# Shikoku Cancer Center

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## TL;DR

The National Hospital Organization's cancer centre for the Shikoku region, in Matsuyama, designated by the health ministry as Ehime 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 Ehime Prefecture, the top tier of the ministry's designated cancer care hospitals. Its site describes it as the centre for cancer in the Shikoku region, working with the national centre to provide advanced specialist care, clinical research, training and information, and as the centre of cancer genomic medicine cooperation in Shikoku; it lists itself as a cancer genomic medicine hub hospital (がんゲノム医療拠点病院). It runs a clinical research centre and a patient and family support centre. Its English page was marked as in preparation when read.

## Fields

- Kind: Institution
- Last checked: 2026-11-04
- Also known as: National Hospital Organization Shikoku Cancer Center; 独立行政法人国立病院機構四国がんセンター; 四国がんセンター
- City: Matsuyama, JP
- Type: cancer-center
- Website: https://shikoku-cc.hosp.go.jp/hospital/

## 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
- Shikoku Cancer Center (Japanese): https://shikoku-cc.hosp.go.jp/hospital/

## Connected records

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

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