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Osaka International Cancer Institute
The Osaka International Cancer Institute is the Osaka prefectural cancer centre, rebuilt as a dedicated cancer hospital in 2017; it performs high volumes of gastric, oesophageal and colorectal surgery and runs the Osaka Cancer Registry, one of Japan's most complete population registries.
Also called: OICIOsaka Medical Center for Cancer and Cardiovascular Diseases大阪国際がんセンター
Overview
The Osaka International Cancer Institute traces its history to the Osaka Adult Disease Center founded in 1959 and moved into a new dedicated cancer hospital in central Osaka in 2017. It is a designated prefectural cancer centre with high surgical volumes in gastric, oesophageal, colorectal, hepatobiliary and lung cancer, strong endoscopy (early gastric cancer ESD), and a research institute covering cancer epidemiology, molecular pathology and immunology. The institute runs the long-established Osaka Cancer Registry, one of Japan's most complete population-based registries, and participates in JCOG, WJOG and international registration trials. Patients have access to a phase 1 unit and genomic profiling under Japan's national cancer genome medicine programme.
Location
Osaka, JP
Type
cancer center
Website
Newsweek 2026 oncology rank
Not in top 300 listing used
OnCo score
#276 · 24 points (0 Newsweek + 0 NCI + 24 from 12 linked objects) · ranking
Research output
From OpenAlex, oncology works in the last five years (2022 to 2026, current year in progress); counted on 2026-09-16.
Matched to Osaka International Cancer Institute, including child institutions. 505 works · 4,266 citations · 72% open access · 14% clinical trials · 1% reviews.
Oncology works per year
952022
1052023
1152024
1142025
762026
Most works
- Motohiro Tamiya48 works
- Yoshinori Kagawa42 works
- Hidetoshi Eguchi42 works
- Kenji Ikezawa35 works
- Yuichiro� Doki33 works
- Masayuki Ohue31 works
- Hirofumi Akita30 works
- Norikatsu Miyoshi29 works
- Kazuyoshi Ohkawa29 works
- Hidenori Takahashi28 works
Most cited
- Gastrointestinal cancer surgery and endoscopy
- Osaka Cancer Registry
- Thoracic oncology
- Cancer genome medicine
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