{"entity":{"id":"chiba-university-hospital","kind":"institution","name":"Chiba University Hospital","aka":["千葉大学医学部附属病院","千葉大学病院"],"tldr":"The university hospital of Chiba University's medical school, east of Tokyo. Its medical oncology department treats many kinds of cancer with drugs, including rare cancers, cancers whose origin cannot be found and neuroendocrine tumours, and uses tumour gene testing to look for further treatments and trials.","summary":"Chiba University Hospital (千葉大学医学部附属病院) is the hospital of Chiba University's School of Medicine, in Chūō-ku, Chiba; its outline page gives 814 beds and lists it among the regional cancer care hub hospitals designated under Japan's Cancer Control Act (がん診療連携拠点病院). Its department of medical oncology (腫瘍内科) gives chemotherapy, molecularly targeted therapy and immune checkpoint inhibitor treatment in outpatient and inpatient settings, and works across organs on rare cancers (bone and soft tissue tumours, endocrine tumours, GIST, mesothelioma, mucosal melanoma), cancer of unknown primary and neuroendocrine tumours, for which it runs a NET clinic and treatment including somatostatin analogues and PRRT, and the CHIBA NET Square network of hospitals in the prefecture. It uses cancer gene panel testing to guide tumour-agnostic treatment and trial options. The hospital's cancer information site runs a cancer consultation service, adolescent and young adult cancer information, patient salons and chemotherapy seminars for pharmacists. Newsweek and Statista's World's Best Specialized Hospitals 2026 list for oncology ranks it 179.","asOf":"2026-11-11","links":[{"label":"Chiba University Hospital: outline (Japanese)","url":"https://www.ho.chiba-u.ac.jp/hosp/about/outline.html"},{"label":"Newsweek World's Best Specialized Hospitals 2026: Oncology, rank 179 (Chiba University Hospital, Chiba)","url":"https://rankings.newsweek.com/worlds-best-specialized-hospitals-2026/oncology"},{"label":"Chiba University Hospital: Department of Medical Oncology (Japanese)","url":"https://www.ho.chiba-u.ac.jp/hosp/section/shuyo/index.html"},{"label":"Chiba University Hospital: cancer information site (Japanese)","url":"https://www.ho.chiba-u.ac.jp/gan/"}],"tags":[],"related":[],"cancers":[],"sections":[],"technologies":[],"targets":[],"drugs":[],"companies":[],"institutions":[],"pathways":[],"terms":[],"trials":[],"people":[],"bottlenecks":[],"keyPapers":[],"journals":[],"dependsOn":[],"notes":[],"city":"Chiba","country":"JP","lat":35.605,"lng":140.135,"institutionType":"hospital","website":"https://www.ho.chiba-u.ac.jp/","newsweekOncology2026":179,"programs":["Regional cancer care hub hospital (がん診療連携拠点病院)","Medical oncology: rare cancers, cancer of unknown primary and neuroendocrine tumours (NET clinic)","Cancer gene panel testing","CHIBA NET Square regional network"]},"route":"/institutions/chiba-university-hospital/","neighbours":{"collection":[{"id":"newsweek-hospitals","kind":"collection","name":"Newsweek/Statista World's Best Specialized Hospitals: Oncology","route":"/collections/newsweek-hospitals/"}]}}