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Rebuilding a health care delivery system is one of the most important tasks the Korean health system is facing. Health institutions need to each establish their own appropriate roles in...
The incidence of gastric cancer is high, and gastric cancer has one of the highest survival rates of any type of cancer in Korea. With increased long-term survival in a...
Breast cancer is the second most common cancer of Korean women population. Due to the marked development of early detection as well as treatment techniques, the number of long-term survivors...
Allergic rhinitis is an IgE-mediated disease, leading to inflammation of the nasal mucosa. Typical symptoms of allergic rhinitis are nasal congestion, rhinorrhea, sneezing, and/or nasal itching. Allergic rhinitis is a...
Lung cancer survivors need to undergo continuous care by primary care physicians after acute treatment. The health problems of lung cancer survivors are associated with their treatment: for example, severe...
Functional dyspepsia is defined as the presence of the symptoms that originate from the gastroduodenal area, without evidence of any organic, systemic, or metabolic disease that could explain these symptoms....
Preterm birth (PTB) is defined as birth before 37 completed weeks of gestation, which occurs in approximately 10% of all pregnancies. Prior PTB history and short cervical length (CL) are...
Recently, thyroid cancer survivors are rapidly increasing in Korea, up to 21% of 1,234,879 total cancer survivors in 2012. The survival rate after thyroid cancer treatment is high, but many...
Colorectal cancer (CRC) is the third most common cancer in Korea. Its average growth rate has been 3.7% annually from 1999 to 2013. The 5-year relative survival rate is 75.6%....