Lung·Esophagus Center

thoracic surgery, pulmonology oncology

Lung·Esophagus Center applies the best method in the diagnosis process including examination and treatment process of surgery, chemotherapy and radiotherapy to provide the best treatment about lung cancer and esophageal cancer. The center also aims at improving the quality of patient treatment through efficient collaborative practice among specialists within the center. Lung cancer is accompanied by distant or local metastasis in more than two thirds of diagnosis, so prognosis is not good with 5-year survival rate approximately 15%. As for the patients who are not likely to be completely cured or lung cancer is recurred, the center also tries to recover the quality of life including symptom relief through diverse local treatments.

• Collaborative surgery performed by thoracic surgery specialists with rich clinical experience in the resection of lung cancer and esophageal cancer
• Active diverse treatment about pleural metastasis
• anti-cancer hyperthermia utilizing thoracoscopy
• Cancer treatment through chemoport
• Propose multi-faceted diverse treatments about lung cancer, esophageal cancer and pleural metastasis cancer

Specialist of Lung·Esophagus Center

Yong-jun Na, manager (thoracic surgery specialist)

Lung cancer, emphysema, pneumothorax, empyema, funnel chest, esophageal cancer, chest trauma

Gi-hwan Jeong, manager (pulmonology oncology specialist)

Lung cancer, chronic cold, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, asthma, pulmonary tuberculosis