# First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University

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## TL;DR

The First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, founded in 1910, is South China's largest general hospital and the surgical counterpart to SYSUCC; its surgeons ran the CLASS laparoscopic gastrectomy trials and it leads Chinese studies of perioperative immunotherapy in gastric cancer and organ preservation in rectal cancer.

## Summary

The First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, founded in 1910, is one of China's national regional medical centres and a high-volume surgical hospital with recognised gastrointestinal surgery (laparoscopic gastrectomy trials of the CLASS group), hepatobiliary and transplant, thyroid, urological and neuro-oncology services. Its Sixth Affiliated Hospital sister institution is one of China's largest colorectal centres. Investigators have led Chinese trials of perioperative chemotherapy and immunotherapy in gastric cancer and studies of organ preservation in rectal cancer. Patients can access SYSU's shared early-phase infrastructure across the university's hospitals.

## Fields

- Kind: Institution
- Last checked: 2026-09-09
- Also known as: FAH-SYSU; 中山大学附属第一医院
- City: Guangzhou, CN
- Type: hospital
- Website: https://www.fah-sysu.org.cn

## Sources

- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Affiliated_Hospital_of_Sun_Yat-sen_University
- First Affiliated Hospital of SYSU: https://www.fah-sysu.org.cn
- Sun Yat-sen University: https://www.sysu.edu.cn

## Connected records

- cancers: [Colorectal cancer](https://onco.cc/cancers/colorectal/), [Gastric & gastro-oesophageal junction cancer](https://onco.cc/cancers/gastric/), [Hepatocellular carcinoma](https://onco.cc/cancers/hcc/), [Thyroid cancer](https://onco.cc/cancers/thyroid/)
- fronts: [Surgery & Interventional](https://onco.cc/fronts/surgery/)
- technologies: [HIPEC / PIPAC (intraperitoneal chemotherapy)](https://onco.cc/technologies/hipec/), [Robotic & minimally invasive surgery](https://onco.cc/technologies/robotic-surgery/)
- institutions: [Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center](https://onco.cc/institutions/sysucc/)
- people: [Xiao Haipeng](https://onco.cc/people/xiao-haipeng/)

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