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Sun Seog Kweon 1 Article
The Relationship between 5-year Overall Survival Rate, Socioeconomic Status and SEER Stage for Four Target Cancers of the National Cancer Screening Program in Korea: Results from the Gwangju-Jeonnam Cancer Registry
Jeong Hee Kang, Chul-Woung Kim, Sun Seog Kweon
J Korean Acad Community Health Nurs. 2022;33(2):237-246.   Published online June 30, 2022
DOI: https://doi.org/10.12799/jkachn.2022.33.2.237
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Purpose
The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between the 5-year survival rate, socioeconomic status, and SEER (Surveillance Epidemiology and End Results) stage of stomach, colorectal, breast and cervical cancer patients. Methods A total of 11,770 cases of four target cancers, which were diagnosed during 2005-2007, were extracted from the database of Gwangju-Jeonnam Regional Cancer Registry. The subjects of the study were 11,770 including stomach (n=5,479), colorectal (n=3,565), breast (n=1,516) and cervical cancers (n=710). Cox’s proportional hazards model was used to obtain the hazards ratio (HR) according to the SEER stage and socioeconomic status. Results Stomach cancer had a significantly higher HR in the medical aid recipients (HR=1.39), and the group below 20% (HR=1.20) compared to the group with the highest income level. Colorectal cancer had a significantly higher HR in the medical aid recipients (HR=1.26) than in the group with the highest income level. In addition, stomach, colorectal, breast and cervical cancers had a significantly higher HR according to the SEER stage in regional direct (stomach=4.10, colorectal=1.76, breast=12.90, cervical=3.10), regional lymph only(stomach=2.58, colorectal=2.33, breast=4.32, cervical= 4.43), regional both (stomach=6.74 colorectal=3.04, breast=15.57 cervical=6.50), and regional NOS (Not Otherwise Specified)/distant (stomach=17.53, colorectal=11.53, breast=25.34, cervical=26.51) than in situ and localized only. Conclusion In order to increase the cancer survival rate, a support system for early detection and early treatment of cancer should be established for groups with low individual income levels, and regular health checkups and management measures should be actively implemented through the National Cancer Screening Program.

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  • Socioeconomic Disparities in Six Common Cancer Survival Rates in South Korea: Population-Wide Retrospective Cohort Study
    JinWook Lee, JuWon Park, Nayeon Kim, Fatima Nari, Seowoo Bae, Hyeon Ji Lee, Mingyu Lee, Jae Kwan Jun, Kui Son Choi, Mina Suh
    JMIR Public Health and Surveillance.2024; 10: e55011.     CrossRef

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