Kim Tae-hyung, a professor at Nowon Eulji Hospital, won the Young Researcher Award at the World Breast Cancer Conference
May 19, 2025
Kim Tae-hyung, a professor of radiation oncology at Nowon Eulji University Hospital, won the Young Researcher Award at the 2025 World Congress on Breast Cancer (GBCC) recently held.
The World Breast Cancer Conference, hosted by the Korean Breast Cancer Society, is a prestigious international conference with 5,000 medical staff from around the world every year. Professor Kim Tae-hyung was honored for his research evaluating the risk of cardiovascular disease after radiation therapy.
Professor Kim used vast amounts of data from the National Health Insurance Service to verify existing research results that coronary artery disease can occur as the heart is irradiated during breast cancer radiation therapy published in the renowned medical journal 'NEJM (New England Journal of Medicine)' in 2013.
A study of about 70,000 breast cancer patients and about 350,000 general patients who received radiation therapy from 2009 to 2014 showed that the risk of additional cardiovascular disease from breast cancer radiation therapy did not increase.
Professor Kim Tae-hyung "With this study, I would like to emphasize that lifestyle changes and periodic follow-up are more important than misunderstanding and excessive worry about radiation therapy."More than anything else, it is desirable to focus on a professional treatment system such as multidisciplinary treatment and medical staff with rich experience rather than focusing only on the latest devices."," he stressed.
The World Breast Cancer Conference, hosted by the Korean Breast Cancer Society, is a prestigious international conference with 5,000 medical staff from around the world every year. Professor Kim Tae-hyung was honored for his research evaluating the risk of cardiovascular disease after radiation therapy.
Professor Kim used vast amounts of data from the National Health Insurance Service to verify existing research results that coronary artery disease can occur as the heart is irradiated during breast cancer radiation therapy published in the renowned medical journal 'NEJM (New England Journal of Medicine)' in 2013.
A study of about 70,000 breast cancer patients and about 350,000 general patients who received radiation therapy from 2009 to 2014 showed that the risk of additional cardiovascular disease from breast cancer radiation therapy did not increase.
Professor Kim Tae-hyung "With this study, I would like to emphasize that lifestyle changes and periodic follow-up are more important than misunderstanding and excessive worry about radiation therapy."More than anything else, it is desirable to focus on a professional treatment system such as multidisciplinary treatment and medical staff with rich experience rather than focusing only on the latest devices."," he stressed.
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