Gynecologic Cancer
Leading Gynecologic Cancer Care, the Best Choice for Patients
AMC Gynecologic Cancer Center
The Gynecologic Cancer Center at Asan Medical Center (AMC) is a top-tier specialized center in Korea that provides accurate diagnosis, optimal surgery, the latest treatments, and continuous care for various gynecologic cancers and precancerous conditions arising in the female reproductive system, including ovarian, cervical, endometrial, vaginal, and vulvar cancers. Based on extensive clinical experience and the latest medical knowledge, the center provides the most appropriate personalized treatment for each patient. Its clinical performance, surgical volume, and treatment outcomes are not only the best in Korea but also meet global standards.
Highest Volume of Gynecologic Cancer Care and Surgeries in Korea
With more than 1,700 gynecologic cancer surgeries and over 2,000 newly diagnosed patients treated each year, AMC Gynecologic Cancer Center operates at the highest level not only in Korea but also on a global scale. This extensive surgical experience and clinical volume form the foundation for safe and precise treatment.
Pioneer in Laparoscopic Surgery
As one of the first institutions in Korea to introduce laparoscopic surgery for cervical, endometrial, and early-stage ovarian cancers in 1997, AMC Gynecologic Cancer Center has performed over 1,600 minimally invasive surgeries to date. These procedures have significantly contributed to faster recovery and improved quality of life for patients.
Comprehensive Care through Multidisciplinary Care
Treating gynecologic cancers requires more than just surgery. It involves a combination of radiation therapy, chemotherapy, and targeted treatments. At AMC Gynecologic Cancer Center, top specialists from Obstetrics and Gynecology, Oncology, Radiation Oncology, Pathology, Radiology, Rehabilitation Medicine, and more collaborate as one team to develop the most effective treatment strategy tailored to each patient’s condition.
Precision Medicine Tailored to Patient Characteristics: Specialized Clinics
AMC Gynecologic Cancer Center operates specialized clinics that consider various medical and personal factors such as the patient’s age, disease stage, genetic risk factors, and future pregnancy plans. Each clinic is staffed by experts specialized in the respective fields who provide care and develop personalized treatment strategies for each patient.
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Endometrial Cancer Fertility Preservation Clinic
This clinic is designed for women of childbearing age diagnosed with early-stage endometrial cancer or endometrial hyperplasia who wish to preserve their fertility and pursue future pregnancy. Conservative treatment plans using hormonal therapy are established, and collaboration with fertility specialists helps maximize the preservation of reproductive function during treatment. Comprehensive counseling on pregnancy prospects and recurrence risks is provided, along with careful follow-up monitoring after treatment.
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Hereditary Gynecologic Cancer Clinic
The clinic provides genetic counseling, precise diagnostics, and preventive treatment planning (such as risk-reducing salpingo-oophorectomy) for patients suspected or diagnosed with hereditary cancer syndromes, including BRCA mutations, Lynch syndrome, PTEN, TP53, and others. Genetic testing and family history-based counseling are also offered to high-risk family members.
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Hereditary Breast and Ovarian Cancer Clinic (HBOC Clinic)
This specialized clinic serves patients and their families who carry BRCA1 or BRCA2 mutations. It offers a multidisciplinary approach to the prevention, early detection, treatment, and fertility preservation strategies for breast and ovarian cancers. For high-risk individuals, the clinic provides various options including preventive surgery, imaging surveillance, and germ cell preservation.
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Recurrent Ovarian and Endometrial Cancer Clinic
This clinic is dedicated to patients with recurrent endometrial, cervical, or ovarian cancer. It offers new treatment strategies for disease recurrence or progression following standard therapy, including advanced drug therapies such as immunotherapy and targeted therapy, opportunities to participate in clinical trials, and restaging evaluations.
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Refractory Gynecologic Cancer Clinic
This clinic provides intensive treatment planning for patients with refractory gynecologic cancers that are unresponsive to multiple treatments or have progressed extensively. A multidisciplinary approach tailored to each patient includes precision medicine based on molecular diagnostics, referral to clinical trials, and integrative treatment strategies that consider quality of life.
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Pelvic Tumor Clinic
This clinic provides care for patients diagnosed with malignant tumors not only of the uterus and ovaries but also involving pelvic organs such as the bladder and rectum. Specialists from Obstetrics and Gynecology, Urology, General Surgery, Radiology, and Radiation Oncology collaborate to design an optimal surgical and treatment strategy through a multidisciplinary approach, based on the location and extent of tumor invasion.
Patient-Centered Care Experience Design
We enhance patient convenience and satisfaction by assigning specialized personnel such as chemotherapy clinical nurse specialists and visiting nurses to guide patients through every step before and after treatment and by coordinating same-day appointments across multiple departments during outpatient visits.
Research and Innovation Beyond Treatment
AMC Gynecologic Cancer Center conducts regular clinical and multicenter collaborative studies to scientifically validate treatment outcomes and develop new therapeutic strategies, which are rapidly integrated into clinical practice. Our approach aims not only to improve survival but also to enhance patients’ overall quality of life through holistic care.
Treatment options
Chemotherapy
Chemotherapy is a type of cancer treatment that uses anti-cancer drugs. Anti-cancer drugs are given by orally or intravenously. Drugs will be absorbed inside and circulate around on either administered method of drugs. The drugs affect not only cancer cells, but also other normal cells. By this reason, complications might occur. Repeated administration of anticancer drugs may eradicate cancer cells, so it is desirable to continue administering anticancer drugs as long as they are effective despite some adverse effects.
Radiotherapy
Radiotherapy is a type of cancer treatment which uses high dose of radiation to destroy cancer cells and eliminate or minimize a tumor. It is often used to reduce cancer cells before surgery or remove cancer cells that remained even after surgery, but sometimes adopted for complete cure when surgery is considered difficult. External radiation therapy and internal radiation therapy are used solely or in combination depending on cancer stages. Also, chemotherapy and radiotherapy are sometimes used together.
Surgery
Laparoscopic surgery for gynecologic cancer Compare to laparotomy which was used in the past, laparoscopic surgery are performed through four small incisions made in the abdomen for gynecologic cancers such as cervical cancer, endometrial cancer, and early-stage ovarian cancer. Due to reduce of patients’ postoperative pain, recovery time has shortened. This allows for patient to resume their normal lives quickly. Also, there is almost no abdomen scar left, which is a cosmetic concern for women.
AMC's treatment performance
AMC Gynecologic Cancer Center is visited by more than 1,000 patients every year and focuses on treating cervical cancer, ovarian cancer, endometrial cancer, and other rare gynecologic cancers.
The Gynecologic Cancer Center performs more than 300 laparoscopic surgeries for gynecologic cancers every year, which is the largest in Korea, and holds an high standard position in laparoscopic surgery that preserves fertility as it has performed 110 radical hysterectomies until now. Moreover, AMC is internationally well recognized in laparoscopic surgery for gynecologic cancers, so many gynecologic cancer specialists from Japan, Saudi Arabia, Indonesia, and Malaysia come to AMC to learn and get training on laparoscopic surgical skills.
- The largest number of laparoscopic surgery for cervical cancer performed in the world (1,800 cases)
- 1,500 gynecologic cancer surgeries performed a year on average
- 35,000 gynecologic cancer patients visited to AMC a year on average