Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center (SYSUCC)

Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center (SYSUCC) · Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center (SYSUCC)

Founded in March 1964, the Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center (SYSUCC) is one of the four earliest cancer hospitals established after the founding of the People's Republic of China and the largest and most academically robust oncology center in South China. It hosts the national key discipline of oncology, the State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China, and the National Clinical Research Center for Anti-cancer Drugs, and publishes the English journal Cancer Communications (JCR Oncology Q1, ranked first among comprehensive oncology journals in Asia). SYSUCC operates two campuses — Yuexiu (651 Dongfeng East Road) and Huangpu — with a third Tianhe campus under construction, providing 2,245 licensed beds and serving 2.558 million outpatient/emergency visits and 222,000 inpatients annually. It is a sister hospital of The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center and collaborates with the Karolinska Institute and the University of Warwick. It runs an Asia-class radiation therapy center and multiple robotic minimally invasive platforms, and became the first cancer hospital in South China accredited by the Royal College of Surgeons (UK).