乳がん領域の病診連携の取り組み

Breast cancer is the most frequently diagnosed cancer and still increasing in Japanese women.It is called that one in every 20 women in Japan will develop breast cancer during her lifetime.Almost patients with breast cancer want to be treated by the specialist. The number of thespecialist of breast cancer is so small that many outpatients have to wait long time for their shortexamination by the breast cancer specialist. The cooperative relationship between the acute carehospitals and clinics in the community is necessary for the breast cancer patients’ care. Thepostoperative treatment of the breast cancer is decided by the guideline based on the patients’risks for recurrence. We are making the original clinical pathway named“patient’s notebook”which including the information about the treatment and rehabilitation based on the guideline ofthe Japanese breast cancer society.