# Korea Cancer Center Hospital

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## TL;DR

A government-funded cancer hospital in Seoul, part of the Korea Institute of Radiological and Medical Sciences, that uses radiation in the diagnosis and treatment of cancer. It has centres for each of the main cancers and a hospice and palliative care centre.

## Summary

Korea Cancer Center Hospital (원자력병원) is the hospital of the Korea Institute of Radiological & Medical Sciences, a government-funded organisation, and describes itself as a cancer-specialised hospital, founded in 1963, that uses radiology for cancer diagnosis, treatment and research; it introduced cobalt teletherapy and operates CyberKnife, RapidArc, a cyclotron and surgical robots. Its cancer centres cover stomach, thyroid, colorectal, lung, liver, breast, genitourinary, uterine and ovarian, head and neck, oesophageal and hereditary cancers, bone and soft tissue tumours, spinal tumours and haematological malignancies, and it runs a hospice and palliative care centre. Its research includes molecular cancer cell research and studies of the effects of radiation on the human body, and the institute held an international symposium on targeted alpha therapy. Newsweek and Statista's World's Best Specialized Hospitals 2026 list for oncology ranks it 194.

## Fields

- Kind: Institution
- Last checked: 2026-11-11
- Also known as: 원자력병원; KCCH; Korea Institute of Radiological & Medical Sciences; KIRAMS
- City: Seoul, KR
- Type: cancer-center
- Website: https://www.kcch.re.kr/eng/

## Sources

- Korea Cancer Center Hospital: greetings (About KCCH): https://www.kcch.re.kr/eng/conts/101001000000000.do
- Newsweek World's Best Specialized Hospitals 2026: Oncology, rank 194 (Korea Cancer Center Hospital, Seoul): https://rankings.newsweek.com/worlds-best-specialized-hospitals-2026/oncology
- Korea Cancer Center Hospital: history: https://www.kcch.re.kr/eng/conts/101002000000000.do
- Korea Cancer Center Hospital (English home, departments and centres): https://www.kcch.re.kr/eng/

## Connected records

- collections: [Newsweek/Statista World's Best Specialized Hospitals: Oncology](https://onco.cc/collections/newsweek-hospitals/)

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