弘前大学 大学院医学研究科 / 医学部医学科

Staffs

• Professor: Masahiko Aoki
• Associate professor: Yoshiomi Hatayama
• Assistant professor: Hideo Kawaguchi

Radiation oncology conducts radiation biological research as well as clinical research.

At the university hospital, our radiology service includes radiation therapy, diagnostic imaging, and intervention treatment. All treatment options are available, including external beam radiotherapy, image-guided radiotherapy, intensity modulated radiotherapy, stereotactic radiotherapy, intracavitary irradiation, and brachytherapy. We also have the latest diagnostic equipment, such as new PET/CT system with semiconductor detectors, 320-slice CT and 3T MRI.

We offer 3 courses: course for radiology specialists as elective for postgraduation primary training, and courses for radiation oncologists and diagnostic radiologists for postgraduation secondary training.

Current Research Topics

Comprehensive research on radiation oncology. Cancer is treated using the knowledge of clinical medicine, basic medicine, radiation physics, and radiation biology.

• ・Basic research on radiation oncology
• ・Research on individualized radiation therapy with hypoxic cells as an indication
• ・Research on biological analysis, radiation sensitivity, and prognosis estimate of cancer using hypoxic PET images, dual energy CT, AI, etc.

Research is conducted for diagnostic imaging and radiation therapy based on various diagnostic equipment. It is a comprehensive field of clinical medicine, basic medicine, and medical engineering.

• ・Research on intensity-modulated radiation therapy for prostate cancer using image-guided ultra-high-dose radiation
• ・Research and development of tracking radiation therapy by general LINAC
• ・Research on fully automated permanent seed implantation for prostate cancer

Our goal is comprehensive radiation biology including genes, cells, and tissues.

• ・Radiation biological research focused on hypoxic cells.
• ・Effects of the clock gene on chemical radiation therapy
• ・Basic and clinical research for drug development, biological experiments, and clinical implementation of BNCT