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Taipei Veterans General Hospital
Taipei Veterans General Hospital, founded in 1958, is one of Taiwan's three great medical centres; it opened Taiwan's first carbon-ion therapy centre in 2023, enrols heavily into EGFR and immunotherapy lung cancer trials, and runs Taiwan Cooperative Oncology Group studies.
Also called: TVGH臺北榮民總醫院
Overview
Taipei Veterans General Hospital, founded in 1958, is a national medical centre affiliated to National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University and one of Taiwan's most active clinical research sites. Its oncology strengths include thoracic oncology (a leading enroller in EGFR and immunotherapy trials), hepatocellular carcinoma and portal hypertension research, gastric and colorectal surgery, and paediatric oncology. The hospital opened Taiwan's first heavy ion (carbon-ion) therapy centre in 2023 and runs a large cancer immunotherapy and cell therapy programme under Taiwan's special-access regulations. TVGH also hosts extensive registry-based research and Taiwan Cooperative Oncology Group trials.
Location
Taipei, TW
Type
hospital · National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University
Website
Newsweek 2026 oncology rank
Not in top 300 listing used
OnCo score
#245 · 26 points (0 Newsweek + 0 NCI + 26 from 13 linked objects) · ranking
Research output
From OpenAlex, oncology works in the last five years (2022 to 2026, current year in progress); counted on 2026-09-17.
Matched to Taipei Veterans General Hospital, including child institutions. 440 works · 3,370 citations · 77% open access · 10% clinical trials · 1% reviews.
Oncology works per year
1062022
942023
952024
812025
642026
Most works
- Ling‐Ming Tseng33 works
- Chi‐Cheng Huang25 works
- Nai‐Jung Chiang24 works
- Shih‐Chin Chen24 works
- Shin‐E Wang23 works
- Jeng‐Kai Jiang22 works
- Bor‐Uei Shyr22 works
- Yi‐Ming Shyr21 works
- Yan‐Shen Shan21 works
- Chung‐Pin Li21 works
Most cited
- Heavy ion (carbon-ion) therapy
- Thoracic oncology
- Hepatocellular carcinoma
- Cell therapy
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