Gastrointestinal Tumor Center Ward 1

Ward 1 of the Gastrointestinal Oncology Center is a clinical surgical ward primarily dedicated to diagnosing and treating gastric cancer and colorectal cancer, with Academician Ji Jiafu as its academic leader. The ward takes individualized treatment of patients as its guiding principle, conducts routine multidisciplinary team discussions (MDT), actively promotes minimally invasive and standardized surgery for gastrointestinal tumors, emphasizes comprehensive treatment, and advocates patient-centered services. It currently has 29 beds and performs nearly 800 operations annually. The ward focuses its research on building a key technology system for the comprehensive treatment of gastrointestinal tumors and a full-cycle biospecimen resource platform, and on translating both into practice; it has successively undertaken a number of major research projects, including the Special Project on the Four Major Chronic Diseases under the National Science and Technology Major Project, the support programs under the 11th and 12th Five-Year Plans, and the Key Regional Joint Project of the National Natural Science Foundation of China, among other major projects, and has published more than 200 research articles in JAMA, Lancet Oncology, Nature Medicine, Science, Cell, and other SCI-indexed journals. The achievements have received scientific and technological awards, including the Second Prize of the National Science and Technology Progress Award, the First Prize of the Science and Technology Award of the Chinese Anti-Cancer Association, the First Prize of the University Science and Technology Progress Award of the Ministry of Education, and the First Prize of the Chinese Medical Science and Technology Award. The team led the formulation of the National Health Commission’s Guideline for the Diagnosis and Treatment of Gastric Cancer, regularly organizes national continuing education courses, and serves as a national-level international joint research center, the China Anti-Cancer Association’s Belt and Road International Joint Training Center for Cancer Prevention and Treatment, the Joint Learning Center for Multidisciplinary Comprehensive Treatment of Gastrointestinal Tumors of the China Anti-Cancer Association and the Surgical Branch of the Chinese Medical Association, the National Digestive Oncology MDT Training Demonstration Center, and a continuing education base of the International Association of Surgeons, Gastroenterologists and Oncologists (IASGO CME Center).