Current Status of Breast Cancer in Korea / 이화의대지
The Ewha Medical Journal
; : 69-74, 2014.
Article
em Ko
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| ID: wpr-50914
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WPRO
ABSTRACT
Malignant neoplasm is the most common cause of death in Korea since 1988. In terms of incidence, still gastric cancer is the most common cancer in male, but breast cancer became the second most common female cancer followed by thyroid cancer. The reasons why incidence of breast cancer is increasing, (1) Westernized food patterns; high fat and high calorie diet, (2) late marriage with lower birth rate, (3) shorter period of breast feeding, (4) longer exposure to estrogen; early menarche with late menopause, hormone replacement therapy, (5) low physical activity with high body mass index, (6) environmental stress, and etc. Still incidence of breast cancer in Korea is relatively low comparing to those of American and European populations, but it is very rapidly increasing with annual increase rate of about 6%. So Korean breast cancer specialists should try to study breast cancer in terms of basic and also clinical aspect and also educate laymen for etiology, symptoms and signs, early detection method including breast self-examination and prevention.
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Assunto principal:
Especialização
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Neoplasias Gástricas
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Aleitamento Materno
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Neoplasias da Mama
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Menarca
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Menopausa
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Neoplasias da Glândula Tireoide
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Casamento
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Índice de Massa Corporal
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Coeficiente de Natalidade
Tipo de estudo:
Incidence_studies
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Prognostic_studies
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Screening_studies
Limite:
Female
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Humans
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Male
País/Região como assunto:
Asia
Idioma:
Ko
Revista:
The Ewha Medical Journal
Ano de publicação:
2014
Tipo de documento:
Article