J Breast Cancer.
2021 Apr;24(2):123-137. 10.4048/jbc.2021.24.e22.
Breast Cancer Statistics in Korea, 2018
- Kang SY
1 - Lee SB2
- Kim YS3
- Kim Z4
- Kim HY5
- Kim HJ3
- Park S6
- Bae SY7
- Yoon K8
- Lee SK9
- Jung KW10
- Han J10
- Youn HJ1
- Korean Breast Cancer Society
- Affiliations
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- 1Department of Surgery, Research Institute of Clinical Medicine, Jeonbuk National University Hospital, Jeonbuk National University and Biomedical Research Institute, Jeonju, Korea
- 2Department of Surgery, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
- 3Department of Surgery, Chosun University Hospital, Gwangju, Korea
- 4Department of Surgery, Bucheon Hospital, School of Medicine, Soonchunhyang University, Bucheon, Korea
- 5Department of Surgery, Pusan National University Yangsan Hospital, Yangsan, Korea
- 6Department of Surgery, Chungbuk National University Hospital, College of Medicine, Chungbuk National University, Cheongju, Korea
- 7Division of Breast and Endocrine Surgery, Department of Surgery, Korea University Hospital, Korea University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
- 8Department of Surgery, Gangneung Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Gangneung, Korea
- 9Departments of Surgery, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
- 10The Korea Central Cancer Registry, National Cancer Center, Goyang, Korea
- KMID: 2515162
- DOI: http://doi.org/10.4048/jbc.2021.24.e22
Abstract
- Breast cancer is the most common malignancy in Korean women, and its incidence continues to increase. The Korean Breast Cancer Society (KBCS) established a nationwide breast cancer database through its online enrollment program in 1996. This study aimed to analyze the clinical characteristics of breast cancer in Korea, and to assess the pattern of changes in breast cancer management in 2018. We analyzed the KBCS and Korea Central Cancer Registry (KCCR) databases in 2018. In 2018, 28,157 patients were newly diagnosed with breast cancer, of whom 4,510 had noninvasive breast cancer and 23,647 had invasive breast cancer. The age-standardized rate of breast cancer in 2018 was 79.0 per 100,000 women (65.6 invasive, 13.4 noninvasive). The median age of female patients diagnosed with breast cancer in 2018 was 52 years, and the incidence of breast cancer was the highest in the 40–49-years age group (9,432 patients, 33.6%). The proportion of patients with stage 0 and stage I breast cancer continued to increase, accounting for 63.8% of cases, and breast-conserving surgery was performed more often than mastectomy (66.2% vs. 33.0%). The most common subtypes of breast cancer were hormone receptor [HR]-positive and human epidermal growth factor receptor-2 (HER2)-negative types (65.9% of cases), while the HR-negative and HER2-positive types accounted for 9.2% of cases. According to the KCCR data, from 2014 to 2018, the 5-year relative survival rate of patients with breast cancer was 93.3%, which was 14.0% higher than that from 1993 to 1995 (79.3%). The clinical characteristics of breast cancer in Korea have been changing, and national databases can improve our understanding of the disease characteristics of Korean women. Therefore, updating the KBCS registry is important for the effective management of breast cancer in Korea.
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