Postoperative treatment strategy and follow up management for breast cancer patients in Korea

Abstract

Postoperative treatment strategy and follow up management for breast cancer patients in Korea 21■ 본 논문은 2008년 임상종양학회 연구비 공모 과제로 선정되어 진행된 연구 결과입니다.after primary surgery and then annually exam. Mammogram, sonogram, bone scan were tend to consider essentially and PET CT, MRI were considered alternatively. CA15-3, CEA and some of blood chemistry were also essential orders in most responders.Conclusions : It seems that clinicians treating breast cancer in Korea showed some different trend with international guidelines. Therefore, a multicenter randomized trial is needed to confirm the different modality for follow up and our results could give an aid to design such study..

Cancer Survivorship in Primary Care

“…5 (Table 1). [26][27][28][29][30][31][32] The interval between colonoscopies is still unclear, but experts recommend that it should be conducted within 1 year after colon cancer surgery and every 3-5 years thereafter. 33,34) The goal of colorectal cancer treatment is radical resection.…”

“…37) Secondary cancer incidence in colon cancer survivors varies from study to study, but it is known to increase the risk of thyroid, ovarian, uterine, kidney/urinary tract/bladder, and gastric cancer ( Table 1). [26][27][28][29][30][31][32]…”

“…Lung cancer was the fourth most common cancer in Korea in 2016, the second most common after gastric cancer in men, and the fifth (Table 1). [26][27][28][29][30][31][32]…”

“…45) Secondary cancers that commonly develop among breast cancer survivors are thyroid, ovarian, uterine, esophageal, stomach, and colorectal cancers (Table 1). [26][27][28][29][30][31][32]…”

“…Thyroid cancer is the third most common cancer in Korea, and the 46,47) Secondary cancers that developed in high-risk thyroid cancer survivors were breast cancer in women and prostate cancer in men (Table 1). [26][27][28][29][30][31][32]…”