Cooperating medical institution
Regional collaboration
We cooperate with the adjacent Osaka International Cancer Institute, 5 universities in Osaka, etc. to carry out comprehensive cancer treatments.
Comprehensive cooperation
The Osaka International Cancer Treatment Foundation has signed a comprehensive cooperation agreement. Collaboration and cooperation matters are "human resource development and human resource exchange", "promotion activities for heavy ion therapy", etc.
Date of the contract: February 17, 2018
Contracted to: National Institutes for Quantum and Radiological Science and Technology
Date of the contract: June 2, 2018
Contracted to: Hualien Tzu Chi Hospital
Particle therapy facility
Currently, there are 19 particle cancer therapy facilities in Japan (heavy ion: 5, proton: 15) in Japan. (As of April 2018) For details, please check the website of each facility.
■Particle therapy facility list
Heavy ion beams | Proton beams | Name of prefectures | Name of facilities |
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● | Hokkaido | Hokkaido University Hospital Proton Beam Therapy Center | |
● | Hokkaido | SAPPORO TEISHINKAI HOSPITAL Proton therapy center | |
● | Fukushima Prefecture |
Southern TOHOKU Proton Therapy Center | |
● | Gunma Prefecture |
GUNMA UNIVERSITY HEAVY ION MEDICAL CENTER | |
● | Ibaraki Prefecture |
Proton Beam Therapy Center University of Tsukuba Hospital | |
● | Chiba Prefecture |
National Cancer Center Hospital East | |
● | Chiba Prefecture |
National Institutes for Quantum and Radiological Science and Technology, QST hospital | |
● | Kanagawa Prefecture |
ion-beam Radiation Oncology Center in Kanagawa, Kanagawa Cancer Center (i-ROCK) | |
● | Nagano Prefecture |
Aizawa Hospital Proton Therapy Center | |
● | Shizuoka Prefecture |
Shizuoka Cancer Center | |
● | Aichi Prefecture |
Nagoya Proton Therapy Center | |
● | Fukui Prefecture |
Fukui Prefectural Hospital Proton Therapy Center | |
● | Kyoto | Nagamori Memorial Advanced Cancer Research Center | |
● | Osaka Prefecture |
Medical Co. HAKUHOKAI Osaka Proton Therapy Clinic | |
● | ● | Hyogo Prefecture |
Hyogo Ion Beam Medical Center (Note1) |
● | Hyogo Prefecture |
Kobe Proton Center | |
● | Okayama Prefecture |
Tsuyama chuo hospital Okayama university Proton BEAM | |
● | Saga Prefecture |
SAGA Heavy Ion Medical Accelerator in Tosu (SAGA HIMAT) | |
● | Kagoshima Prefecture |
Medipolis Proton Therapy and Research Center |
Note1:Depending on which is more appropriate for the targeted disease, proton or heavy ion beams can be used for the treatment at Hyogo Ion Beam Medical Center.