Incidence, mortality, and survival of gallbladder, extrahepatic bile duct, and pancreatic cancers in Korea: A population-based study from 1999 to 2022.

Backgrounds/aims: Biliary tract and pancreatic cancers remain leading contributors to cancer-related mortality in Korea, even though their incidence rates are comparatively low. This study evaluates long-term national patterns in these malignancies utilizing population-based data.

Methods: Information from the Korea Central Cancer Registry was used to assess 258,854 patients newly diagnosed with gallbladder (n = 52,712), extrahepatic bile duct (n = 76,787), and pancreatic (n = 129,355) cancers between 1999 and 2022.

Conditional Relative Survival of Gallbladder Cancer: A Population-Based Study in a High-Incidence Asian Country from 1999 to 2021.

Background: Dynamic prognostic information is important for treatment decisions and consultations among patients with gallbladder cancer (GBC), given its poor prognosis, especially in the advanced stage. We aimed to investigate long-term conditional relative survival (CS) rates in patients with GBC in Korea, which has a notably high incidence of GBC.

Methods: Data regarding 40,774 individuals diagnosed with GBC between 1999 and 2021 were obtained from the Korea Central Cancer Registry.

Cancer Statistics in Korea: Incidence, Mortality, Survival, and Prevalence in 2022.

Purpose: The current study provides national cancer statistics and their secular trends in Korea, including incidence, mortality, survival, and prevalence in 2022, with international comparisons.

Materials And Methods: Cancer incidence, survival, and prevalence rates were calculated using the Korea National Cancer Incidence Database (1999-2022), with survival follow-up until December 31, 2023. Mortality data obtained from Statistics Korea, while international comparisons were based on GLOBOCAN data.

Prediction of Cancer Incidence and Mortality in Korea, 2025.

Purpose: This study aimed to project cancer incidence and mortality for 2025 to estimate Korea's current cancer burden.

Materials And Methods: Cancer incidence data from 1999 to 2022 were obtained from the Korea National Cancer Incidence Database, while cancer mortality data from 1993 to 2023 were acquired from Statistics Korea. Cancer incidence and mortality were projected by fitting a linear regression model to observed age-specific cancer rates against their respective years and then by multiplying the projected age-specific rates by the anticipated age-specific population for 2025.

An innovative approach to hospital-wide interprofessional capacity building: Côte d'Ivoire National Cancer Center project.

Background: Capacity-building initiatives targeting medical personnel in low- and middle-income countries have focused on individual medical professionals within specific disciplines. However, it has become evident that the enhancement of healthcare quality necessitates more than just individual capacity-building efforts. As a part of The National Radiotherapy and Medical Oncology Center Project in Côte d'Ivoire, the National Cancer Center Korea has initiated a training project for hospital personnel in Côte d'Ivoire.

Epidemiology and survival analysis according to the histologic subtype of pancreatic cancer: a population-based cohort study.

Purpose: This study investigated epidemiologic features of patients with pancreatic cancer in Korea, according to the histologic subtypes.

Methods: The Korea Central Cancer Registry data on patients with pancreatic cancer from 1999 to 2019 were reviewed. The 101,446 patients with pancreatic cancer (C25 based on the International Classification of Diseases, 10th revision) were allocated according to the following morphological codes: A, endocrine; B, carcinoma excluding cystic and mucinous; C, cystic or mucinous; D, acinar cell; and E, sarcoma and soft tissue tumor.

Increased diagnosis of hepato-biliary-pancreatic cancer after cholecystectomy: a population-based study.

Given the increasing trend of cholecystectomy, it is imperative to reassess surgical and surveillance strategies in consideration of the potential long-term risks for digestive tract cancers. The objective of this study was to assess the risk of gastrointestinal (GI) and hepato-biliary-pancreatic (HBP) cancer incidence after cholecystectomy. The data for this cohort study was obtained from the National Health Insurance Service database in Korea.

Prediction of Cancer Incidence and Mortality in Korea, 2024.

