# Tatsuya Ohno

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## TL;DR

Carbon-ion radiotherapy specialist who directs the Gunma University Heavy Ion Medical Center, Japan's first university-based carbon-ion cancer treatment facility.

## Summary

Tatsuya Ohno is Director of the Gunma University Heavy Ion Medical Center in Maebashi, which began heavy-ion (carbon-ion) cancer treatment in 2010 as the first university-based facility of its kind in Japan. In his director's greeting he describes the advantages of heavy-ion therapy over conventional X-ray treatment in dose concentration and biological effectiveness, with courses typically completed within one to four weeks, and the centre's roles in training specialists and promoting international collaboration. He has published extensively on carbon-ion radiotherapy from the Gunma facility.

## Fields

- Kind: Person
- Last checked: 2026-09-10
- Tags: leadership; clinician-scientist; radiotherapy; particle-therapy
- Role: Director of the Gunma University Heavy Ion Medical Center
- Specialisms: Carbon-ion radiotherapy; Radiation oncology; Particle therapy

## Sources

- Source: GHMC director's greeting: https://heavy-ion.showa.gunma-u.ac.jp/page.php?id=15

## Connected records

- institutions: [Gunma University Heavy Ion Medical Center](https://onco.cc/institutions/gunma-heavy-ion-medical-center/)
- journals: [Cancers](https://onco.cc/journals/cancers-mdpi/)

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