SAMSUNG MEDICAL CENTER (SMC)

Since its opening in 1994, Samsung Medical Center (SMC) has been at the forefront of the transformation in the Korean healthcare sector. With the new vision, “SMC, The Frontier of Future Medicine” we are committed to achieving outstanding treatment outcomes by treating patients with critical and highly complex illnesses by utilizing the most leading-edge medical technology.

In the field of cancer surgery, the hospital is a leader in minimally invasive treatments that incorporate cutting-edge technologies, including single-port surgery, robot-assisted surgery, endoscopic surgery for complex surgeries, painless Radio Frequency Ablation (RFA) therapy, and proton therapy.

1) State-of-the-art Radiation Therapy

At the Proton Therapy Center, we harness the power of state-of-the-art, next-generation radiation therapy known as proton therapy. This advanced technology allows us to administer precise and high doses of radiation directly to cancerous tissues while meticulously minimizing exposure to normal tissues. Proton therapy is a versatile solution, capable of treating all types of cancer traditionally treated with
conventional radiation therapy.

2)Ultraprecision Personalized Treatment

To provide opportunities for clinical application and tailored treatment through a multidisciplinary approach using the nation’s first genomic analysis method, we established the Precision Cancer Therapeutics Center in 2022. The Precision Cancer Therapeutics Center leverages accumulated experience to transform multi-omics results into actionable insights for cancer patients. With this approach, SMC provides
differentiated cancer treatments and has increased the survival rates of patients with metastatic cancers.

3) Gamma Knife Center

Gamma Knife Surgery (GKS) provides a sophisticated and precise radiation treatment without surgical incisions, offering equivalent therapeutic outcomes to conventional surgery.
Key Treatment Areas: Metastatic brain tumors, meningiomas, vestibular schwannomas, cerebral arteriovenous malformations, trigeminal neuralgia, tremors, epilepsy, and other related disorders.