SEOUL, Feb. 6 (Korea Bizwire) – The Nakdonggang National Institute of Biological Resources Institute, which operates under the Ministry of Environment, in collaboration with a research ream led by professor Kim Jin-woo from Sun Moon University’s Department of Food Science, has discovered that the freshwater microalgae Chlorella sorokiniana could play a role in halting the growth [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 29 (Korea Bizwire) – In a comprehensive analysis of South Korea’s cancer trends during the COVID-19 pandemic, new findings reveal a significant increase in cancer diagnoses in 2021. The Ministry of Health and Welfare and the National Cancer Center announced that approximately 278,000 new cancer cases were recorded in 2021, a 10.8% increase from [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — In the ranking of the “World’s Best Specialized Hospitals” by the U.S. weekly magazine Newsweek, three South Korean hospitals secured positions in the top 10 in the category of cancer treatment. Samsung Medical Center grabbed the No. 5 spot, the highest among all Asian medical centers, followed by Asan Medical [...]
SEOUL, June 20 (Korea Bizwire) — The government and public institutions will make the extensive cancer patient database available to academic and industrial researchers. The Ministry of Health and Welfare on Tuesday introduced the K-CURE online library, a comprehensive big data framework that encompasses 1.98 million cancer patients registered between 2012 and 2019. This dataset [...]
SEOUL, March 22 (Korea Bizwire) — The share of South Koreans who know that alcoholic beverages are a cancer-causing substance remains low at about 30 percent, a survey showed Tuesday. According to a survey of 7,000 Korean men and women between the ages of 20 and 60 across the country conducted by the National Cancer [...]
CHANGWON, Jan. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — A South Korean research team has developed a new technique for detecting prostate and pancreatic cancer by analyzing urine samples. A joint research team from the Korea Institute of Materials Science, Pohang University of Science and Technology, and Kyung Hee University announced on Wednesday that it had developed a [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — Around 30 percent of all YouTube videos about cancer are based on false information, a study showed Wednesday. A research team from the Chungnam National University Sejong Hospital conducted a study of 702 videos from 227 YouTube channels trying out fenbendazole, an anthelmintic for dogs, as an alternative medicine [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — While the risk of cancer is rising among Koreans in their 20s and 30s, plans for returning to society after treatment are still lacking, a non-profit organization said Sunday. SWIMPYO surveyed 300 people in their 20s and 30s who had been treated for breast cancer, 90 percent of whom [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — Wigs made with generous hair donations are giving hope to children suffering from cancer in South Korea. The country has been seeing approximately 1,600 children diagnosed with cancer each year, most of whom suffer from hair loss during the course of chemotherapy. Antibiotic wigs, which are readily available, are [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — With more Koreans drinking alone at home in the pandemic era, a new study showed that drinking a small amount of alcohol every day raises the risk of cancer in the digestive system by 39 percent. A joint research team from Seoul National University Hospital and Samsung Medical Center [...]