Research from Korea
This library summarizes research involving Korean clinicians, institutions or national health data. Each article explains why the study was conducted, how it was designed, what the researchers found, what the findings may mean and what the study does not prove.
Research summaries are educational and do not recommend a particular hospital, surgeon or procedure.
5 summaries
Nationwide data
A study using Korean Health Insurance Review and Assessment Service data examined mastectomy and reconstruction procedures after national insurance coverage began in 2015.
Nationwide data
A nationwide Korean study examined 4,669 patients who underwent breast reconstruction and post-mastectomy radiotherapy between 2015 and 2020.
Multicenter study
A 2026 retrospective study included 428 patients treated at 12 Korean institutions between 2018 and 2023, describing early experience with single-port robot-assisted nipple-sparing mastectomy.
Nationwide registry
A Korean registry study analyzed 60,571 patients with invasive breast cancer diagnosed over a 21-year period ending in 2008.
Multicenter study
An international multicenter pooled analysis compared robotic and conventional nipple-sparing mastectomy with immediate reconstruction in 659 women, using propensity-score matching.