Discover the Best Clinics and Costs for Ovarian cancer treatment in Republic of Korea 2024

Treatment of ovarian cancer is carried out on the basis of 2 departments of the Clinic: Oncology and Gynecology. Doctors at Gil Medical Center specialize in minimally invasive surgical treatment of ovarian cancer.

The treatment of cancer at the early stages helps to preserve the childbearing function of a patient.

A standard set of diagnostic procedures includes a series of blood tests, MRI. To search for metastases, the examination is supplemented by PET-CT.
Diagnosis of ovarian cancer lasts from 3 to 4 days.

The operation to remove one or both ovaries (oophorectomy) is performed laparoscopically. Specialist in minimally invasive operations is oncogynecologist with 20 years of experience, Professor Lee Kwang Beom. After such an intervention, patients stay at the hospital for 2 or 3 days.

Radical operations are used only at the last stages of the disease.

In addition to surgical treatment, a doctor can prescribe chemotherapy and a course of hormonal drugs.

The Gynecologic Cancer Center of Samsung Medical Center provides swift and accurate diagnostic services and offers optimized treatments for patients with cervical cancer. The Center has a reputation of a world leader in laparoscopic gynecologic surgeries. Multinational clinical trials are conducted in the Center regularly to create new treatment modalities and more advanced surgical techniques.

More than 750 patients with cervical pathologies are treated in the Hospital annually.

The Center holds a world record of the 5-year survival rates for ovarian cancer patients.

Most operations are conducted using minimally-invasive fertility sparing techniques.

• Top choice in Korea among the international patients.
• The Severance Cancer Center cooperates with the leading American institutions such as Anderson Medical Center and Johns Hopkins Medicine.
• The work of Severance is regulated on the state level that guarantees the quality of medical services.
• Robotic-assisted surgery to treat ovarian cancer.

Asan Hospital (Asan Medical Center) is the largest multidisciplinary medical center in South Korea, which can serve 2,700 patients at once.

The key specialties in the hospital are organ transplant, oncology, cardiology, and cardiac surgery. Almost half of all heart transplants in South Korea are carried out (45%) at Asan. The success of organ transplants ranges from 90%.

Every day, 11,800 outpatients and 2,550 inpatients are treated in Asan Hospital. Medical tourists from the USA, China, the UAE, Russia, Kazakhstan, and Mongolia choose Asan Hospital.

St. Mary’s Hospital Seoul is a large multidisciplinary medical center in South Korea. The main specialties are oncology, hematology, organ transplant, cardiovascular surgery, and check-up. The hospital was the first in South Korea for liver, small bowel and cornea transplants. St. Mary’s Hospital in Korea is ranked the 5th in the world for successful bone marrow transplants.

30,000 international patients get treatment annually here.

Seoul National University Bundang Hospital is one of the most innovative multidisciplinary medical centers in Korea.

It is the 1st digital hospital in the country. The hospital is equipped witg BESTcare system that allows avoiding medical errors, improving treatment safety and effectiveness.

Bundang specializes in general and abdominal surgery, oncology, orthopedics and traumatology. 1,500,000 patients undergo treatment at in hospital every year.

Gangnam Severance Hospital is a large multidisciplinary medical center in Seoul, South Korea. The hospital specializes in oncology, neurosurgery, neurology, cardiology, and check-up (complex diagnostics).

Gangnam Severance Hospital has received JCI accreditation, a global organization that evaluates the clinics across the globe for safety and high-quality medical services. That means the hospital complies with international healthcare standards.

The hospital is the 1st in South Korea to perform lung transplant.

Korea University Anam Hospital has world-class robotic surgery skills, especially in cancer surgery. It has developed the world's first robotic oral thyroid cancer surgery method that removes tumor without visible scars by inserting a surgical robot arm into the patient's mouth.

In addition, not only the bladder cancer pre-stage robotic surgery was the first and most successful in Asia, but also the first robotic breast reconstruction surgery in Korea reduces the size of the scar by one-tenth. On top of that, bloodless or minimal blood transfusions are applied to reduce the risk of infection and speed up postoperative recovery. Patients from the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Kazakhstan, and Mongolia go here for treatment.

Treatment of ovarian cancer is carried out on the basis of the Department of Gynecology. The protocol of treatment is composed of oncologists and gynecologists.

MRI or ultrasound is used to determine the location of the tumor and its size. Additionally, PET-CT is used to detect metastases at the late stages of the disease.

A laparoscopic or open surgery is performed to remove the affected ovary. Duration of treatment is 7-8 days.Additionally, doctors can prescribe chemotherapy.

Seoul National University Hospital (SNUH) is the leading multidisciplinary state facility in the capital of South Korea. The President of the country receives treatment here.

Since 2004, SNUH has been digitalized completely — all data about patients is stored in the electronic system.

The hospital shows the highest statistics for cancer treatment in South Korea. Other SNUH key specialties are neurosurgery, cardiovascular surgery, pediatrics, and organ transplant.

Seoul University Hospital serves 10,700 patients every day on average.