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
	●	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.