# Aichi Cancer Center

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## TL;DR

Nagoya's prefectural cancer centre with a research institute known for cancer epidemiology, molecular carcinogenesis and gastrointestinal oncology.

## Summary

Aichi Cancer Center was founded in 1964 as a prefectural cancer hospital with an integrated research institute and is one of Japan's core cancer centres. Its Research Institute has a long tradition in cancer epidemiology (the HERPACC hospital-based case-control study), molecular carcinogenesis and the biology of gastric and lung cancer, including early ALK and EGFR resistance work, while the hospital is a leading Japanese site for gastric, oesophageal, colorectal, breast and haematological cancer trials and endoscopic resection. It participates in JCOG and WJOG and in the SCRUM-Japan genomic screening network. Patients can access a comprehensive genome profiling service and early-phase trials.

## Fields

- Kind: Institution
- Last checked: 2026-09-09
- Also known as: 愛知県がんセンター
- City: Nagoya, JP
- Type: cancer-center
- Website: https://web.archive.org/web/20211206023820/https://www.pref.aichi.jp/cancer-center/

## Sources

- Aichi Cancer Center (archived copy): https://web.archive.org/web/20211206023820/https://www.pref.aichi.jp/cancer-center/

## Connected records

- cancers: [Colorectal cancer](https://onco.cc/cancers/colorectal/), [Gastric & gastro-oesophageal junction cancer](https://onco.cc/cancers/gastric/), [HR-positive / HER2-negative breast cancer](https://onco.cc/cancers/breast-hr-positive/), [Non-small-cell lung cancer](https://onco.cc/cancers/nsclc/), [Oesophageal cancer](https://onco.cc/cancers/esophageal/)
- fronts: [Diagnostics & Biomarkers](https://onco.cc/fronts/diagnostics/), [Prevention & Risk](https://onco.cc/fronts/prevention/)
- technologies: [Comprehensive genomic profiling](https://onco.cc/technologies/cgp/)
- targets: [ALK](https://onco.cc/targets/alk/), [EGFR](https://onco.cc/targets/egfr/)
- companies: [Japan Clinical Oncology Group (JCOG)](https://onco.cc/companies/jcog/)
- people: [Yasumasa Niwa](https://onco.cc/people/yasumasa-niwa/)

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