Overview of the Hospital
QST Hospital is a research hospital with radiation medicine at its foundation. In addition to radiological diagnosis and treatment and nuclear medicine for cancer, with a focus on carbon ion radiotherapy, the hospital is engaged in providing radiation emergency medicine.
| Hospital name | QST Hospital, National Institutes for Quantum and Radiological Science and Technology |
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| Address | 4-9-1, Anagawa, Inage-ku, Chiba-shi, Chiba 263-8555, Japan |
| Director | Hitoshi ISHIKAWA |
| Established | May 1961 |
| Number of employees | 182: 25 physicians, 55 nurses, 48 medical technicians, 54 other staff members (as of 2022) |
History
| 1957 | |
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| July | Founded as the National Institute of Radiological Sciences, Science and Technology Agency. |
| 1961 | |
| May | Established as the National Institute of Radiological Sciences Hospital (50 beds). |
| 1963 | |
| April | Number of beds increased by 38 to 88 beds. |
| 1975 | |
| November | Fast neutron therapy using cyclotron began. |
| 1979 | |
| October | Japan's first proton therapy using medical cyclotron begins. |
| 1993 | |
| October | Name changed to the Division of Radiation Medicine, Research Center for Charged Particle Therapy , National Institute of Radiological Sciences. |
| November | Heavy Ion Medical Accelerator in Chiba (HIMAC) completed. |
| 1994 | |
| June | Clinical studies of carbon ion radiotherapy for cancer begin. |
| 1997 | |
| March | Research Center for Charged Particle Therapy (new hospital) established. |
| March | Number of beds increased by 12 to 100 beds. |
| 2001 | |
| Inaugurated as the Research Center Hospital for Charged Particle Therapy, Institute of Radiological Sciences (an incorporated administrative agency). | |
| July | Enrollment in clinical studies of carbon ion radiotherapy for cancer reaches 1,000 patients. |
| 2003 | |
| October | Carbon ion radiotherapy for cancer approved as advanced medical care (initially, highly advanced medical care) by the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare. |
| 2011 | |
| January | New Particle Therapy Research Facility completed. |
| June | Number of patients enrolled in clinical studies of carbon ion radiotherapy for cancer surpasses 6,000. |
| 2015 | |
| April | Name changed to the Research Center Hospital for Charged Particle Therapy, National Institute of Radiological Sciences (a national research and development agency). |
| August | Designated as an Advanced Radiation Emergency Medicine Support Center by the Nuclear Regulatory Agency. |
| 2016 | |
| April | Name changed to the National Institute of Radiological Sciences Hospital, National Institutes for Quantum and Radiological Science and Technology (a national research and development agency). |
| 2017 | |
| May | Carbon ion radiotherapy for cancer using a rotating gantry begins. |
| 2019 | |
| April | Name changed to the QST Hospital, National Institutes for Quantum and Radiological Science and Technology (a national research and development agency). |