The Basic Facts of Korean Breast Cancer in 2013: Results of a Nationwide Survey and Breast Cancer Registry Database

Abstract

Data were collected on women in Korea who were newly diagnosed patients with primary breast cancer between January 1, 2013 and December 31, 2013. A nationwide questionnaire survey was used for the total number of patients newly diagnosed with breast cancer (including ductal carcinoma in situ [DCIS] and invasive breast cancer), and the age of these patients. A total of 99 hospitals answered this questionnaire (See the Supple-