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 がんセンター写真National Cancer Center in1972

 


1961 February,16   Established Planning Office for establishment of a National Cancer Center
1962 January, 1   Established National Cancer Center
1962 February, 1   Appointed President Takeo Tamiya 
1962 May, 23   Opened Hospital
1964 March, 30   Completed library
1964 April, 1   Appointed President Yoshisato Hiki
1967 January, 16  Appointed President Masaru Kuru
1967 September, 30  Completed central diagnosis building
1969 November, 1  Started resident system
1970 September, 21   Appointed President Kempo Tsukamoto
1970 October, 1   Established WHO Collaborating Center for Evaluation of Methods of Diagnosis and Treatment of Stomach Cancer
1974 September, 1   Appointed President Waro Nakahara
1976 February, 16   Appointed President Shichiro Ishikawa
1976 March, 29   Completed hospital buildings
1981 August, 26   Established WHO Collaborating Center for Tobacco and Health Program
1981  September, 25  Completed new Research Institute building
1984 July, 1   Appointed President Takashi Sugimura
1985 August, 31  Completed International Lecture Hall of the Foundation for Promotion of Cancer Research
1989 March, 25   Completed Outpatient Building Annex
1990 June, 1  Started chief resident system
1992 January, 1   Appointed President Keiichi Suemasu
1992  July, 1   Opened National Cancer Center Hospital East
1993 September, 1  Approved as special functioning hospital (Hospital)
1994  April, 1   Appointed President Kaoru Abe
1994 April, 1  Opened National Cancer Center Research Institute East
1997 March, 14   Completed proton treatment facility
1998 October, 31  Completed new Hospital building
1999  April, 1   Appointed President Masaaki Terada
2001 March, 21  Completed medical genomics building
2002 April, 1  Appointed President Tadao Kakizoe
2003 November 17  Accredited of the Japan Council for Quality Health Care (Hospital, Hospital East )
2004 February, 2   Opened Research Center for Cancer Prevention and Screening
2005 October, 1   Opened Research Center for Innovative Oncology (Hospital East)
2006 October, 1   Opened Center for Cancer Control and Information Services
2007 April, 1  Appointed President Setsuo Hirohashi
2010 April, 1   Designated Incorporated Administrative Agency Appointed President Takamasa Kayama
2010 April, 1  Appointed President Takamasa Kayama
2012 April, 1  Appointed President Tomomitsu Hotta
2013 April, 1   Opened Exploratory Oncology Research & Clinical Trial Center
2013 December, 1  Completed clinical wing (Hospital)
2014  July,16   Opened Center for Research Administration and Support
2014 July,16  Opened Education and Professional Career Development Bureau
2015 January, 1  Opened Innovation Center for Supportive, Palliative and Psychosocial Care
2015 September, 27   Designated Clinical Research Core Hospital by the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare  (Hospital)
2016 January, 1  Opened Center for Public Health Sciences
2016 January, 1   Designated Clinical Research Core Hospital by the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (Hospital East)
2016 April, 1  Opened Center for Cancer Registries
2016 April, 1   Appointed President Hitoshi Nakagama
2017 April, 10  Opened Tsuruoka Metabolomics Laboratory (Tsuruoka city, Yamagata prefecture)
2018 June, 1  Opened Center for Cancer Genomics and Advanced Therapeutics (C-CAT)
2021 September, 1  Opened Institute for Cancer Control (ICC)