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Changing Patterns in the Clinical Characteristics of Korean Breast Cancer from 1996-2010 Using an Online Nationwide Breast Cancer Database

PURPOSE: Breast cancer is one of the most frequent malignancies in Korean women, and its incidence is increasing at a rapid rate. Since 1996, the Korean Breast Cancer Society has collected nationwide breast cancer data using an online registration program and analyzed the data biennial. The purpose...

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Autores principales: Ko, Beom Seok, Noh, Woo Chul, Kang, Sung Soo, Park, Byeong Woo, Kang, Eun Young, Paik, Nam Sun, Yang, Jung Hyun, Ahn, Sei Hyun
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Publicado: Korean Breast Cancer Society 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3542846/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23346167
http://dx.doi.org/10.4048/jbc.2012.15.4.393
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author Ko, Beom Seok
Noh, Woo Chul
Kang, Sung Soo
Park, Byeong Woo
Kang, Eun Young
Paik, Nam Sun
Yang, Jung Hyun
Ahn, Sei Hyun
author_facet Ko, Beom Seok
Noh, Woo Chul
Kang, Sung Soo
Park, Byeong Woo
Kang, Eun Young
Paik, Nam Sun
Yang, Jung Hyun
Ahn, Sei Hyun
author_sort Ko, Beom Seok
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description PURPOSE: Breast cancer is one of the most frequent malignancies in Korean women, and its incidence is increasing at a rapid rate. Since 1996, the Korean Breast Cancer Society has collected nationwide breast cancer data using an online registration program and analyzed the data biennial. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the characteristics of Korean breast cancer and to analyze changes in these characteristics over the period of time. METHODS: Data were collected from 41 medical schools (74 hospitals), 24 general hospitals, and 6 private clinics. Data on the total number, gender, and age of newly-diagnosed breast cancer patients were collected through a questionnaire. Additional data were collected and analyzed from the online database. RESULTS: In 2010, 16,398 patients in Korea were newly diagnosed with breast cancer. The crude incidence rate of female breast cancer was 67.2 cases per 100,000, and the median age at diagnosis was 49 years. The incidence of breast cancer was highest in patients aged between 40 and 49 years. Since 1996, there has been a significant increase in the proportion of early-stage cancers (detected in stage 1 or 2), the percentage of estrogen receptor-positive cancers, and in the proportion of patients receiving breast-conserving surgery. CONCLUSION: The incidence and clinical characteristics of Korean breast cancer are slowly changing to the patterns of Western countries. To understand changing patterns in the characteristics of Korean breast cancer, the nationwide data should be continuously analyzed.
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spelling pubmed-35428462013-01-23 Changing Patterns in the Clinical Characteristics of Korean Breast Cancer from 1996-2010 Using an Online Nationwide Breast Cancer Database Ko, Beom Seok Noh, Woo Chul Kang, Sung Soo Park, Byeong Woo Kang, Eun Young Paik, Nam Sun Yang, Jung Hyun Ahn, Sei Hyun J Breast Cancer Original Article PURPOSE: Breast cancer is one of the most frequent malignancies in Korean women, and its incidence is increasing at a rapid rate. Since 1996, the Korean Breast Cancer Society has collected nationwide breast cancer data using an online registration program and analyzed the data biennial. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the characteristics of Korean breast cancer and to analyze changes in these characteristics over the period of time. METHODS: Data were collected from 41 medical schools (74 hospitals), 24 general hospitals, and 6 private clinics. Data on the total number, gender, and age of newly-diagnosed breast cancer patients were collected through a questionnaire. Additional data were collected and analyzed from the online database. RESULTS: In 2010, 16,398 patients in Korea were newly diagnosed with breast cancer. The crude incidence rate of female breast cancer was 67.2 cases per 100,000, and the median age at diagnosis was 49 years. The incidence of breast cancer was highest in patients aged between 40 and 49 years. Since 1996, there has been a significant increase in the proportion of early-stage cancers (detected in stage 1 or 2), the percentage of estrogen receptor-positive cancers, and in the proportion of patients receiving breast-conserving surgery. CONCLUSION: The incidence and clinical characteristics of Korean breast cancer are slowly changing to the patterns of Western countries. To understand changing patterns in the characteristics of Korean breast cancer, the nationwide data should be continuously analyzed. Korean Breast Cancer Society 2012-12 2012-12-31 /pmc/articles/PMC3542846/ /pubmed/23346167 http://dx.doi.org/10.4048/jbc.2012.15.4.393 Text en © 2012 Korean Breast Cancer Society. All rights reserved. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
spellingShingle Original Article
Ko, Beom Seok
Noh, Woo Chul
Kang, Sung Soo
Park, Byeong Woo
Kang, Eun Young
Paik, Nam Sun
Yang, Jung Hyun
Ahn, Sei Hyun
Changing Patterns in the Clinical Characteristics of Korean Breast Cancer from 1996-2010 Using an Online Nationwide Breast Cancer Database
title Changing Patterns in the Clinical Characteristics of Korean Breast Cancer from 1996-2010 Using an Online Nationwide Breast Cancer Database
title_full Changing Patterns in the Clinical Characteristics of Korean Breast Cancer from 1996-2010 Using an Online Nationwide Breast Cancer Database
title_fullStr Changing Patterns in the Clinical Characteristics of Korean Breast Cancer from 1996-2010 Using an Online Nationwide Breast Cancer Database
title_full_unstemmed Changing Patterns in the Clinical Characteristics of Korean Breast Cancer from 1996-2010 Using an Online Nationwide Breast Cancer Database
title_short Changing Patterns in the Clinical Characteristics of Korean Breast Cancer from 1996-2010 Using an Online Nationwide Breast Cancer Database
title_sort changing patterns in the clinical characteristics of korean breast cancer from 1996-2010 using an online nationwide breast cancer database
topic Original Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3542846/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23346167
http://dx.doi.org/10.4048/jbc.2012.15.4.393
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