Purpose: This study aimed to report the projected cancer incidence and mortality for the year 2024 to estimate Korea's current cancer burden.

Materials And Methods: Cancer incidence data from 1999 to 2021 were obtained from the Korea National Cancer Incidence Database, and cancer mortality data from 1993 to 2022 were acquired from Statistics Korea. Cancer incidence and mortality were projected by fitting a linear regression model to observed age-specific cancer rates against their respective years and multiplying the projected age-specific rates by the anticipated age-specific population for 2024.

Cancer Statistics in Korea: Incidence, Mortality, Survival, and Prevalence in 2021.

Purpose: The current study provides national cancer statistics and their secular trends in Korea, including incidence, mortality, survival, and prevalence in 2021.

Materials And Methods: Incidence, survival, and prevalence rates of cancer were calculated using the Korea National Cancer Incidence Database, from 1999 to 2021, with survival follow-up until December 31, 2022. Deaths from cancer were assessed using causes-of-death data obtained from Statistics Korea.

Conditional Relative Survival of Exocrine Pancreatic Cancer: A Population-Based Study.

Background: Adjusted prognostic information is important for treatment decisions, especially in elderly patients or survivors of exocrine pancreatic cancer (EPC). This study aims to investigate conditional relative survival (CS) rates and conditional probabilities of death in patients with EPC.

Methods: Data of 77,975 individuals diagnosed with EPC between 1999 and 2019 were obtained from the Korea Central Cancer Registry.

The need for hands-on training and supervision for entry-level physicians in a country with low surgical staffing density: a nationwide survey in Ghana.

Background: Despite the largely unmet need, relatively few medical school graduates enrol in surgical residency and fewer surgical specialists work rurally in low- and middle-income countries. Surgical housemanship is the only formal training for medical graduates who will become the main surgical care providers in underserved areas. This study aimed to evaluate Ghanaian surgical housemanship (internship) and its impact on independent medical practice.

Regional disparities in major cancer incidence in Korea, 1999-2018.

Objectives: This study investigated regional disparities in the incidence of 8 major cancers at the municipal level in Korea during 1999-2018 and evaluated the presence or absence of hot spots of cancer clusters during 2014-2018.

Methods: The Korea National Cancer Incidence Database was used. Age-standardized incidence rates were calculated by gender and region at the municipal level for 4 periods of 5 years and 8 cancer types.

Exocrine pancreatic cancer as a second primary malignancy: A population-based study.

Backgrounds/aims: Although cancer survivors are at higher risk of developing second primary malignancies, cancer surveillance strategies for them have not yet been established. This study aimed to identify first primary cancers that had high risks of developing second primary exocrine pancreatic cancer (EPC).

Methods: Data on individuals diagnosed with primary cancers between 1993 and 2017 were obtained from the Korea Central Cancer Registry.

Postoperative Poor Oral Intake After Distal Pancreatectomy.

Objectives: Poor oral intake (POI) without an identifiable cause is frequently observed after distal pancreatectomy (DP). This study was designed to investigate the incidence and risk factors of POI after DP, and its impact on the length of hospital stay.

Methods: The prospectively collected data of patients who received DP were retrospectively reviewed.

Cancer Statistics in Korea: Incidence, Mortality, Survival, and Prevalence in 2020.

Purpose: The current study provides national cancer statistics and their secular trends in Korea, including incidence, mortality, survival, and prevalence in 2020.

Materials And Methods: Incidence, survival, and prevalence rates of cancer were calculated using the Korea National Cancer Incidence Database, from 1999 to 2020, with survival follow-up until December 31, 2021. Deaths from cancer were assessed using causes-of-death data obtained from Statistics Korea.

Prediction of Cancer Incidence and Mortality in Korea, 2023.

Purpose: This study aimed to report the projected cancer incidence and mortality for the year 2023 to estimate Korea's current cancer burden.

