Hefei Ion Medical Center (HIMC)
合肥离子医学中心
Hefei Ion Medical Center is the proton-therapy centre of the First Affiliated Hospital of USTC (University of Science and Technology of China), co-built by the Hefei municipal government and the CAS Hefei Institutes of Physical Science. Proton treatment formally opened on 3 April 2024. Facts on this page are drawn from Chinese news media, as the centre's own website could not be reached first-hand at check time.
At a glance
| City | Hefei |
|---|---|
| Ownership | Public |
| Classification | Public (USTC-affiliated) · proton |
Hospital profile — from reported sources
| Official name (Chinese) | 中国科大附一院离子医学中心（合肥离子医学中心） |
|---|---|
| City | Hefei (Hi-Tech District), Anhui |
| Operator / affiliation | First Affiliated Hospital of USTC; co-built by the Hefei municipal government and the CAS Hefei Institutes of Physical Science |
| Particle-therapy system | Proton; Varian ProBeam '3+1+1' (three rotating-beam rooms, one fixed-beam room, one R&D room) |
| Proton treatment opened | 3 April 2024 — Anhui's first proton therapy centre |
| Patients treated | 700+ (per 2026 media); over half from outside Anhui |
| Indications | Central nervous system, head & neck, thoracic, abdominal/pelvic, spinal and limb tumors; skull-base, nasopharyngeal, lung, prostate, liver; pediatric emphasised |
| Phase 2 | Domestic 'Capro-X1' proton system installed and under commissioning |
The centre's own website could not be reached first-hand at check time, so these facts are from Chinese news media (a secondary source) and are labelled Reported accordingly — not primary-source verified.
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