Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center explained

Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center
中山大学肿瘤防治中心
Location:651 Dongfeng Road East
Region:Guangzhou
Country:China
Type:Specialist
Speciality:Cancer
Affiliation:Sun Yat-sen University
Beds:1,600
Founded:1964

Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center, abbreviated as SYSUCC, is a public hospital in Guangzhou, China. It is affiliated with Sun Yat-sen University.

The hospital was founded in March 1964. It is a Level III Class A hospital (the highest rank in China) and the largest integrated cancer center in southern China for care, research, education and prevention.[1]

SYSUCC is ranked among the top three cancer center's in China,[2] [3] and is one of the best in Asia.[4] The current President of the center is Dr. Xu Ruihua.[5]

SYSUCC is a member of the Union for International Cancer Control (UICC).[6]

History

The predecessor of SYSUCC was the Tumor Hospital in South China. The founders were Professor Hsieh Chih Kuang (Chinese: 谢志光), a pioneer of clinical radiology and the founding father of radiation oncology in China, and Professor Liang Boqiang (Chinese: 梁伯强), the originator of modern pathology in China.[7] In 1948, Hsieh Chih Kuang (Medical Doctor from University of Connecticut 1922) was recruited from PUMC (Peking Union Medical College), where he was a professor and head of the radiology department since 1928, to chair the radiology department at Lingang University. Since the early 1950s and with the help of Ke Lin, the Dean of the Zhongshan Medical School, they later established the Tumor Hospital in South China. The hospital opened its doors in March 1964 under the leadership of Hsieh Chih Kuang. A few days later a Cancer Institute was opened under the leadership of Liang Boqiang.[8]

In 1966, the name of the hospital was changed to the Affiliated Cancer Hospital of Sun Yat-sen Medical College. The name was later changed again in 1985, to the Affiliated Cancer Hospital of Sun Yat-sen Medical University. Twenty-three years after both their respective establishments, in 1987, the Cancer Hospital and the Cancer Institute merged under the name Sun Yat-sen Medical University Cancer Center. The name was simplified in 2001 to Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center.

Research

According to the 2018 Nature Index report for global healthcare, the achievements of SYSUCC's active research environment were number 81 among the top 100 medical institutes in the world.[9] "The Nature Index is a freely accessible database of author affiliation information collated from research articles published in an independently selected group of high-quality science journals."[10]

State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China

SYSUCC hosts the State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China (SKL), which is national recognition for the highest degree of expertise. It was founded in 2005 by the Ministry of Science and Technology in China. The laboratory is integrated into SYSUCC and its activities cover a broad spectrum in oncology from basic to translational and clinical research.[11] There are 269 SKLs in China, 26 of them are dedicated to medicine and only seven are cancer related.

Biobank

In 2001, SYSUCC established a biobank to collect peripheral blood, bone marrow, and tissue samples after surgery, along with other clinical information from cancer patients.[12] They have the largest number of nasopharyngeal carcinoma samples in the world. SYSUCC is establishing a new automatic bio-sample storage retrieval system capable of storing up to 6 million samples.

Clinical Trials Center

SYSUCC has its own Clinical Trials Center (CTC) to assist physicians and scientists to test new therapies. It includes a National Clinical Study Center for Anticancer Drugs and a National Key Laboratory of Anti-cancer Drug Development. The CTC is CFDA certified.[13]

Scientific journal

SYSUCC sponsors Cancer Communications, an oncology journal published in English formerly known as the Chinese Journal of Cancer. It publishes basic, clinical and translational cancer research. In 2014, it became Science Citation Indexed (SCI), it has a current Impact Factor (IF) of 3.822.[14] [15] The Editorial Board consists of members from around the world.[16]

Global Network

SYSUCC has established collaborative and friendly relationships with many renowned international institutes from around the world.[17]

SYSUCC has been a sister institute with MD Anderson Cancer Center since 2003. The purpose is to create collaborative oncology research projects between MDACC and other sister institutes in the fight against cancer.[18] [19] [20] In 2004, SYSUCC set up a joint laboratory with the Karolinska Institutet of Sweden for research in immunotherapy, molecular virology and oncological epidemiology.

SYSUCC signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the UK's University of Warwick in 2015, creating a partnership in cancer diagnosis, care and research. SYSUCC and the University of Warwick are exploring opportunities in regards to digital pathology, nursing, and anti-cancer drug research.[21] [22]

In 2017, SYSUCC and Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center signed a broad five-year Memorandum of Understanding to carryout research on cancer diagnosis and treatment.[23] [24]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 中山大学肿瘤防治中心黄埔院区启用—新闻—科学网 . 科学网—新闻 . zh . . 2024-05-10.
  2. Web site: 医院排行榜. Fudanmed.com. 5 October 2018.
  3. Web site: 学科排行 - 中国医院科技影响力排行. Top100.imicams.ac.cn.
  4. Web site: Top 10 Best Cancer Treatment Hospitals in the World - World Blaze. Worldblaze.in. 2018-09-05.
  5. News: 徐瑞华教授入选中国医学科学院学术咨询委员会学部委员 . 10 May 2024 . 肿瘤防治中心.
  6. Web site: Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center - UICC. Uicc.org. 12 January 2019.
  7. Book: 科学家传记大辞典编辑组 . 中国现代科学家传记 . 科学出版社 . 中国现代科学家传记 . v. 5 . 1991 . 978-7-03-003677-3 . zh . 2024-05-11 . 653.
  8. Web site: 国内三最 国际一流:中山大学肿瘤防治中心的宏伟目标这样实现_健康界. Cn-healthcare.com. 5 October 2018.
  9. Web site: 2018 tables: Institutions - healthcare - 2018 tables - Institutions - healthcare - Nature Index. Natureindex.com.
  10. Web site: Glossary of terms - Nature Index. Natureindex.com.
  11. Web site: 国内三最 国际一流:中山大学肿瘤防治中心的宏伟目标这样实现_健康界. Cn-healthcare.com.
  12. Web site: Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center. English.sysucc.org.cn.
  13. Web site: Archived copy . 2018-07-18 . 2018-10-05 . https://web.archive.org/web/20181005195012/http://www.ccchina.net/article.asp?articleid=724 . dead .
  14. Web site: Cancer Conmmunications - Chinese Journal of Cancer. Cjcsysu.cn. 5 October 2018.
  15. Web site: Cancer Communications. Cancer Communications.
  16. Web site: Cancer communications - Chinese Journal of Cancer. Cjcsysu.cn. 12 January 2019.
  17. Web site: Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center. English.sysucc.org.cn.
  18. Web site: Global Map of Institutions. MD Anderson Cancer Center.
  19. Web site: Sister Institution Network Fund (SINF). MD Anderson Cancer Center.
  20. Web site: Sun Yat-Sen University Cancer Center (SYSUCC). Mdanderson.elsevierpure.com.
  21. Web site: University of Warwick, SYSUCC sign MoU to create cancer research partnership. 22 October 2015. News-medical.net.
  22. Web site: The Boar. Theboar.org. 2016-09-23.
  23. Web site: International Programs. Fred Hutch.
  24. Web site: Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center. English.sysucc.org.cn.