Materials And Methods: Cancer incidence data from 1999 to 2020 were obtained from the Korea National Cancer Incidence Database, and cancer mortality data from 1993 to 2021 were acquired from Statistics Korea. Cancer incidence and mortality were projected by fitting a linear regression model to observed age-specific cancer rates against their respective years and then by multiplying the projected age-specific rates by the anticipated age-specific population for 2023.

Epidemiology of Gastric Cancer in Korea: Trends in Incidence and Survival Based on Korea Central Cancer Registry Data (1999-2019).

This study investigated the trends of gastric cancer in Korea by adding the latest updated gastric cancer data from 2019. Gastric cancer incidence between 1999 and 2019 was reviewed using data from the Korea Central Cancer Registry. The study period was divided into 3 periods: period I (1999-2005), period II (2006-2012), and period III (2013-2019).

Incidence, mortality, and survival of liver cancer using Korea central cancer registry database: 1999-2019.

Backgrounds/aims: Historically, incidence and survival analysis and annual traits for primary liver cancer (LC) has not been investigated in a population-based study in Korea. The purpose of the current study is to determine incidence, survival rate of patients with primary LC in Korea.

Methods: We conducted a retrospective cohort study using Korea Central Cancer Registry based on the Korea National Cancer Incidence Database.

Do jejunal veins matter during pancreaticoduodenectomy?

When planning pancreaticoduodenectomy for pancreatic head cancer, the prevalence of anatomical variation of the proximal jejunal vein (PJV), the associated short-term surgical outcomes, and the level of PJV convergence to the superior mesenteric vein must be carefully analyzed from both technical and oncological points of view. The prevalence of the first jejunal trunk (FJT) and PJV located ventral to the superior mesenteric artery is 58%-88% and 13%-37%, respectively. Patients with the FJT had a larger amount of intraoperative bleeding and a higher proportion of patients requiring transfusions compared to those without a common trunk.

Incidence, mortality and survival of gallbladder, extrahepatic bile duct, and pancreatic cancer using Korea central cancer registry database: 1999-2019.

Backgrounds/aims: In Korea, pancreatic cancer and "gallbladder and extrahepatic bile duct cancer" were ranked the 8th and 9th most frequent cancers in 2019 and the 4th and 6th most common causes of cancer deaths in 2020, respectively.

Methods: This review provides national cancer statistics and secular trends of 207,521 patients with gallbladder (n = 44,178), extrahepatic bile duct (n = 61,856), and pancreatic cancer (n = 101,487) between 1999 and 2019 in Korea.

Results: The crude incidence rate in both sexes increased in the gallbladder (2.

Trend Analysis and Prediction of Hepatobiliary Pancreatic Cancer Incidence and Mortality in Korea.

Background: This study aimed to analyze the current trends and predict the epidemiologic features of hepatobiliary and pancreatic (HBP) cancers according to the Korea Central Cancer Registry to provide insights into health policy.

Methods: Incidence data from 1999 to 2017 and mortality data from 2002 to 2018 were obtained from the Korea National Cancer Incidence Database and Statistics Korea, respectively. The future incidence rate from 2018 to 2040 and mortality rate from 2019 to 2040 of each HBP cancer were predicted using an age-period-cohort model.

Effect of preoperative nutritional support in malnourished patients with pancreatobiliary cancer: a quasi-experimental study.

Background: In malnourished patients, postoperative morbidity, hospitalization period, and medical expenses are reportedly to be high. We evaluated the clinical impact of a preoperative nutritional support program (PNSP) among malnourished cancer patients.

Methods: For this quasi-experimental study, we enrolled 90 patients who underwent major pancreatobiliary cancer surgery.

Distinct prognosis of biliary tract cancer according to tumor location, stage, and treatment: a population-based study.

Biliary tract cancer (BTC) has been inconsistently identified according to its location in epidemiological and clinical studies. This study retrospectively reviewed the treatment pattern and prognosis of BTC according to tumor location using the Korea Central Cancer Registry data of 97,676 patients with BTC from 2006 to 2017. The proportion of localized and regional Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) stage was the highest in ampulla of Vater (AoV, 78.