Chronology of Events
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| 1961 | February,16 | Established Planning Office for establishment of a National Cancer Center | ||
| 1962 | January, 1 | Established National Cancer Center | ||
| 1962 | February, 1 | Appointed President Takeo Tamiya and other key personnel |  National Cancer Center at the time of establishment |
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| 1962 | May, 23 | Opened Hospital | ||
| 1963 | June, 28 | Held inauguration ceremony | ||
| 1963 | July, 29 | Installed NEAC 2010 computer | ||
| 1964 | March, 30 | Completed library | ||
| 1964 | April, 1 | Appointed President Yoshisato Hiki | ||
| 1966 | April, 1 | Started training courses (domestic, overseas) | ||
| 1967 | September, 30 | Completed central diagnosis building | ||
| 1969 | November, 1 | Started resident system | ||
| 1970 | September, 21 | Appointed President Kempo Tsukamoto | ||
| 1970 | October, 1 | Established WHO Collaborating Center for Evaluation of Methods of Diagnosis and Treatment of Stomach Cancer | ||
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| 1974 | September, 1 | Appointed President Waro Nakahara | ||
| 1976 | February, 16 | Appointed President Shichiro Ishikawa | ||
| 1976 | March, 29 | Completed hospital buildings |  Hospital building completed in 1978 |
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| 1976 | December, 1 | Introduced on-line literature search system (JOIS) | ||
| 1978 | Februray, 20 | Completed Outpatient Clinic building | ||
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| 1981 | April, 1 | Introduced Common Use Hospital Information System (SHIS) | ||
| 1981 | August, 26 | Established WHO Collaborating Center for Tobacco and Health Program | ||
| 1981 | September, 25 | Completed new Research Institute building |  New Research Institute building completed in 1981 |
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| 1984 | July, 1 | Appointed President Takashi Sugimura | ||
| 1985 | August, 31 | Completed International Lecture Hall of the Foundation for Promotion of Cancer Research | ||
| 1986 | February, 1 | Approved as a special health and medical institution with highly advanced medical services | ||
| 1988 | March, 29 | Approved as a hospital designed to offer clinical training and instruction to foreign doctors and dentists (Hospital) | ||
| 1989 | March, 24 | Inaugurated Ethics Committee | ||
| 1989 | March, 25 | Completed Outpatient Building Annex | ||
| 1990 | June, 1 | Started chief resident system | ||
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| 1992 | January, 1 | Appointed President Keiichi Suemasu | ||
| 1992 | July, 1 | Opend National Cancer Center Hospital East |  Hospital East and Research Institute East |
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| 1992 | July, 1 | Renamed National Cancer Center Hospital | ||
| 1993 | August, 26 | Approved as a hospital designed to offer clinical training and instruction to foreign doctors and dentists (Hospital East) | ||
| 1993 | September, 1 | Approved as advanced medical hospital with highly advanced medical facilities (Hospital) | ||
| 1994 | April, 1 | Appointed President Kaoru Abe | ||
| 1994 | April, 1 | Opened National Cancer Center Research Institute East | ||
| 1994 | April, 1 | Introduced Cancer Information Network system between Tsukiji Campus and Kashiwa Campus | ||
| 1994 | December, 1 | Installed supercompuer | ||
| 1995 | February, 7 | Started total support system for cancer diagnosis and therapy | ||
| 1997 | March, 14 | Completed proton treatment facility | ||
| 1998 | October, 31 | Completed new Hospital building |  New Hospital building completed in 1998 |
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| 1999 | January, 4 | Opened new Hospital building | ||
| 1999 | April, 1 | Appointed President Masaaki Terada | ||
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| 2001 | March, 21 | Completed medical genomics building | ||
| 2002 | February, 6 | Completed new management building | ||
| 2002 | April, 1 | Appointed President Tadao Kakizoe | ||
| 2004 | February, 2 | Opened Research Center for Cancer Prevention and Screening | ||
| 2005 | October, 1 | Opened Research Center for Innovative Oncology | ||
| 2006 | October, 1 | Opened Research Center for Cancer Prevention and Screening | ||
| 2007 | April, 1 | Appointed President Setsuo Hirohashi | ||
| 2010 | April, 1 | Became Independent Administrative
Institution Appointed Chief Director Takamasa Kayama |
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