The Head and Neck Cancer Center at the Korea Cancer Center Hospital was opened as a medical institution specializing in the treatment of head and neck cancer, oral cancer, nasopharyngeal cancer, oropharyngeal cancer, hypopharyngeal cancer, laryngeal cancer, and salivary gland cancer. With top-tier medical staff, the center produces the best treatment performance in Korea in terms of outpatient treatment and surgery, etc.
For accurate diagnosis and effective patient treatment, top-tier specialists in the fields of nuclear medicine, chest surgery, hematology, radiology, laboratory medicine, pathology, and radiation oncology, etc. with extensive clinical experiences and professional knowledge are working under a close cooperative treatment system.
This system, which obtained the first grade at the domestic cancer surgery motility rate assessment that proved the center’s excellence as a safe, high-quality healthcare provider, combined with interdisciplinary treatments such as surgery, radiotherapy, therapeutic ultrasound, and chemotherapy, contributes to increasing patient cure and survival rates.
The Head and Neck Cancer Center is making continued effort to overcome cancer by performing various activities in scientific research for head and neck cancer in addition to clinical activities to analyze patients’ treatment results and determining future treatment policies.