- What is heavy ion radiotherapy?
- Cancer therapy, raised in Japan
Cancer therapy, raised in Japan
A cancer treatment technique from Japan attracts the world’s attention
An advanced medical technology, successfully developed in Japan for the first time in the world
The world’s first heavy ion radiotherapy using carbon ions was initially begun at the QST Hospital (former NIRS Hospital), National Institutes for Quantum Science and Technology, Japan.
Japan’s heavy ion radiotherapy facilities successfully treated more than about 43,000 patients in the period from 1994 until end of 2023.
Heavy ion radiotherapy is a form of radiotherapy attracting a high level of interest around the world, and many institutions are considering the introduction of this treatment. Currently, in addition to QST hospital, there are 6 heavy ion radiotherapy centers are under operation like as Yamagata University EAST JAPAN HEAVY ION CENTER, Gunma University Heavy Ion Medical Center, Kanagawa Cancer Center i-ROCK, Osaka Heavy Ion Therapy Center, Hyogo Ion Beam Medical Center, Kyushu International Heavy Ion Beam Therapy Center (SAGA HIMAT) in Japan ; Heidelberg University in Germany; Institute of Modern Physics (Lanzhou), Liangzhou and Shanghai University in China; Foundation CNAO in Italy; and Med-Austron in Austria.
Furthermore, Taipei Veterans General Hospital in Taiwan(2022) and Yonsei University in Koria(2023) are newly started introducing Japanese equipment.
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