The Hospital of the NIRS is unique in its specialization in radiotherapy for cancer. This hospital performs carbon ion radiotherapy in clinical practice and also conducts clinical studies to make this non-invasive therapy more accessible for cancer patients.
This Hospital is designed to protect the privacy of patients, attaches importance to good communication with patients and their families, and has a high level of amenities and utilities. Furthermore, they play a leading role all over the world for pioneering new clinical techniques in radiation medicine as well.
The number of patients enrolled in charged particle therapy at the NIRS Hospital has increased year by year since 1994, and exceeded 10,000 in July 2016.
Based on the accumulated clinical study data, radiation therapy is now being performed with greater therapeutic effect to treat the cancer and improve symptoms in many patients.
With increasing appreciation of the expertise of the NIRS in advanced charged particle therapy, many requests for medical consultations on cancer therapy come from all areas of Japan.

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The first and largest hospital of Harvard Medical School, Masschusetts General Hospital(MGH) is dedicated to providing the finest world-class medical care to their patients.

Patients at Massachusetts General Hospital(MGH) have access to a vast network of physicians, nearly all of whom are Harvard Medical School faculty and many of whom are leaders within their fields.

MGH's multidisciplinary care teams―known worldwide for their innovations in cancer, digestive disorders, the neurosciences, heart disease, orthopaedics, transplantation, urologic diseases and trauma care―unite specialists across the hospital to offer comprehensive, state-of-the-art medical care. In addition, MassGeneral Hospital for Children provides a full range of pediatric health care services, from primary care to leading-edge treatment of complex and rare disorders.

[A 999-bed medical center, Mass General annually]

Performs more than 42,000 operations

Admits approximately 48,000 inpatients

Handles nearly 1.5 million outpatient visits

Each year, thousands of international patients from more than 140 countries come to Mass General seeking medical care and second opinions.

The International Patient Center at Massachusetts General Hospital is a full-service office that helps overseas patients access medical care at Mass General. MGH's welcoming and multilingual coordinators serve as a single point of contact before, during and after the patient's visit.

In 2017, Mass General was recognized as no. 4 out of nearly 5,000 hospitals in the ranking. Mass General is the only hospital ranked in all 16 specialties considered by U.S. News & World Report, a testament to the breadth and depth of their expertise. Mass General patients rate their experiences with MGH very highly, with nearly all indicating they would be very likely to recommend us to others.

With 600 years history, Heidelberg University Hospital is one of the leading medical centers in Europe. Their world-renowned 1,700 Professors and Doctors treat 1.8 million patients using the most modern technical equipments yearly and committed nursing staff strive to fulfill in providing the quality of care.
It is the first combined Proton/Heavy ion therapy facility in a European hospital. With the research focus on oncology, the National Center for Tumor Diseases (NCT) and the German Cancer Research Center, Heidelberg provide a unique clinical and scientific environment and implement the latest research results in their treatment standards rapidly.
Besides, Heidelberg also specializes in Cardiovascular diseases, Neurological diseases, Musculoskeletal diseases, Transplantations, and childhood diseases.
Every year, thousands of international patients visit the hospital to receive the guaranteed highest standards of medical care. Physicians and most nurses of the Hospital are also able to directly communicate in English. Heidelberg University Hospital is constantly developing new methods of diagnosis and treatment at the forefront of biomedical science for the benefit of all patients.

The National Cancer Center(NCC) is funded by the Ministry of Health & Welfare, Korea. Since its opening in 2000, their experts have provided the best protocols using high-tech medical treatments, including robot-assisted surgery, proton therapy, tomotherapy, and intensity-modulated radiotherapy.

The National Cancer Center performs 9,000 operations and radiotherapy per year, and each year publishes about 245 articles on cancer in journals indexed in the Science Citation Index. NCC is staffed with talented medical staff and professional coordinators that provide fast and accurate medical services.

Rapid translation of discoveries made at the NCC Research Institute into promising clinical interventions is facilitated for cancer patients at NCC. As a leading cancer center, NCC coordinates developing and disseminating evidence-based standard cancer-care guidelines in Korea.

The National Cancer Center recognizes the importance of prevention and early detection for cancer, and provides specialized cancer check-ups through its Cancer Prevention and Early Detection Center. National Cancer Center(NCC) has fine accessibility from Incheon International Airport, and Seoul while positioning in the center of Ilsan New Town, where it holds complete amenity with safe and clean environment, fresh air and beautiful landscape surrounded by Jungbal Mountain.

