Abstract

Cancer patients is being increased annually, and reached up to 464, 857 in 2008. Many cancer patients suffer from the progression of their diseases and various complications that follow the treatmenl such as operation. chemotherapy, and radiotherapy. so visit emergency medical center to solve their problems. From April 2009 to June 2009, totally 104 cancer patients visited emergency medical center of Jeju National University Hospital, and the mean age was 54.38±19.05 years old. Male patients were 67.3%. and most symptoms presented were pain(25.0%), gastrointestinal symptoms(20.2%). and respiratory symptoms( 13.5%), For total care of cancer patients. the comprehension of their visits to emergency medical center and the proper preparedness for the management are needed. based on the analysis on cancer patients in emergency medical center.

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