Treatment in Korea
Breast cancer care continues after you return home.
Surgery is one part of breast cancer treatment. Depending on the final pathology, further treatment and long-term surveillance may be needed after returning home.
Planning this in advance — ideally with a physician in your home country — helps care continue without interruption.
What follow-up may involve
Depending on the diagnosis and final pathology, ongoing care may include some of the following:
- Chemotherapy, endocrine therapy or HER2-directed treatment
- Radiotherapy
- Revision or further surgery
- Long-term surveillance for recurrence
- Monitoring of a reconstruction or implant
- Management of side effects, such as lymphedema
Coordinate with a physician at home
Whenever possible, treatment in Korea should be coordinated with a physician who can continue treatment and follow-up in your home country. Complete records make this handover safer.
Managing complications across borders
Records to take home
- Operative reports
- Final pathology report
- A summary of treatment given and planned
- Imaging and discharge summaries
- Details of any implants or devices used
Questions before you leave Korea
- What further treatment is recommended, and on what schedule?
- Which records should I take to my home physician?
- Which symptoms require urgent attention?
- How can the Korean team be reached if my home team has questions?