Johns Hopkins Hospital, founded in 1889 and headquartered in Baltimore, is the first academic hospital of Johns Hopkins Medicine(JHM), an $8 billion integrated global health enterprise and one of the leading health care systems in the United States.
The majority of their medical employees are educated from Johns Hopkins University of Medicine, which annually ranked second in National Institutes of Health (NIH) funding for U.S. medical schools.
More than 2,100 full-time attending physicians are there for patients coming from all over the world to seek the expertise and compassion of Hopkins physicians, nurses and care teams.
The hospital offers their specialties including cancer, neurology, orthopedics, and urology.
Their precise and innovative medicine, based on cutting-edge researches and its findings being translated into new therapies, is attracting 2.8 million outpatients and 115,000 patients hospitalized to the Johns Hopkins annually.
Johns Hopkins is equipped with 1,154 patient bed including 696 beds for private patient rooms and 33 new, state of art operating rooms.
Its Medicine International team, made up of more than 100 care experts from 30 countries, will serve you to its world-class medicine.
The Johns Hopkins Hospital is the only hospital in history to have earned the number one ranking for 22 years from U.S. News & World Report―an unprecedented 21 years in a row from 1991 to 2011, and again in 2013.

Since the Samsung Medical Center opened in 1994, it has led the changes in Korea's medical world covering all fields including diagnosis and treatment, studies, education and medical services, earning recognition from people as Korea's representative hospital, one worthy of its reputation.

Samsung Medical Center(SMC) is equipped with nearly 2,000 beds and 1,400 doctors. SMC was officially appointed as a medical evacuation hospital for the White House in 1996. SMC features the Samsung Comprehensive Cancer Center, the Proton Therapy Center and the Heart Vascular, and Stroke Institute, which are at the forefront of cancer, heart disease, diseases of the blood vessels, and stroke.

Their International Health services(IHS) offers inpatient and outpatient treatment, consultations, and referrals across a comprehensive range of specialities. By coordinating interpretation services including English, Russian, Arabic, Chinese, Mongolian, Japanese and other necessary services to stay in Korea such as transportation as well as accommodation, our center aims to minimize a patient’s discomfort during a treatment period in Korea.

Hyogo Ion Beam Medical Center (HIBMC) was established on April 1, 2001 with the goal of eradicating cancer, which is an ardent wish of humanity.
Their main treatment in fighting the tough disease is charged particle radiotherapy featuring two types of charged particles (proton and carbon-ion).
HIBMC was the world's first institution that offers both of these two types of therapy, and there are only four of such institutions in the world (as of the end of March 2016).
The tumors handled by HIBMC are bone and soft tissue sarcoma, tumors in the head and neck, pancreas cancer, biliary tract cancer, liver cancer, lung cancer and others.
The number of cases which Hyogo Ion Beam Medical Center applied charged particle radiotherapy at HIBMC exceeds 7,000; it is certain that they have world-class clinical experience.
HIBMC has been actively working on the cases that were incurable at other institutions and achieving results.

Mayo Clinic is currently the largest intergrated medical center in the world, retaining 3,300 doctors and 27,500 nurses.

Since Mayo's establishment in 1863, Mayo's renowned reputation began with their exceptional team approach practice to patient care. At Mayo Clinic, patients don't get just one opinion, patients get multiple opinions from doctors in multiple specialties if necessary, as getting effective treatment depends on identifying the problem precisely. This results in better care and better answers for patients.

Mayo Clinic doctors cover virtually every specialty and treat more than a million people yearly, giving the doctors extensive experience in treating patient's condition even in rare and complex conditions.

In a recent study, 88 percent of patients who came to Mayo Clinic for a second opinion received a new or refined diagnosis.

In addition, Mayo is also equipped the latest in diagnostic and treatment technology ― from the highest resolution imaging devices to robotic surgery.

Patients traveling internationally are provided timely diagnostic and specialty care in a place designed to feel a little more like home. At Mayo, patients have access to all medical and surgical sub-specialties within a single institution, empowering the medical team to address all the patient's health needs and treat the whole person.

[U.S. News & World Report 2017-2018 Rankings]

Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minn.

1st Diabetes & Endocrinology

1st Gastroenterology & GI Surgery

1st Geriatrics

1st Gynecology

1st Nephrology

1st Neurology & Neurosurgery

2nd Cardiology & Heart Surgery

2nd Orthopedics

2nd Pulmonology

2nd Urology

3rd Cancer

4th Ear, Nose & Throat

Among the national university hospitals in Japan, Gunma University Hospital draws the most cancer patients and implements the highest number of cancer operations in Japan. Taking advantage of the characteristics of the university hospital, this facility focuses on multidisciplinary therapy: heavy ion radiotherapy combined with surgery or chemotherapy.
Gunma University Heavy Ion Medical Center (GHMC) was established on June 1, 2005 and is equipped with the newest, heavy ion radiotherapy system for worldwide use.
Their first heavy ion radiotherapy was applied to a patient with prostate cancer. Now the indications have been widened to 10 tyeps of cancers(Prostate cancer, Lung cancer, Liver cancer, Head and neck tumors, Postoperative recurrence of rectal cancer, Bone and soft tissue tumors, Recurrence of lymph node cancer, Skull base tumor, Pancreas cancer). Since GHMC's first heavy ion radiotherapy in 2010, over 2,000 patients received the therapy from this facility by 2016.