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- Current Status of Research on Liver Cancer in Korea
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Jae-Jun Shim
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J Liver Cancer. 2017;17(2):105-110. Published online September 30, 2017
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.17998/jlc.17.2.105
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Abstract
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- Liver cancer is one of the leading causes of cancer-related death in Korea. Liver cancer imposes
a considerable societal burden due to its high incidence and high mortality rate in younger
patients, as compared to other cancers. However, interest in liver cancer among researchers
and health-policy makers is low. In this review, recent trends in the number of published
articles on liver cancer in Korea and internationally were analyzed. The key finding is that
the rate of growth in the number of published articles on liver cancer is slowly decreasing
and financial investment for research into liver cancer is very limited, despite the increasing
research and development investment budget in Korea. Meanwhile, the rate of growth of
research into liver cancer in China has recently increased markedly. Therefore, the scale and
rate of growth of research into liver cancer in Korea should be enhanced.
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