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Seoul National University Hospital

Seoul National University Hospital is Korea's national university hospital and a top global enroller for gastric and lung cancer trials.

Seoul National University Cancer Hospital; leadership in gastric cancer (CLDN18.2, HER2), NSCLC, and radiotherapy trials.

Location
Seoul, KR
Type
hospital · Seoul National University
Newsweek 2026 oncology rank
#8
OnCo score
#30 · 60 points (52 Newsweek + 0 NCI + 8 from 4 linked objects) · ranking

Programmes

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  • Gastric cancer
  • Lung cancer

People

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Do-Youn Oh
Professor of Internal Medicine; gastrointestinal and hepatobiliary oncology
Biliary tract cancerPancreatic cancerImmunotherapy

Principal investigator of TOPAZ-1, the trial that added immunotherapy to first-line chemotherapy for bile duct cancer.

Dong-Wan Kim
Professor of Internal Medicine; thoracic oncology
Lung cancerALK and ROS1 fusionsTargeted therapy

Dong-Wan Kim is a thoracic oncologist central to the ALK and ROS1 inhibitor trials, from crizotinib to brigatinib and beyond.

Se-Hoon Lee
Professor of Internal Medicine; thoracic oncology and immunotherapy
Lung cancerImmunotherapySmall-cell lung cancer

A lung cancer oncologist who has helped test checkpoint inhibitors and next-generation ADCs in Korean patients.

Seock-Ah Im
Professor of Internal Medicine; breast medical oncology
Breast cancerCDK4/6 inhibitorsPremenopausal breast cancer

Led MONALEESA-7, which proved a CDK4/6 inhibitor extends survival in premenopausal breast cancer, and steers Korea's breast cancer trial network.

Tae-You Kim
Professor of Internal Medicine; gastrointestinal oncology and cancer genomics
Colorectal cancerGastric cancerCancer genomics

A GI oncologist and genomics researcher who leads precision oncology and colorectal cancer trials at Seoul National University.

Yung-Jue Bang
Professor Emeritus of Internal Medicine; Seoul National University Cancer Research Institute
Gastric cancerHER2Early-phase drug development

Principal investigator of ToGA, the trial that made trastuzumab standard in HER2-positive gastric cancer, and a founder of Korean phase 1 oncology.

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