical gastrocamera tofulfill the wishes of doctors who had said they wanted some
way to cure stomach cancer. Since then, we have beenworking together with doctors to improve endoscopic
technology and enhance diagnostic and therapeutic methods.
Responding to the needs of endoscopists, our advanced
technologies continue to be at the forefront of the industry,World's First
practicalgastrocamera

70 %Global market shareof gastrointestinalendoscopes* 1and represent just one of the advantages of our products.
Currently, we boast a global market share of about 70% for
our mainstay gastrointestinal endoscopes.

Colon
Breast
Prostate
Lung
StomachColon
Liver
Prostate
Cervix uteri
StomachEsophagus
Liver
Thyroid
Cervix uteri
Bladder
Esophagus
Thyroid*1 As of November 2022

罹患者数

死亡者数
罹患者数

死亡者数

0500,000

1,000,000

1,500,000

2,000,000

2,500,000

Incidence

BladderMortality
0500,000

1,000,000

1,500,000

2,000,000

2,500,000

Number of Cancer Cases in the World by Country
Estimated number of incident cases and deaths worldwide for both sexes and all ages

Endoscopes play an important role in detecting and treating
many types of cancer. For example, according to 2020 data,
new cases of colon cancer affect about 1.9 million people

Chinaannually, and it is reported that about 0.9 million of those cases

U.S.

are fatal, a number that is expected to increase in the years toIndia
China
JapanU.S.
Germany
India
BrazilJapan
RussiaGermany
FranceBrazil
UK
RussiaItaly
Francecome.
Colon cancer has a much higher probability of being cured
if found in the early stages, when the cancer has not yet

1.9 million

51 million

colonoscopies are performed annually for the diagnosis andNew incidents ofcolon cancer* 2

Colonoscopies
performed worldwide* 3

therapeutic treatment of colon cancer, and Olympus products*2 Data source: GLOBOCAN 2020*3	Numbers of the US, Canada, Poland,South Korea, Australia, India, andRussia: As of 2022
Japan: As of 2020	China, Germany, France, Italy, Spain,
the UK: As of 2019spread. However, early-stage colon cancer often has no
subjective symptoms, and thus cancer screening is very
important for early detection and treatment. About 51 million

are used for many of them.

UK

罹患者数

死亡者数
罹患者数

死亡者数

Incidence
Mortality01,000,000

2,000,000

3,000,000

4,000,000

5,000,000

01,000,000

2,000,000

3,000,000

4,000,000

5,000,000

Italy

Number of Cancer Patients
Moreover, endoscopes are used not only for detecting anddiagnosing lesions, but also for their therapeutic treatment. In
addition to endotherapy devices equipped on gastrointestinalendoscopes we provide versatile medical devices for various
hospital departments, such as urology and respiratory, and ourdevices are capable of treating about 100 diseases.
By providing treatment methods for three of the five

100TOP 3

Diseases orconditions treated* 4Cancers treated* 5

Number of Deaths from Cancer(2020/2040 comparison)(2020/2040 comparison)

Estimated number of new cases from 2020 to 2040 for both sexes
and all ages (All cancers, World)

Estimated number of deaths from 2020 to 2040 for both sexesand all ages (All cancers, World)

2020

2040

19.3 million 30.2 million

2020

2040

9.96 million 16.3 million

cancers with the highest number of cases — lung, colon, andstomach* 5— and developing therapeutic devices to help treat
other cancers, Olympus is contributing to the health of people
around the world.
*4 As of March 2023
*5	As of March 2023. Data source: GLOBOCAN2020 Top 3 highest incidence of caners
excluding breast and prostate cancer

500,000

04

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