The Korea Cancer Center Hospital, Korea’s first cancer center, produces the world’s highest treatment success rate based on its extensive treatment experiences and the best medical technologies. Having completed over 300 cases of endoscopic stomach cancer surgeries a year (endoscopic mucosal resection), the Korea Cancer Center Hospital obtained the first grade at the stomach cancer treatment assessment conducted by the Ministry of Health and Welfare; thus, it was certified as an excellent medical institution providing safe, high-quality healthcare service. The Stomach Cancer Center at the Korea Cancer Center Hospital aims at comprehensive, systematic stomach cancer patient care to provide not only stomach cancer diagnosis and treatment but also secondary cancer prevention care.

Customized stomach cancer patient care with state-of-the-art medical technologies and based on close cooperative treatment system

The Stomach Cancer Center establishes the most systematic, accurate treatment plan according to the results of precision pathological analysis and clinical staging analysis. As the biggest strength of the Stomach Cancer Center, top-tier specialists in the fields of gastroenterology, digestive surgery, hematology, radiation oncology, radiology, laboratory medicine, pathology, and anesthesiology and pain medicine, etc. with extensive clinical experiences and professional knowledge are working under a close cooperative treatment system to produce accurate diagnoses and effective treatment methods for patients. While improving the cure rate using endoscopic surgery to complete within three - four days treatment that does not require general anesthesia or incision of the stomach, gastrectomy such as laparoscopic surgery with the surgical incision kept to a minimum and pre-operative chemotherapy and adjuvant radiotherapy, the center appropriately applies various treatment methods including targeted chemotherapy based on gene analysis and stent implantation to metastatic stomach cancer patients. In addition, aiming for patient-focused care, the center provides active medical care as well to patients suffering from severe stomach cancer based on the close cooperative treatment system.

Fast and accurate diagnosis

The most critical element in improving cancer treatment performance is to commence treatment swiftly through fast, accurate examinations following diagnosis. The Stomach Cancer Center has drastically reduced the length of time required in treatment by introducing the same-day one-stop service for key examinations, such as gastroscopy and CT, through prior patient consultation. The center aims to become the best patient-focused stomach cancer center equipped with an optimized healthcare system that provides the fastest, most accurate, and comfortable treatment service to stomach cancer patients.