SEOUL, Jan. 2 (Korea Bizwire) – For the third consecutive year, thyroid cancer has been ranked as the most frequently diagnosed cancer in South Korea, sparking renewed debate over the issue of overtreatment. The concern arises particularly in light of the fact that the five-year relative survival rate for patients diagnosed with thyroid cancer is reported [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 22 (Korea Bizwire) – Gastric cancer is among the most common types of cancer in South Korea along with thyroid cancer, a new government report has found. According to data released by the Ministry of Health and National Cancer Center on Thursday, the total number of cancer patients in South Korea stood at [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 15 (Korea Bizwire) – The number of Koreans treated for thyroid cancer soared in the 2000s, increasing by an annual average rate of 23.7 percent from 1999 to 2011. In 2011, 44,234 patients underwent thyroid cancer surgery, that is about 81 people in every 100,000 – a rate that is more than ten [...]
SEOUL, April 24 (Korea Bizwire) – The most common form of cancer in Korea is thyroid cancer, not lung or stomach, increasing 15 fold in just 20 years. Up until last year, most patients received treatment to surgically removing tumors together with their thyroid glands, in a process known as a thyroidectomy. However, the number of [...]
SEOUL, July 29 (Korea Bizwire) –The Health Insurance Review & Assessment Service will roll up its sleeves to put brakes on hospitals abusing ultrasonography test. The figures for last year’s expenditure by patients on ultrasonography test certainly look suspicious enough to raise some eyebrows. The health insurance service estimated the total expenditure made by patients for [...]