# Kumamoto University Hospital

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## TL;DR

Kumamoto University's teaching hospital, which the health ministry designates as Kumamoto Prefecture's hub hospital for cancer care.

## Summary

The Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare lists it as the prefectural cancer care hub hospital (都道府県がん診療連携拠点病院) for Kumamoto Prefecture, the top tier of the ministry's designated cancer care hospitals. Its cancer centre takes in an outpatient chemotherapy centre, a cancer consultation and support centre, a cancer registry, a palliative care centre, a cancer genome centre and a support team for adolescents and young adults with cancer. Its site offers English through an automatic translation service.

## Fields

- Kind: Institution
- Last checked: 2026-11-04
- Also known as: 熊本大学病院
- City: Kumamoto, JP
- Type: hospital
- Website: https://www.kuh.kumamoto-u.ac.jp/

## Sources

- Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare: designated cancer care hospitals (がん診療連携拠点病院等): https://www.mhlw.go.jp/stf/seisakunitsuite/bunya/kenkou_iryou/kenkou/gan/gan_byoin.html
- Kumamoto University Hospital: foreign language page: https://www.kuh.kumamoto-u.ac.jp/foreign/

## Connected records

- institutions: [National Cancer Center Hospital](https://onco.cc/institutions/ncc-japan/)

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