History

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)