Department of Radiotherapy & Oncology, the General Hospital of Nuclear Industry (also known as Second Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University) located in Suzhou, Jiangsu Province of China, was initially founded in 1994.The department has about 60 faculty members  staff, including 8 radiation oncologists (professor, chief  and  attending doctor), 12 residents, 4 medical physicists,  and  15 therapists. The majority of stuff hold professional training  and  academic titles in first-class cancer centers (universities) in China, some physicians had overseas experiences as exchange scholars, 15 doctors  and  physicists have attended the training courses or annual meeting of ESTROASTRO since 2010.

    The department is currently equipped with, linear accelerators (VARIAN Vital Beam  and  ELEKTA Synergy) 2 sets, HDR brachytherapy system (ELEKTA Flexitron & Oncentra), CT stimulator (GE RT590), MR stimulator (PHILIPS Ingenia 3.0T), treatment planning system (Eclips, Pinnacle  and  Monaco) 10 sets, professional network management system (ELEKTA Mosaiq),  and  complete dosimeters & QA/QC devices from PTW, IBA, MIM, CIRS et al. The proficient radiotherapy techniques include intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IMRT), volumetric modulated arc therapy (VMAT), image-guided radiation therapy (IGRT), stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT),  and  intracavity brachytherapy. A new radiation oncology center was under construction in the Oct. 2021, another 6 linear accelerators  and  proton treatment facility will be scheduled in the next 5 years.

  About 2,000 new cases with variety of cancers were treated annually, covering brain, nasopharynx, lung, esophagus, breast, gastrointestinal tract, uterine cervix,  and  pediatric patients, etc. Radiation oncologists have work closely with surgeons, medical oncologists  and  other doctors to provide multidisciplinary clinical service,  and  maintained its role as an active participant in the improvement of outcomes for cancer patients from bench to bedside.

  The department takes the responsibility of under-  and  post-graduate education program from Medical College of Soochow University. There are currently 6 M.D.  and  12 Master degree students in the faculty. Combining with School of Radiation Medicine  and  Protection of Soochow University, special training course for radiation oncologist, physicists  and  therapists has been provided since 2000. The national continuing education program of radiation oncology was sponsored every year as well.

  The department has been dedicated to basic  and  clinical researches focus on the field such as, radiotherapy-based multi-disciplinary treatment for breast  and  gastroenteric cancer, radiation induced injuries of brain  and  intestine, radiotherapy combined with immunotherapy for advanced stage cancer. Since 2010, the faculty members have received more than 20 research grants (over 20 million RMB), including 7 of National Natural Science Foundation of China, 3 of Jiangsu Provincial Key Project. Near 120 scientific publications have been published in peer-reviewed international journals at the mean time. The department has been approved as provincial key department (in 2011)  and  medical innovation team (in 2017), with the ownership of Institute of Radiation Oncology of Soochow University (in 2015)  and  Suzhou Clinical Medicine Center of Radiotherapy (in 2021).

  The department has been supported  and  cooperated with International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) since 1995. 5 doctors  and  physicists took part in the training course or workshop of radiation oncologymedical physics. As chief investigator, Dr. Ye TIAN have undertaken 3 items research grant of IAEA, Multinational Assessment of Some Operational Costs of Teletherapy (2001-2003, CRP 302-E3-11707), Investigation of Resource Sparing Radiotherapy in Patients with Breast Cancer (2005--2007, CPR13240/R0),  and  The Role of Circulating MicorRNAs in Prediction of Radiation Pneumonitis (2017-2022, CRP E35010) .  and  Mr Oleg BELYAKOV, (Radiation Biologist, Section of Applied Radiation Biology  and  Radiotherapy, Department of Nuclear Sciences  and  Applications, IAEA) gave the lecture in The third International Symposium on Radiation Therapeutics  and  Biology in Suzhou  and  visited the hospital during Nov. 29 to 30, 2019.