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First to Achieve Clinical Application
Japan has pioneered heavy ion therapy, becoming the first country to successfully apply it clinically and leading advancements in this groundbreaking cancer treatment. In contrast, heavy ion therapy research in the United States began in the 1970s but largely ceased by the 1990s. Japan initiated research in 1984, achieving its first clinical application in 1994 and maintaining steady progress since then, establishing itself as a global leader in this field.

QST Hospital
(World's First C6 Heavy Ion Radiotherapy)
72 % of Worldwide Patients Treated in Japan

7 Japanese Heavy Ion Facilities Makes Up 50% Of The World's Facilities

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