institutionsInstitution
Severance Hospital, Yonsei University
Severance Hospital houses Yonsei Cancer Center and Korea's first heavy-ion (carbon) therapy centre (2023).
Carbon-ion therapy, lung and gastric cancer trials, robotic surgery leadership.
Location
Seoul, KR
Type
hospital · Yonsei University
Website
Newsweek 2026 oncology rank
#22
OnCo score
#46 · 46 points (38 Newsweek + 0 NCI + 8 from 4 linked objects) · ranking
- Carbon-ion therapy
- Robotic surgery
Byoung Chul Cho
Professor, Division of Medical Oncology; Director, Yonsei Lung Cancer Center
Lung cancerEGFR-mutant NSCLCBispecific antibodies
Co-led MARIPOSA, the trial where amivantamab plus lazertinib beat osimertinib, and a leading figure in Asian lung cancer drug development.
Hye Ryun Kim
Professor of Medical Oncology; thoracic and head-and-neck oncology
Lung cancerHead and neck cancerImmunotherapy
A Yonsei oncologist who has led checkpoint-inhibitor and combination trials in lung and head-and-neck cancer.
Joohyuk Sohn
Professor of Medical Oncology; breast cancer
Breast cancerHER2-lowAntibody-drug conjugates
Joohyuk Sohn is a Yonsei breast oncologist and investigator on the DESTINY-Breast and TROPION trials.
Sang Joon Shin
Professor of Medical Oncology; colorectal cancer and melanoma
Colorectal cancerMelanomaImmunotherapy
Sang Joon Shin is a Yonsei medical oncologist active in colorectal cancer and melanoma immunotherapy trials.
Sun Young Rha
Professor of Medical Oncology; gastric cancer
Gastric cancerImmunotherapyHER2
A gastric cancer trialist who led Korean arms of first-line immunotherapy and Claudin 18.2 studies.