Hematology and Oncology

Department of Hematology and Oncology is a specialized field where internal medicine graduates receive further professional training about the diagnosis and treatment of blood disorders and cancers. With the training, our department is also conducting research and education related with the field.

Oncology is a branch of internal medicine that focuses on the treatment of various cancers, including gastric cancer, colorectal cancer, lung cancer, breast cancer, head and neck cancer, biliary tract cancer, genitourinary cancer, brain tumors and gynecological cancer.

Hematology is a specialized branch of internal medicine that deals with the diagnosis and treatment of different types of blood disorders such as acute/chronic leukemias, myelodysplastic syndromes, lymphomas and multiple myeloma. Also, our medical staffs take charge in detecting and managing disorders like anemia, thrombosis, bleeding symptoms, while administering chemotherapy and hematopoietic stem cell transplantation for these conditions.

The primary task of oncology, which is chemotherapy, carries significant side effect of bone marrow suppression and without the knowledge of hematology, accurate treatment in oncology cannot be performed.

Therefore, hematology and oncology are inseparable specialized fields.

Unlike the other hospitals where hematology and oncology are sepearted departments, Inha University Hospital’s departments are integrated.

This integration of the two departments at our hospital allows far more comprehensive education and research.  The combined expertise of both fields enables our hospital to be more holistic and have effective approach to patient care, allowing for a wider spectrum of symptom diagnosis and treatment choices.

Our medical specialists in the Department of hematology and oncology are proficient to provide wide range of procedures that includes chemotherapy, immunotherapy and bone marrow transplantation, allowing them to effectively manage broad range of hematologic and oncologic conditions.

Department of Hematology/Oncology performs central role at the Cancer Center.