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Taipei Veterans General Hospital launches Taiwan’s first heavy ion therapy center

Taipei Veterans General Hospital launches Taiwan’s first heavy ion therapy center

2023-05-15

Taipei Veterans General Hospital opened its new heavy ion therapy center on Monday. This is the first cancer treatment center of its kind in Taiwan and the 14th in the world. Heavy ion therapy is a form of radiotherapy that has shown promise in treating conditions including liver, lung and prostate cancer.

The opening ceremony was attended by President Tsai Ing-wen, as well as a 72-year-old liver cancer patient surnamed Tung童. President Tsai said the center marked a milestone in Taiwan-Japan medical cooperation, as its equipment was purchased from Japan. She said that with the new facility, Taiwan’s patients no longer need to travel to Japan for treatment. Taiwan will also be able to welcome more patients from overseas.

全台首座重粒子癌症治療中心 北榮今開幕

2023-05-15

全台第一座重粒子癌症治療中心,今天在台北榮總正式開幕,也是全球第14座、東南亞第1座重粒子癌症治療中心,重粒子治療已證實適用肝癌、肺癌和攝護腺癌等等癌症。

現場除了有72歲肝癌患者童先生現身說法,總統蔡英文也到場,由於這是日本海外輸出的首座重粒子設備,總統表示,這是台日醫療合作的重大里程碑,過去患者必須飛到日本治療,這座中心開幕之後,不只服務國內患者,未來也歡迎國際患者來台治療。

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