| Shanghai Cancer Center | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Geography | |
| Location | Shanghai, China |
| Organisation | |
| Type | Teaching |
| Affiliated university | Shanghai Medical College of Fudan University |
| Services | |
| Beds | 1,100 |
| History | |
| Opened | 1931 |
| Links | |
| Website | www |
| Lists | Hospitals in China |
The Fudan University Shanghai Cancer Center (FUSCC, Chinese: 复旦大学附属肿瘤医院), also called the Shanghai Cancer Hospital (Chinese: 上海市肿瘤医院), is a teaching hospital affiliated with the Shanghai Medical College of Fudan University. Founded in 1931, it is the first cancer specialty hospital in China. It is rated Grade 3, Class A.[1][2]
Overview
In 2013, the hospital had 1,489 staff, including 1,298 medical professionals, 154 of whom are professors or associate professors. The president is Jiang Guoliang (蒋国梁), a fellow of the American College of Radiology.[2] The hospital has 1,100 beds and treats more than 590,000 outpatients and 22,000 inpatients per year.[3]
The hospital publishes two Chinese-language journals, the English Journal of Radioation Oncology, and the magazine Anti-Cancer (抗癌).[2]
History
The hospital was founded on 1 March 1931 as the Sino-Belgian Radium Institute (Chinese: 中比鐳錠治療院, French: Institut Sino-Belge du Radium), sited in the Sacred Heart Hospital of Shanghai (Chinese: 上海聖心醫院, now Yangpu Central Hospital). It was funded by a minor remittance of Boxer Indemnity paid by China to Belgian. It became an independent institute in 1936, and was renamed Shanghai Radium Institute (Chinese: 上海鐳錠治療院) after the Communists captured Shanghai in 1949. It was affiliated to the Shanghai First Medical College from 1954, and renamed the Cancer Hospital of SFMC.[4][5]
See also
- Tang Yuhan, former president of the Sino-Belgian Radium Institute
References
- ^ "Shanghai Cancer Center". Fudan University. Retrieved 2018-11-30.
- ^ a b c "复旦大学附属肿瘤医院". Fudan University (in Chinese). 2013-02-16. Retrieved 2018-11-30.
- ^ "Fudan University - Affiliated Hospitals". Fudan University. Retrieved 2018-11-30.
- ^ 张明岛 (1998). 上海市专志・上海卫生志 [Shanghai Municipal Special Gazetteer, Volume on Health]. ISBN 7806185305.
- ^ "History". Fudan University Shanghai Cancer Center.[dead link]
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