Radiotherapy

The Department of Radiation Oncology of Xinjiang Autonomous Region Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine was established in 2016 and has now developed into a clinical oncology radiotherapy specialty department integrating clinical care, scientific research, and teaching. It has an outpatient clinic and treatment rooms. There are currently 8 staff members, including 3 with senior professional titles, 1 master’s graduate student supervisor, 4 physicians, 1 medical physicist, and 3 radiotherapy technologists. All staff members hold qualification certificates for working with linear accelerators. The staffing structure is well established, and the department has strong technical capabilities. Nearly 600 patients are treated annually, and treatment efficacy has reached an advanced level among three hospitals at the same level.

This department is a specialized oncology department primarily focused on tumor radiotherapy. Main equipment; one Varian Clinac ix linear accelerator, one Philips Brilliance CT Big Bore radiotherapy-dedicated simulation and positioning machine, one Eclipe13.5 radiotherapy treatment planning system, one Matrix dose verification system, one portal dosimeter, and one ionization chamber survey meter, among others. It can perform new precision radiotherapy technologies for various malignant tumors, including three-dimensional conformal radiotherapy (3DCRT), intensity-modulated radiotherapy (IMRT), volumetric modulated arc therapy (VMAT), and image-guided radiotherapy (IGRT). Its radiotherapy equipment and radiotherapy technologies are at the leading level within Xinjiang.

The department director is Director Wang Ning. As a discipline leader, he has been engaged in clinical oncology radiotherapy for more than 20 years and has successively undertaken further training and study at three large tertiary Class A hospitals in China. He is one of the earliest professionals in Xinjiang to engage in precision radiotherapy for tumors. He has extensive theoretical and practical experience in the diagnosis and treatment of malignant tumors.

The department currently undertakes undergraduate and graduate internship supervision and teaching for the College of Traditional Chinese Medicine of Xinjiang Medical University. It leads two autonomous regional Natural Science Foundation projects and has led and participated in multiple department- and bureau-level projects.