Osaka Heavy Ion Therapy Center

Location: Osaka, Japan

Type of City: Metropolitan, the second-largest city in Japan

Facility: Heavy Ion Therapy

In Operation: October 2018

Advantages of Facility: 

• Pinpoint scanning targeting
• Collaboration with Nation Center at nearby facility
• Located in urban location with a historical past

Cancer Eligibility:

• Head and neck tumor
• Urological tumor
• Bone soft tissue tumor
• Pumonary/mediastinal tumor
• Gastrointestinal tumor
• Hepatobiliary pancreatic tumor
• Mammary gland/ Gynecology
• Metastatic tumor (*)

Treatment period: 

3 – 5 weeks

Process before the visit:

• Qualification by Taqtik
• Medical Record
• Qualification by the center
• Trip preparation