Cancer Medicine, Radiology & Treatment

Biography

Surgeon Paik was born in Iksan, Jeonbuk, Korea. He graduated from Seoul National University College of Medicine, ther after served as director of Korea Cancer Center Hospital, director of Konkuk University Medical Center, chairman of Korean Breast Cancer Society and chairman of Asia Breast Cancer Society. In 1986, he became the first surgeon to carry out breast-conserving surgery (BCS) in Korea. In 1991, he developed ‘Paik Nam-sun Stomach Cancer Surgery’ that reduces the risk of reflux oesophagitis. Such achievements earned him a spot on a list of the world’s top 100 gastric and breast cancer surgeons, unveiled by the international Biographical Center of Cambridge in the UK in 2006. He is unequivocally the No.1 breast cancer specialist in and outside Korea. 출처 : Korea IT Times(http://www.koreaittimes.com)

Research Interest

“The sufferings of breast cancer patients do not end after surgery. Breast cancer survivors, who had to have their breasts removed or disfigured, cannot go to public bathhouses or get divorced by their husbands. Their heartbreaking stories had prompted me to focus on breast-conserving surgery,” said breast cancer specialist Paik Nam-sun, Director of the Ewha Womans University Cancer Center for Women (hereafter EWUCCW). 출처 : Korea IT Times(http://www.koreaittimes.com)