NL FR AND THE home Contact FAQ sitemap left home page cancer registry foundation cancer registry figures about cancer prevention research downloads vacancies PROCARE TUMORBANK The Cancer Registry publishes new figures for 2014: Significant increase in colorectal cancer in Flanders. New 2014 incidence figures from the Belgian Cancer Registry show successful start of the Flemish Colon Cancer Population Screening. In 2014, 67,820 new cancer diagnoses * were made in Belgium, of which 35,948 in men and 31,872 in women. The three most frequent tumors in men are still prostate, lung and colon cancer. In women these are breast, colon and lung cancer. These cancers together make up 54% of all cancer diagnoses in men and women. A striking feature of these new figures is the sudden 21% increase in colon cancer in Flanders compared to 2013 (5,463 diagnoses in 2013 and 6,605 diagnoses in 2014). For the first time, colon cancer has a higher incidence than lung cancer and becomes the second most frequent tumor in men after prostate cancer. Colon cancer remains the second most frequent tumor in women. The good news is that this sharp rise is almost exclusively due to the increase in early-stage colon cancer in 55-74 year-olds. The increase in this age group is mainly attributable to the Flemish population screening for colorectal cancer that started at the end of 2013. A test that detects blood in their stools allows 56-74 year-olds to be screened for colon cancer. The figures from the Belgian Cancer Registry show that the Flemish population screening for colorectal cancer has not missed its start. On behalf of the Flemish Minister of Welfare, Public Health and Family, Jo Vandeurzen, the Cancer Register fulfills an important role in the organization and evaluation of this population screening in collaboration with the Center for Cancer Investigation. Minister Jo Vandeurzen: "These figures show that our colon cancer population screening is doing what it should do: detect more cancers at an early stage, so that they can be treated faster and with a better chance of cure. I am curious about the further evaluation of the cancer screening programs. at the presentation of the annual report of the Center for Cancer Investigation and the Cancer Registry Foundation on October 26. You will find more information and tables on all tumor types on our page " cancer figures ". * Excluding non melanoma skin cancer Colon cancer: Age-specific incidence in men and women in Flanders. click to enlarge Overview of the ten most common cancers by gender in Belgium in 2014. Click to enlarge. login Search Newsletter subscribe to the newsletter