# Osaka International Cancer Institute

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## TL;DR

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.

## Summary

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.

## Fields

- Kind: Institution
- Last checked: 2026-09-09
- Also known as: OICI; Osaka Medical Center for Cancer and Cardiovascular Diseases; 大阪国際がんセンター
- City: Osaka, JP
- Type: cancer-center
- Website: https://oici.jp

## Sources

- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osaka_International_Cancer_Institute
- Osaka International Cancer Institute: https://oici.jp

## Connected records

- technologies: [Cancer registries and population surveillance](https://onco.cc/technologies/cancer-registries-surveillance/), [Comprehensive genomic profiling](https://onco.cc/technologies/cgp/), [Robotic & minimally invasive surgery](https://onco.cc/technologies/robotic-surgery/)
- cancers: [Colorectal cancer](https://onco.cc/cancers/colorectal/), [Gastric & gastro-oesophageal junction cancer](https://onco.cc/cancers/gastric/), [Hepatocellular carcinoma](https://onco.cc/cancers/hcc/), [Non-small-cell lung cancer](https://onco.cc/cancers/nsclc/), [Oesophageal cancer](https://onco.cc/cancers/esophageal/)
- fronts: [Early Detection & Screening](https://onco.cc/fronts/early-detection/), [Surgery & Interventional](https://onco.cc/fronts/surgery/)
- companies: [Japan Clinical Oncology Group (JCOG)](https://onco.cc/companies/jcog/)
- people: [Nariaki Matsuura](https://onco.cc/people/nariaki-matsuura/)
- institutions: [Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine / Osaka University Hospital](https://onco.cc/institutions/osaka-university/)

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