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Aichi Cancer Center

aka 愛知県がんセンター

Nagoya's prefectural cancer centre with a research institute known for cancer epidemiology, molecular carcinogenesis and gastrointestinal oncology.

Aichi Cancer Center was founded in 1964 as a prefectural cancer hospital with an integrated research institute and is one of Japan's core cancer centres. Its Research Institute has a long tradition in cancer epidemiology (the HERPACC hospital-based case-control study), molecular carcinogenesis and the biology of gastric and lung cancer, including early ALK and EGFR resistance work, while the hospital is a leading Japanese site for gastric, oesophageal, colorectal, breast and haematological cancer trials and endoscopic resection. It participates in JCOG and WJOG and in the SCRUM-Japan genomic screening network. Patients can access a comprehensive genome profiling service and early-phase trials.

Location
Nagoya, JP
Type
cancer center
Newsweek 2026 oncology rank
Not in top 300 listing used
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#280 · 22 points (0 Newsweek + 0 NCI + 22 from 11 linked objects) · ranking

Programmes

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  • Cancer epidemiology (HERPACC)
  • Gastrointestinal oncology
  • Breast cancer
  • Molecular carcinogenesis

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