Cancer & serious illness in Korea

Second opinions, records to send ahead, deposits, and realistic stay lengths.

• International clinics: how to contact

  What a university hospital's international healthcare centre actually does, how a first enquiry should be written, and what happens between your email and your first appointment.

• Cancer treatment: procedure & stay

  How treatment is sequenced for a patient arriving from abroad, how billing and deposits work across a long stay, and the practical decisions about housing, caregivers and going home.

• Second opinion from a Korean hospital

  What records to send ahead, how the deposit and review process usually works, and a realistic stay length if the second opinion leads to further tests.

While this section fills up, the general guides cover the parts that apply to every procedure — quotes, payment, interpreting and stay length.