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Asan Medical Center

Asan Medical Center is Korea's largest hospital and a global leader in liver transplantation and gastric cancer surgery.

Highest-volume living-donor liver transplant programme worldwide; major gastric and HCC trial site.

Location
Seoul, KR
Type
hospital
Newsweek 2026 oncology rank
#4
OnCo score
#23 · 66 points (56 Newsweek + 0 NCI + 10 from 5 linked objects) · ranking

Programmes

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  • Liver cancer and transplant
  • Gastric cancer surgery

People

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Dae Ho Lee
Professor of Medical Oncology; thoracic oncology
Lung cancerEGFR and ALK inhibitorsClinical trials

Dae Ho Lee is a thoracic oncologist behind Korean participation in the EGFR, ALK, and MET inhibitor trials that shaped lung cancer care.

Jae Lyun Lee
Professor of Medical Oncology; genitourinary cancers
Prostate cancerRenal cell carcinomaUrothelial cancer

Jae Lyun Lee is a genitourinary oncologist who brought Korean cohorts into the enfortumab, pembrolizumab, and PARP-inhibitor GU trials.

Min-Hee Ryu
Professor of Medical Oncology; gastric cancer and GIST
Gastric cancerGISTClinical trials

Min-Hee Ryu is a gastric cancer and GIST trialist central to the Asian arms of ramucirumab, pembrolizumab, and zolbetuximab studies.

Sung-Bae Kim
Professor of Medical Oncology; breast cancer
Breast cancerHER2-positive diseaseTriple-negative breast cancer

Sung-Bae Kim is a leading Korean breast oncologist on the steering committees of the trastuzumab emtansine and deruxtecan trials.

Sung-Gyu Lee
Professor of Surgery; Asan liver transplantation programme
Living-donor liver transplantationHepatocellular carcinoma surgeryHepatobiliary surgery

Built the world's highest-volume living-donor liver transplant programme, a cornerstone of liver cancer care in Asia.

Tae Won Kim
Professor of Medical Oncology; colorectal cancer
Colorectal cancerTargeted therapyClinical trials

Tae Won Kim is Korea's leading colorectal cancer trialist, an investigator on the fruquintinib, trifluridine/tipiracil, and anti-EGFR studies used worldwide.

Yoon-Koo Kang
Professor of Medical Oncology; gastric cancer and GIST
Gastric cancerGastrointestinal stromal tumourImmunotherapy

Led the ATTRACTION-2 nivolumab trial and the SPOTLIGHT zolbetuximab trial, two of the defining gastric cancer studies of the decade.

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