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Hibiya Uchisaiwaicho Clinic
Founded in 2005, Hibiya Uchisaiwaicho Clinic offers not only body-friendly cancer therapy, but effective
and forefront cellular immunotherapy. Their main Celluar immunotherapies are Highly activated NK cell therapy and Compound cellular immunotherapy based on research supported by scientific logic and ground.
The Hospital of the National Institute of Radiological Sciences
The Hospital of the NIRS is unique in its specialization in radiotherapy for cancer. This hospital performs carbon ion radiotherapy in clinical practice and also conducts clinical studies to make this non-invasive therapy more accessible for cancer patients. This Hospital is designed to protect the privacy of patients, attaches importance to good communication with patients and their families, and has a high level of amenities and utilities. Furthermore, they play a leading role all over the world for pioneering new clinical techniques in radiation medicine as well. The number of patients enrolled in charged particle therapy at the NIRS Hospital has increased year by year since 1994, and exceeded 10,000 in July 2016. Based on the accumulated clinical study data, radiation therapy is now being performed with greater therapeutic effect to treat the cancer and improve symptoms in many patients. With increasing appreciation of the expertise of the NIRS in advanced charged particle therapy, many requests for medical consultations on cancer therapy come from all areas of Japan.
Hyogo Ion Beam Medical Center (HIBMC) was established on April 1, 2001 with the goal of eradicating cancer, which is an ardent wish of humanity. Their main treatment in fighting the tough disease is charged particle radiotherapy featuring two types of charged particles (proton and carbon-ion). HIBMC was the world's first institution that offers both of these two types of therapy, and there are only four of such institutions in the world (as of the end of March 2016). The tumors handled by HIBMC are bone and soft tissue sarcoma, tumors in the head and neck, pancreas cancer, biliary tract cancer, liver cancer, lung cancer and others. The number of cases which Hyogo Ion Beam Medical Center applied charged particle radiotherapy at HIBMC exceeds 7,000; it is certain that they have world-class clinical experience. HIBMC has been actively working on the cases that were incurable at other institutions and achieving results.
Among the national university hospitals in Japan, Gunma University Hospital draws the most cancer patients and implements the highest number of cancer operations in Japan. Taking advantage of the characteristics of the university hospital, this facility focuses on multidisciplinary therapy: heavy ion radiotherapy combined with surgery or chemotherapy. Gunma University Heavy Ion Medical Center (GHMC) was established on June 1, 2005 and is equipped with the newest, heavy ion radiotherapy system for worldwide use. Their first heavy ion radiotherapy was applied to a patient with prostate cancer. Now the indications have been widened to 10 tyeps of cancers(Prostate cancer, Lung cancer, Liver cancer, Head and neck tumors, Postoperative recurrence of rectal cancer, Bone and soft tissue tumors, Recurrence of lymph node cancer, Skull base tumor, Pancreas cancer). Since GHMC's first heavy ion radiotherapy in 2010, over 2,000 patients received the therapy from this facility by 2016.