Radiation Oncology

Overview

Provides radiotherapy for malignant and selected benign conditions as part of multidisciplinary cancer care.

Key Strengths at Kobe University Hospital

• Specialized radiotherapy planning and delivery for a wide range of cancers in collaboration with surgery, medical oncology, and organ-specific departments.
• Integration of definitive, perioperative, and palliative radiotherapy into complex cancer treatment pathways.
• Treatment planning tailored to disease site, stage, prior treatment, and overall patient condition.

Major Conditions / Services

• Thoracic, gastrointestinal, gynecologic, urologic, head and neck, and other malignancies requiring radiotherapy
• Symptom-relieving palliative radiotherapy when appropriate

Representative Procedures / Programs

• External beam radiotherapy
• Multidisciplinary radiation treatment planning
• Palliative radiotherapy and treatment-supportive coordination