Precision Medicine

The future of medicine set into motion by the Yamagata Model, a new cancer treatment technology: Taking on the challenge of global standardization of heavy ion therapy equipment

The future of medicine set into motion by the Yamagata Model, a new cancer treatment technology: Taking on the challenge of global standardization of heavy ion therapy equipment

“Music plays in the treatment room, and it is a relaxing environment. If nobody had told me, I wouldn’t have known I was being irradiated. There’s no pain and the irradiation time is short, so I’m gla…

2022/07/20
In the vanguard of cancer treatment that respects quality of life, Part 2 -Introduction of new heavy ion technology shakes up the medical field

In the vanguard of cancer treatment that respects quality of life, Part 2 -Introduction of new heavy ion technology shakes up the medical field

There are only seven units of heavy ion radiotherapy equipment in Japan. They are drawing attention as a new treatment, a paradigm shift in cancer treatment. This treatment was not available in the To…

2022/07/13
In the vanguard of cancer treatment that respects quality of life, Part 1 -Lower burden from understanding the patient’s and medical staff’s perspective

In the vanguard of cancer treatment that respects quality of life, Part 1 -Lower burden from understanding the patient’s and medical staff’s perspective

In the dead of night back in November 2018, a time when roads are quiet, cars few, a large truck left Sendai Port in northeast Japan. Its oversized load, slowly and steadily completing the overland le…

2022/07/06
Pinpoint Irradiation on Tumor – Opening Up New Possibilities in Cancer Treatment

Pinpoint Irradiation on Tumor – Opening Up New Possibilities in Cancer Treatment

Cancer. It’s one of the most frightening words in any language, a diagnosis none of us want to hear.But in its various forms it’s the biggest killer in many of the world’s countries. In the US it hits…

2019/09/04