Hitachi Signs Contract with HIMED Xuzhou City, Jiangsu Province, China to Deliver Particle Therapy System
Hitachi’s First Overseas Project of Multi Ion Particle Therapy System
The contract signing ceremony
Tokyo, May 30, 2019 --- Hitachi, Ltd. (TSE: 6501) today announced that it has signed a contract with Himed Hospital Management (Xuzhou) Co., Ltd. (“Himed”), located in Xuzhou City, Jiangsu Province, People’s Republic of China, on May 29 to deliver particle therapy system with capability of irradiating both proton and heavy ion. This is the first order for Hitachi's overseas project of multi ion particle therapy system. With its capability of generating both proton and heavy ion in one accelerator, the system can realize flexible treatment according to various symptom of patients and tumor sites.
The system will equip one 360-degree rotating gantry room for proton therapy and three fixed beam rooms for carbon therapy, as well as features including real time image gating motion management to irradiate the targeted tumor while in motion and advanced scanning technology to irradiate even tumors with complex shapes with high precision. A treatment planning software, also included in the scope of contract, will utilize imaging data and calculate the appropriate dose to prepare the most suitable, patient-specific treatment plans for each patient. The system will be installed at comprehensive particle therapy center in Xuzhou city, which Himed starts building construction within this year.
The number of site for particle therapy in China is expected to increase in the future, and multiple particle therapy sites are being built in China.
Hitachi has been proactively promoting particle therapy system business worldwide, supplying world-class facilities around the world with its highly reliable and proven particle therapy systems, which have treated more than 60,000 patients.
Hitachi will continue to accelerate the globalization of its particle therapy system business and contribute to cancer treatment around the world.