The prolongation of the post-operative life of cancer patients brings new medical demands. The purpose of this paper is to estimate the total number of women patients with breast cancer who will have disability resulting from surgical treatment from 2000 to 2020 in Japan.
Course of Health Science, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka University, 1-7, Yamadaoka, Suita City, Osaka, 565-0871, Japan. kitamura@sahs.med.osaka-u.ac.jp