Gastric Tumor Department

The Department of Gastric Oncology of Tianjin Medical University Cancer Hospital was established in 2004. It was formerly the Department of Abdominal Oncology. Professor Zhang Tianze, the first chairman of the Chinese Anti-Cancer Association, and Academician Hao Xishan, the third chairman of the Chinese Anti-Cancer Association, are both professors of the Department of Abdominal Oncology.

The first department director was Professor Zhang Tianze, and the second department director was Professor Wang Dianchang.

In 1999, the original Department of Abdominal Oncology was divided into the Department of Gastrointestinal Oncology and the Department of Hepatobiliary Oncology, with Professor Wang Jiacang serving as the Director of the Department of Gastrointestinal Oncology.

In 2004, the Department of Gastrointestinal Oncology was divided into the Department of Gastric Oncology and the Department of Colorectal Oncology, with Professor Liang Han serving as the Director of the Department of Gastric Oncology.

Since the establishment of the Department of Gastric Oncology, with the joint efforts of general medical staff, a comprehensive treatment model focusing on surgical treatment of gastric cancer has gradually been formed.

It ranks among the top in the country in terms of standard surgery for gastric cancer, hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy for locally advanced gastric cancer, and digestive tract reconstruction after gastrectomy.

Currently, it is the designated chairman unit of the Gastric Cancer Professional Committee of the Chinese Anti-Cancer Association, the designated chairman unit of the Oncology Surgery Professional Committee of the Chinese Medical Association, the deputy chairman unit of the Gastric Cancer Expert Committee of the Chinese Society of Clinical Oncology, and the deputy chairman unit of the Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor Professional Committee of the Chinese Anti-Cancer Association.

Since the MDT multidisciplinary diagnosis and treatment model for gastric cancer was established in 2012, more than 60 MDT consultations have been organized so far, and more than 1,000 difficult cases have been consulted.

Patients come from more than 20 provinces and cities across the country.

Since 2007, the MDT multidisciplinary diagnosis and treatment of gastric cancer in Tianjin has been organized and completed 5 times.

In recent years, more than 20 remote MDT case discussions have been organized.

Received more than 100 MDT studies and surgical observations from other hospitals, involving more than 100 people.

It is the gastric cancer standard training demonstration base of the Chinese Anti-Cancer Association.

Since the China-Japan-Korea Gastric Cancer Tianjin Summit was organized in 2012, it has been held 4 times.

The 3rd Gastric Cancer Tianjin Summit was held.

There are currently 16 doctors in the department, including 10 with doctorate degrees, 5 with doctorate degrees, and 1 with a master's degree.

There are 4 chief physicians and 6 deputy chief physicians;

There is 1 attending physician and 4 resident physicians.

There are 3 tutors for master’s degree students.

Since its establishment in 2004, it has presided over more than 20 scientific research projects of various types, trained more than 30 graduate students, and published more than 300 papers, including more than 100 SCI papers.

Published 6 monographs including "Gastric Cancer" and "Photographs of Radical Surgery for Gastric Cancer".

The "Total gastrectomy with continuous interposition of jejunum to replace the stomach" project chaired by Academician Hao Xishan won the second prize of the National Science and Technology Progress Award.

The project "Creation and Application of Key Technologies of Comprehensive Gastric Cancer Prevention and Treatment System" jointly conducted by our department and Peking University Oncology and other units won the first prize of the Chinese Medicine Award in 2016, the first prize of the National Ministry of Education and the second prize of the National Science and Technology Progress Award in 2017.