2+ hour, 26+ min ago  (301+ words) LG Chem said Friday it has signed an exclusive agreement with Japan's Mochida Pharmaceutical to market Dinagest, an endometriosis treatment, in Korea and Thailand. Dinagest is an oral progestin containing dienogest and is used to treat hormone-dependent conditions such as…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago  (362+ words) Cancer surgeries at Korea's top hospitals dropped sharply during last year's trainee doctors' strike, exposing how heavily the system depends on trainee doctors to sustain critical care. The disruption, triggered by the government-doctor conflict, led to double-digit declines in major…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago  (382+ words) Regular brain MRI screening detected asymptomatic brain metastases in nearly one in five patients with advanced HER2-positive or triple-negative breast cancer, highlighting the potential need to rethink current guidelines. A study by researchers at Yonsei Cancer Center suggests that routine…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago  (522+ words) When cancers such as lung, stomach, or breast cancer spread to the liver, the condition is called "liver metastasis" or metastatic liver cancer. At this stage'usually classified as stage 4'curative treatments such as surgery or radiation therapy are generally not…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago  (212+ words) Breast reconstruction using a patient's own tissue is among the most technically demanding procedures in post'breast cancer care, requiring extreme precision in reconnecting microscopic blood vessels. The Ministry of Food and Drug Safety (MFDS) said Friday that it has approved…...

2+ mon, 21+ hour ago  (207+ words) Breast cancer patients are raising their voices to demand strengthened treatment rights for those with high-risk early-stage breast cancer. Currently, HER2-positive early-stage breast cancer patients are recommended to undergo targeted therapy for about one year before and after surgery with…...

2+ mon, 2+ week ago  (260+ words) Daiichi Sankyo Korea held an academic event to share the latest paradigms and clinical strategies in cancer treatment, focusing on antibody-drug conjugates (ADCs) and highlighting the potential to expand treatment across various cancer types, including breast, lung, and gastric cancer....

2+ mon, 2+ week ago  (788+ words) Korea reimburses'precision cancer drugs but requires'many patients to pay most of the cost of the genomic test that determines whether they can use them. That gap drove a National Assembly forum in Seoul on Wednesday, where clinicians and patient advocates…...

2+ mon, 3+ week ago  (1126+ words) It's meaningful progress, but only half-baked." Dr Choi Soo Jin Na of Chonnam National University Hospital, president of the Korean Association for Women Surgeons (KAWS), offered this assessment of the revised Trainee Doctors Act, which strengthened protections for pregnant women…...