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Republic of Korea, Seoul

Cancer screening in Samsung Medical Center

4.5
22
Doctor 4.4
Facilities 4.5
staff 4.4
Language assistance 4.9
Support 4.8
6 accreditations
hospital certificates of quality
86% Patients
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The medical center is a Bookimed Official Partner. Thus, we arrange treatment for international patients as a hospital representative with no intermediaries and extra charges.

About the clinic

  • Samsung specialists carry out precise cancer screening due to the most innovative medical equipment in South Korea.
  • Samsung personnel apply new instruments produced by the Samsung company, the world's leader in medical technologies manufacturing.
  • Over 2,000,000 patients per year prefer Samsung Medical Center to other facilities.
  • The cancer screening test cost at Samsung is approximately at the same level as in German, Spanish or Israeli clinics.

Highlights

1994 Year of foundation
1400 doctors
2188915 patients per year
45800 Operations per year
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Special offers

Medical check-up
Cancer screening
The special offer has a standard range of medical services offered by a clinic, additional benefits like accommodation, transfer and etc.

Treatments prices in the clinic

Last price update — 29.04.2024. Prices can be changed depending on the medical case and doctor's recommendations.
Medical check-up
diagnostics Price
Cancer screening $1465.22 - $1791.63

hospital accreditations of quality

International Organization for Standardization certificate for Samsung Medical Center
International Organization for Standardization
CH, International Organization for Standardization certificate for Samsung Medical Center
Korean Institute for Healthcare Accreditation certificate for Samsung Medical Center
Korean Institute for Healthcare Accreditation
KR, Korean Institute for Healthcare Accreditation certificate for Samsung Medical Center
World's Best Hospitals 2021 by Newsweek certificate for Samsung Medical Center
World's Best Hospitals 2021 by Newsweek
US, World's Best Hospitals 2021 by Newsweek certificate for Samsung Medical Center
World's Best Smart Hospitals 2021 by Newsweek certificate for Samsung Medical Center
World's Best Smart Hospitals 2021 by Newsweek
US, World's Best Smart Hospitals 2021 by Newsweek certificate for Samsung Medical Center
World's Best Hospitals 2022 by Newsweek certificate for Samsung Medical Center
World's Best Hospitals 2022 by Newsweek
US, World's Best Hospitals 2022 by Newsweek certificate for Samsung Medical Center
World's Best Smart Hospitals 2023 by Newsweek certificate for Samsung Medical Center
World's Best Smart Hospitals 2023 by Newsweek
US, World's Best Smart Hospitals 2023 by Newsweek certificate for Samsung Medical Center

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.

Additional services
Language assistance
Available
free
Accommodation
Hotel (apartments) near the clinic, billed daily
What procedures do patients have most often?
The most common procedures in the hospital are:
  • Cancer screening
81 Irwon-ro, Irwon-dong, Gangnam-gu, Seoul, South Korea
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updated 10/24/2024
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