SEOUL, Oct. 23 (Korea Bizwire) – The cancer mortality rate for individuals in the first income bracket, representing the lowest 20 percent in terms of income, has been revealed to be 1.5 times higher than that of those in the fifth income bracket, which comprises the top 20 percent in terms of income. Considering the long-term [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — Female cancer patients that undergo cancer treatment in the afternoon are less likely to succumb to their illness in the following five years than those who undergo cancer treatment in the morning, a study indicated Thursday. The Institute for Basic Science and a Seoul National University Hospital research team [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean biopharmaceutical firm Celltrion Inc. said Wednesday it has signed a deal to jointly develop a bispecific breast cancer treatment candidate of Abpro Corp. of the United States. Under the deal, Celltrion and Abpro will work together for the development and market release of breast cancer treatment candidate [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean researchers have developed a synthetic nanomaterial that can kill cancer cells. A joint research team comprising professors from Yonsei University College of Medicine and Ewha Womans University said on Monday that it has discovered a new ‘cancer cell-killing’ synthetic nanomaterial combining zinc phthalocyanine inducers (ZnPcS8) and anticancer [...]
SEOUL, March 17 (Korea Bizwire) – Konyang University Hospital announced its launch of IBM Watson for Oncology yesterday, a supercomputer diagnostic system that is poised to revolutionize the treatment of cancer patients. The launch ceremony with SK C&C, the South Korean distributor of the system, took place at the hospital yesterday in the presence of the [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 5 (Korea Bizwire) – Six out of 10 cancer patients with experience of drinking still consume alcohol during treatment, a study showed Thursday. According to the study conducted by Koh Hyun-young of Samsung Medical Center, 546 out of 906 people, or 60.3 percent, said that they have drank alcohol after being diagnosed with [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 1 (Korea Bizwire) – A group of South Korean scientists has developed a nano-robot capable of effectively seeking out and destroying cancer cells, the science ministry said Tuesday. The team led by Park Jae-hyung of Sungkyunkwan University developed the nanobot that uses photodynamic therapy to effectively kill cancer cells while inflicting minimal damage [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 26 (Korea Bizwire) – Besides the better known medical treatments for cancer, such as chemotherapy or immunotherapy, alternative or supplementary remedies like exercise (i.e. yoga), dietary remedies, health supplements, and even oriental medicine are sometimes recommended to cancer patients. And while patients have tended to have higher hopes with alternative treatments, doctors have [...]
SEOUL, July 25 (Korea Bizwire) – According to the National Health Insurance Service’s (NHIS) medical expenses report, the number of patients who were diagnosed with breast cancer in South Korea surged 36 percent from 104,293 in 2011 to 141,379 in 2015. “Early screening apparently improves the diagnosis rate of breast cancer. Even after the recurrence of [...]
SEOUL, July 20 (Korea Bizwire) – According to a study conducted by a team of scientists from the National Cancer Center’s Department of Cancer Control Policy, press releases in South Korea often include exaggerated or inaccurate information regarding cancer, based on an ‘Extended Parallel Process Model’ that focuses on human psychology in communications studies. A research [...]