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Chondrosarcoma Treatment in Samsung Medical Center
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About the clinic
Chondrosarcoma treatment at Samsung Medical Center in Seoul, South Korea, focuses on precise tumor removal and advanced radiation. Diagnostics typically run $600 for an MRI, while specialized check-ups for men are around $1,700 and women's screenings cost about $2,200. The hospital is Asia's largest cancer center and maintains a formal partnership with the Mayo Clinic.
Advanced diagnostics and screening
The facility uses an integrated digital system to share imaging results in real-time. This allows specialists to review X-rays, CT scans, and MRI results immediately across 17 disease-specific departments. Patients can choose from several diagnostic options:
- MRI of one area. This scan helps locate the tumor and typically costs around $600–$1,000.
- CT of thoracic, abdominal, and pelvic organs. This imaging may cost around $1,500–$2,500 to check for tumor spread.
- Oncological check-up for men. A specialized screening package available for around $1,700.
- Oncological check-up for women. A health assessment for women priced around $2,200.
- Cancer screening. Extensive diagnostic packages typically run $1,800–$3,200.
Specialized treatment methods
The medical center performs 45,000+ surgeries annually and offers non-invasive alternatives for bone cancer. Treatment plans often combine surgery with high-precision radiation to target malignant cells effectively.
- Proton beam therapy. This technology targets the tumor with extreme precision. It helps protect healthy tissue near the bone.
- Robotic surgery. Surgeons use the Da Vinci system for minimally invasive tumor removal. This method helps shorten recovery times.
- Novalis radiotherapy. This linear accelerator delivers conformal radiation for complex bone cancer cases.
- IMGRT. Image-guided radiation therapy uses real-time imaging to adjust the radiation dose during the session.
Why patients choose Samsung Medical Center
The hospital holds the top rank in Korea’s Customer Satisfaction and Quality Indexes. It serves as a hospital of presidential standards and follows international care protocols through its Mayo Clinic affiliation. The center provides a full spectrum of care, from initial imaging to robotic resection, within a single digital network. Patients interested in these options can request a consultation through the Bookimed platform.
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1994
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1400 doctors
2188915 patients per year
45800
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| diagnostics | Price | |
|---|---|---|
| Oncological Check-up for Women | $2207.04 | |
| Oncological Check-up for Man | $1715.5 | |
| Consultation with a neurosurgeon | $50 - $100 | |
| Kidney biopsy | $1500 - $3000 | |
| MRI of one area | $600 - $950 |
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Samsung Medical Center: more details about the clinic
Republic of Korea, Seoul
Starting from 1994 Samsung Hospital in Seoul has created a new concept of medical institution in Korea, consisting of general hospital, specialized centers, laboratories and research units. It has a special status of “Hospital of presidential standards” and has been awarded as Top Medical Center 12 times consecutively. Qualitative medical services of Samsung Hospital has won the 1st place in Customer Satisfaction and Quality Indexes of Korea. SMC is continuously growing and developing. Besides general clinic, there are specialized centers: Samsung Comprehensive Cancer Center, Institute of Heart Vascular Stroke and other narrow specialized centers (gastrointestinal, spine, organ transplantation etc.).
Features of Samsung Medical Center
- The most comprehensive cancer center in Asia
- Over 45,000 surgeries per year
- Applies proton beam therapy
- Concludes clinical trials at the base of Research Institute for Future Medicine
- Was awarded as Top Medical Center 12 times consecutively
Samsung Comprehensive Cancer Center
It is the largest cancer center in Asia that provides the most comprehensive medical care. The biggest inpatient oncological department in Korea has 78 beds and uses advanced treatment technologies - Novalis, IMGRT (image-guided radiation therapy), Da Vinci surgical system. The Center comprises 17 departments that works with particular type of cancer (lung, colorectal, gastric, breast cancer etc.). Samsung Cancer Center has treated over 50,000 patients since its opening. In 2016, a Proton Center was constructed and introduced proton beam therapy.
Samsung Institute of Heart Vascular Stroke
The Institute works as integrated complex center comprising of Cardiac, Vascular, Diagnostic, Prevention and Rehabilitation Centers. It also cooperates with general department of Samsung Hospital and has partnership with the Mayo Clinic in the USA. The Institute provides complex diagnostic and treatment procedure for cardiac patients: radio frequency catheter ablation with 3D imaging equipment, installation of artificial pacemaker, cardiac resynchronization implantation, direct current cardioversion etc.
Modern technological base of the Hospital
In the hospital an innovative integrated system operates, which includes:
- System Messages for the prescription of recipes that combines together the entire medical staff and doctors, inspection offices, pharmacies and all the departments for safety.
- The electronic medical record (EMR).
- Communications systems, archiving, and broadcasting images - the system is based on the transmission of diagnostic X-ray images, CT and MRI in real time, allowing the medical staff make an accurate diagnosis quickly, without the inconvenience of transferring the negatives.
- The system of referral services for patients, which informs doctors of clinics for patients. There are also online forums for the exchange of ideas and thoughts, the latest news of the medical community between Samsung hospital staff .
- Developed mobile hospital for staff, which provides quick access to information.
Samsung Clinic facts and statistics as of 2015:
- over 2 million outpatients and 85 thousand inpatients
- 45,800 surgeries
- 2,457 research projects
- approx. 1,400 doctors
You may receive consultations and take diagnostic or treatment course at Samsung Medical Center through referring to Bookimed International Patient Support Center.
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Anonymous • Premium Check up United States of America
Sep 3, 2023
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In the questionnaire, there was a question regarding my health concerns which I responded to. I feel that those concerns were not visited with any doctors.
I liked the speed of the procedures and professionalism of the program staff. But it felt like I was on a factory line, too robot-like.
Wish I had known that I could keep my phone with me. I saw others using phones while waiting to get in to exam rooms but I did not now we were allowed to have phone on us.
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Excellent service. Initially, I had a doubt this platform was real. But I learned to trust it. Still I have doubts in the back of my mind especially when I provide personal info that are sensitive. Anonymous • Breast cancer Kazakhstan
Sep 10, 2026
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Anonymous • Female check-up Kazakhstan
Dec 3, 2023
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The day I arrived for the check up i was confused about where exactly to go and asked 5 different people because everyone gave me different directions and when I called they told me I don’t have an appointment mistakenly I was trying to find the room where I was supposed to meet with my assistant and translator for half an hour
Anonymous • Melanoma
Jan 9, 2020
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"The results were unbelievably positive!"
The staff is nice, but everything is on stream, as it does not take my problem seriously, as much as I would like! After my husband insistently said that it would be necessary to do so, so this, then after that we were heard.
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