Republic of Moldova

Source: Globocan 2018

Number of new cases in 2018, both sexes, all ages Geography

Colorectum
2 171 (14.2%)

Lung
1 707 (11.2%)

Other cancers Breast

8 075 (52.8%) 1 646 (10.8%)

Liver
852 (5.6%)

Prostate
833 (5.5%)

Total: 15 284

Number of new cases in 2018, males, all ages Numbers at a glance

Lung Total population

1 323 (16.6%)

4 041 068
Other cancers
3 560 (44.6%) Colorectum Number of new cases
1 241 (15.6%)

Prostate
833 (10.4%) 15 284
Number of deaths
Stomach Liver

8 508
483 (6.1%) 539 (6.8%)

Total: 7 979

Number of new cases in 2018, females, all ages

Number of prevalent cases (5-year)

Breast
1 646 (22.5%) 32 220
Other cancers Data source and methods
3 227 (44.2%)
Colorectum
930 (12.7%) Incidence
Cervix uteri Country-specific data source: No data
639 (8.7%) Method: Estimated from national mortality estimates by
modelling, using mortality:incidence ratios derived from
cancer registry data in neighbouring countries
Lung Corpus uteri
384 (5.3%) 479 (6.6%)
Mortality
Total: 7 305
Country-specific data source: National (WHO)
Method: National rates projected to 2018
Summary statistic 2018
Prevalence
Males Females Both sexes Computed using sex-; site- and age-specific incidence to
Population 1 937 429 2 103 639 4 041 068 1-;3- and 5-year prevalence ratios from Nordic countries for
the period (2000-2009), and scaled using Human
Number of new cancer cases 7 979 7 305 15 284
Development Index (HDI) ratios.
Age-standardized incidence rate (World) 310.5 216.6 254.3
Risk of developing cancer before the age of 75 years (%) 46.2 32.6 38.1
Number of cancer deaths 4 973 3 535 8 508
Age-standardized mortality rate (World) 191.8 97.7 137.1
Risk of dying from cancer before the age of 75 years (%) 34.3 19.7 25.7
5-year prevalent cases 14 589 17 631 32 220
Top 5 most frequent cancers excluding non-melanoma skin cancer Lung Breast Colorectum
(ranked by cases) Colorectum Colorectum Lung
Prostate Cervix uteri Breast
Liver Corpus uteri Liver
Stomach Lung Prostate

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Source: Globocan 2018

Incidence, Mortality and Prevalence by cancer site

New cases Deaths 5-year prevalence (all ages)

Cancer Number Rank (%) Cum.risk Number Rank (%) Cum.risk Number Prop.
Lung 1 707 1 12.02 5.17 1 326 1 16.48 4.13 1 608 39.79
Breast 1 646 2 11.59 8.12 723 2 8.99 4.35 4 780 227.23
Colon 1 120 3 7.88 3.81 606 5 7.53 2.38 2 439 60.36
Rectum 1 050 4 7.39 3.43 595 6 7.39 2.27 2 535 62.73
Liver 852 5 6.00 2.92 700 3 8.70 2.49 641 15.86
Prostate 833 6 5.86 8.69 356 8 4.42 4.57 1 692 87.33
Stomach 814 7 5.73 2.69 622 4 7.73 2.15 1 050 25.98
Pancreas 656 8 4.62 2.22 533 7 6.62 1.82 438 10.84
Cervix uteri 639 9 4.50 2.63 259 10 3.22 1.29 1 688 80.24
Corpus uteri 479 10 3.37 2.14 115 19 1.43 0.66 1 420 67.50
Bladder 433 11 3.05 1.66 176 14 2.19 0.82 1 111 27.49
Larynx 426 12 3.00 1.01 227 11 2.82 0.60 1 041 25.76
Kidney 419 13 2.95 1.23 184 13 2.29 0.63 950 23.51
Thyroid 412 14 2.90 0.88 33 27 0.41 0.12 1 366 33.80
Brain, nervous system 374 15 2.63 0.88 281 9 3.49 0.69 926 22.91
Ovary 343 16 2.41 1.49 174 15 2.16 0.87 863 41.02
Leukaemia 333 17 2.34 0.94 192 12 2.39 0.60 834 20.64
Lip, oral cavity 284 18 2.00 1.02 158 16 1.96 0.51 697 17.25
Non-Hodgkin lymphoma 284 19 2.00 0.73 147 17 1.83 0.43 730 18.06
Melanoma of skin 260 20 1.83 1.01 93 21 1.16 0.40 701 17.35
Oropharynx 193 21 1.36 0.45 129 18 1.60 0.31 529 13.09
Oesophagus 128 22 0.90 0.38 104 20 1.29 0.31 121 2.99
Hypopharynx 99 23 0.70 0.22 77 22 0.96 0.17 142 3.51
Hodgkin lymphoma 94 24 0.66 0.19 34 26 0.42 0.08 317 7.84
Multiple myeloma 81 25 0.57 0.23 55 23 0.68 0.17 180 4.45
Gallbladder 64 26 0.45 0.26 52 24 0.65 0.21 70 1.73
Nasopharynx 59 27 0.42 0.12 38 25 0.47 0.08 155 3.84
Testis 41 28 0.29 0.13 9 30 0.11 0.03 145 7.48
Vulva 40 29 0.28 0.37 24 28 0.30 0.24 97 4.61
Penis 23 30 0.16 0.20 10 29 0.12 0.09 61 3.15
Salivary glands 11 31 0.08 0.06 8 31 0.10 0.04 24 0.59
Vagina 3 32 0.02 0.02 3 32 0.04 0.02 6 0.29
Kaposi sarcoma 3 33 0.02 0.01 1 35 0.01 0.00 8 0.20
Mesothelioma 1 34 0.01 0.00 1 33 0.01 0.00 1 0.02
Anus 1 35 0.01 0.01 1 34 0.01 0.01 2 0.05
All cancer sites 15 284 - - 38.13 8 508 - - 25.65 32 220 797.31

Age-standardized (World) incidence rates per sex, top 10 cancers

Males Females

Lung 50.5 10.3

Breast 48.2

Colorectum 19.6 14.6

Prostate 32.1

Liver 20.9 8.4

Stomach 18.5 9.2

Pancreas 15.3 6.7
Cervix uteri 21.4
Larynx 15.9 0.40
Bladder 13.1 2.2

60 40 20 0 20 40 60
ASR (World) per 100 000

Age-standardized (World) incidence and mortality rates, top 10 cancers

Incidence Mortality

Breast 48.2 19.7

Colorectum 34.2 18.7

Prostate 32.1 13.7

Lung 27.5 21.2

Cervix uteri 21.4 7.9

Corpus uteri 14.0 3.1

Liver 13.8 11.2
Stomach 13.0 10.0
Ovary 11.1 5.2
Pancreas 10.5 8.5

60 50 40 30 20 10 0 10 20 30 40 50 60
ASR (World) per 100 000

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