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KMID : 0387320210310010035
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Korean Journal of Health Policy and Administration
2021 Volume.31 No. 1 p.35 ~ p.45
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Survival Rate of Cancer Patients of National Merit
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Park Un-Je
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Abstract
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Background: As a descriptive study targeting 2,068 cancer patients as men of national merit in 2013, this study aims to provide thebasic data for systematizing the early diagnosis and treatment of cancer by comparatively analyzing the 5-year survival rate.
Methods: This study researched the survival of cancer patients through Electronic Medical Record and Patriots-VeteransQualification Program, targeting 2,068 newly-diagnosed cancer patients verified in five veterans hospitals and consignedmanagement system. This study verified differences between general characteristics of cancer patients as men of national merit andanalyzed their survival rate.
Results: The cancer patients as men of national merit were super-aged as their average age was 72.5. In the analysis of generalcharacteristics of five major prevalent cancers, there were statistically significant differences according to age, region, cancerdiagnostic path, differentiation, diagnostic method, treatment method, SEER stage, and survival period, except for the types of theman of national merit (p<0.001). The whole survival rate of cancer patients as men of national merit was 50%. The 5-year survivalrates of predisposing cancers were shown as prostate cancer (79%), colorectal cancer (64%), gastric cancer (57%), liver cancer(32%), and lung cancer (12%). In the cancer diagnostic path, all the predisposing cancers showed the highest survival rate in medicalexamination. In the treatment method, the surgery showed the highest survival rate. The cancer patients as men of national meritshowed a lower survival rate than the general cancer patients of Korea.
Conclusion: It would be needed to guarantee the honorable and happy life through health recovery as special treatment ofcontribution and sacrifice of super-aged men of national merit by increasing the cancer survival rates through regular checkup, earlydiagnosis, and high-quality treatment system that could have important effects on the survival rate according to the occurrence ofcancers.
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KEYWORD
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Veterans, Neoplasms, Survival rate, Epidemiology
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