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Gunma University Heavy Ion Medical Center
The first compact university-based carbon-ion therapy centre in Japan, treating prostate, liver, lung and bone and soft-tissue tumours since 2010.
Also called: GHMC群馬大学重粒子線医学センター
Overview
Gunma University Heavy Ion Medical Center began treatment in 2010 as the first compact carbon-ion facility built on a university campus, using a downsized synchrotron designed with NIRS (now QST). It treats prostate, hepatocellular, lung, pancreatic, head and neck and sarcoma patients and has published widely on hypofractionated carbon-ion schedules and on radiobiology of high-LET radiation. The centre is linked to Gunma University's Graduate School of Medicine and to the Japan Carbon-ion Radiation Oncology Study Group (J-CROS), which pooled outcomes across Japanese facilities to support national insurance coverage for carbon-ion therapy.
Location
Maebashi, JP
Type
hospital · Gunma University
Newsweek 2026 oncology rank
Not in top 300 listing used
OnCo score
#358 · 18 points (0 Newsweek + 0 NCI + 18 from 9 linked objects) · ranking
- Carbon-ion therapy
- Radiobiology of high-LET radiation
- J-CROS multicentre outcomes
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