Pancreatic cancer Treatment in Severance Hospital
About the clinic
In Severance Hospital physicians treat pancreatic cancer in the Oncology Department. Treatment options are chosen depending on patient condition and overall health condition. In most cases, doctors are able to extend patient’s life expectancy and quality.
If cancer is diagnosed at the early stage and has not spread to other organs surgeons suggest undergoing Whipple operation. Procedure lasts for 6-12 hours. It requires up to 2 weeks of in-hospital stay and up to 3 months of rehabilitation.
If cancer has transitioned to other organs, physicians prescribe chemo- or radiotherapy. These treatment options are generally effective in managing cancer progression. Therapy courses may last up to 6 months.
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Severance Hospital: more details about the clinic
Yonsei Severance Hospital in Korea specializes in radiosurgery. Doctors use Robotic surgery in the treatment of tumors of the thyroid gland, cancer of the digestive tract, cancer of the stomach, colon and other cancers.
Severance Hospital in Figures and Facts
- Annually 660,000 patients complete their treatment.
- 1.6 million outpatients annually
- 40,000 operations are carried out annually.
- The hospital has been certified by JCI (Joint Commission International).
- 4,000 automated operations were performed during 6 years.
- 2,000 hospital beds.
- 1,300 doctors, including 395 professors.
Doctors in Severance Hospital Seoul
- Professor Chung Kyung Yong - specializes in cardiac surgery, lung cancer, esophageal cancer, mediastinal tumor;
- Professor Kim Min Son - specializes in diseases of the spinal cord, diseases of muscles and peripheral nerves;
- Professor Hung Sung Joon - specializes in tumors of the urinary system, difficult urinating, prostate diseases.
Departments in Younsei Severance Hospital
Cancer Center uses such methods of diagnostics: CT, MRI, PET, PET / CT; radiation therapy - IMRT (tomotherapy), radiosurgery, hyperthermia. It cooperates with well-known American Anderson Cancer Center and Johns Hopkins University;
Rehabilitation Center provides programs to stroke patients, those who had the spine surgery and extremities with chronic pain syndromes;
Cardiovascular Center in Severance Hospital includes a department of cardiology, pediatric cardiology and cardiac surgery. The Center takes adults and children with various disorders of the cardiovascular system;
Pediatric Clinic is dealing with diagnostics and treatment of childhood diseases, including cancer. Clinic doctors work with the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (USA);
Women's Clinic "Severance" offers diagnostics and treatment of gynecological and breast diseases;
Center of Ophthalmology and Otolaryngology performs 950 reconstructive operations of any complexity with a robotic system "Da Vinci."
Treatment Cost in Severance Hospital Korea
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