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The Genitourinary cancer Center is staffed by a team of world-class professors, including seven professors of urology, two professors of radiation oncology, one professor of hematology and oncology, two professors of radiology, and one professor of pathology, as well as nurses specializing in urologic cancer. This center provides the exceptional diagnostic services, treatment, and follow-up to patients with urologic cancer through an organic consultation system, helping patients lead a better life after treatment. Through regular conferences, each department shares its specialized knowledge on urologic cancers with each other to provide cutting-edge treatment to patients with urologic cancer.

Major areas of treatment

Major areas of treatment
Prostate cancer Renal cancer
Urothelial cancer (bladder cancer, renal pelvic cancer, ureteric cancer) Testicular cancer
Penile cancer Adrenal cancer
Retroperitoneal cancer Von Hippel Landau disease

Strengths

We offer a range of cutting-edge treatment options for urologic cancers, including targeted therapy, chemotherapy and proton therapy for renal cancer.
Four types of surgical methods are available—perineal, retropubic, laparoscopic, and robotic laparoscopic surgery—and they are selected for each patient depending on the specific condition being treated. Diagnosis, treatment, and follow-up is all done by highly skilled medical personnel who select and manage the best treatment plan for each patient through a multidisciplinary approach that brings together specialists from a range of department. To accomplish all this, Samsung’s Genitourinary cancer Center has invested in cutting-edge diagnostic technology and medical equipment:

  • MRI guided biopsy
  • Best imaging protocol
  • Robot system
  • High-intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU)
  • Laparoscopy and endoscopy system
  • Intensity modulated radiation therapy
  • Radiofrequency thermal ablation (RFA)
  • Cryotherapy (Cryotherapy)

Diagnostic methods

The Genitourinary cancer Center performs accurate early diagnosis and evaluation of urologic cancers to provide successful treatment opportunities to patients.

  • Transrectal ultrasound (Transrectal ultrasound)
  • Computed tomography (CT: computed tomography)
  • Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI: magnetic resomance image)
  • CT urography (CT urography)
  • Positron emission tomography-CT (PET-CT: proton emission tomography)
  • Whole body bone scan (whole body bone scan)
  • Analysis of molecules, genes, and tumor markers.

Latest treatment methods

  • Minimally invasive surgical therapy (laser, single port, laparoscopic, robotic laparoscopic surgery)
  • Radiation therapy technology (innovative radiotherapy techniques), proton therapy
  • Use of non-surgical methods such as high-intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU)
  • Radiofrequency thermal ablation
  • Targeted therapies
  • Advanced chemotherapy agents
  • Hereditary clinic (Von Hippel-Lindau disease (VHL)

Recent trends in clinical research

The Samsung Medical Center plays a leading role in cancer research with various research and external activities under way to develop new treatment methods that fit different cell types and stages of cancer. We are also trying hard to establish a network for clinical research on urologic cancers in Korea. Through these efforts, we hope to create a database of patients who have been recently diagnosed with urologic cancer, and make a clinical protocol based on the characteristics, treatment trends, treatment results, and prognosis.

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Patients' Rights and Responsibilities

Patients' Rights

1. Right to receive medical care

Patients have the right to receive proper care in a safe setting without discrimination nor should their right to care be violated regardless of their gender, age, religion, social status, nationality, language, race, or physical/mental/financial status. Medical teams shall not refuse to provide care without justifiable reason.

2. Right to be informed and to make an autonomous decision

Patients have the right to obtain full and complete information from their medical team, to ask questions, and to determine their agreement or refusal concerning: diagnosis, treatment (purpose, plans and methods), outcomes of care (including unanticipated outcomes), discharge plan, participation in medical research studies, organ transplantation/donation, etc. Within ethical boundaries, patients may discontinue or refuse treatment, request that the medical team explain and suggest alternative treatments, and reserve the right to make their own decisions.

3. Right to confidentiality

Patients' rights to confidentiality regarding their physical/health status and privacy will not be violated. Patients can expect that all medical records/reports and their personal privacy will be kept confidential unless the patient has given consent or disclosure is permitted by law. To ensure their privacy, patients may be informed that Individuals not directly involved in their care may not be present and that the number of guardians accompanying patients to consultation rooms may be limited.

4. Right to request consultation and mediation

In the event of a medical dispute, patients may request consultation and mediation from an internal or external agency (Korea Consumer Agency, Korea Medical Dispute Mediation and Arbitration Agency).

5. Right to have values and beliefs respected

Patients will not be discriminated against because of their culture, religious values, or beliefs, and their rights will not be violated.

6. Right to receive care in a safe setting

Patients have the right to receive hospital-provided care where the patient’s medical information is protected and patient safety can be assured. In addition, patients have the right to be protected from possible dangers that can occur in a hospital and to have stability of mind and body.

Patients' Responsibilities

1. Responsibility to trust and respect the medical team

Patients must accurately inform the medical team of their health condition and must trust and respect the medical team's treatment plan. Patients may be responsible for consequences that result from not following instructions.

2. Responsibility to not use dishonest methods for medical treatment

Patients must reveal their identity before receiving any medical care and must not use false or dishonest methods, such as seeking medical care under disguised ownership.

3. Responsibility to abide by all hospital regulations

Patients are expected to treat all hospital staff and other patients with courtesy and respect; to abide by all hospital rules; and to earnestly fulfill their financial obligation to the hospital. Also, patients and their family members are expected to participate in all safety regulations.