Yunnan Cancer Hospital (two other titles - The Third Affiliated Hospital of Kunming Medical University, Kunming Medical University School of Clinical Oncology - refer to the same entity). The Third Affiliated Hospital of Kunming Medical University was firstly established in 1984 and officially opened in 1992. After more than 30 years of development, the hospital has achieved leap-forward development in medical technology, talent training, medical management, facility equipping, medical service and environment improvement. Currently, it is a grade 3 class A cancer hospital in Yunnan Province with integrated medical services, scientific research, teaching program and cancer prevention activities. Meanwhile, it is also the research center of tumor prevention and treatment, personnel training and academic exchange center, the early diagnosis and treatment basis of National Health and Family Planning Commission on lung cancer, esophageal cancer and colorectal cancer, Yunnan Cancer Center, Yunnan Provincial Tumor Further Education Base, International Cooperation Demonstration Base of Lung Cancer in Yunnan Province, Yunnan Tumor Diagnosis and Treatment Quality Control Center, Collaborative Innovation Research Center of Regional High Incidence of Lung Cancer in Yunnan Province and National Drug Clinical Trial (oncology) Institutions.
Yunnan Cancer Hospital owns a National Ministry of Education Internationally Coordinated Laboratory of Plateau Area Regional Highly Prevalent Cancer Research, 3 key laboratories( Yunnan Provincial Key Laboratory of Lung Cancer Research, Yunnan Provincial Key Laboratory of Cell Transformation Therapy, Yunnan Provincial Higher Education Cancer Prevention and Control Laboratory), 2 research institutions (Yunnan Provincial Cancer Institute, Yunnan Provincial Lung Cancer Institute ), 10 clinical cancer research centers (Yunnan Provincial Female Tumors Clinical Research Center, Yunnan Provincial Breast Cancer Clinical Research Center, Yunnan Provincial Chemotherapy and Tumor Biology Immune Research Center, Yunnan Provincial Bone and Soft Tissue Tumors Clinical Research Center, Yunnan Provincial Colon Cancer Clinical Research Center, Yunnan Provincial Radiotherapy Research Center, Yunnan Provincial Tumor Molecular Markers Research Center, Yunnan Provincial Nursing Research Center, Yunnan Provincial Tumor Palliative Medicine Research Center, Yunnan Provincial Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine Treatment Research Center). Additionally, the hospital has established 3 workstations (Zhan Qimin Academician Workstation, Chenjie Academician Workstation and Post Doctoral Scientific Research Workstation), 9 standardized training bases for resident doctors, 2 innovation teams (Yunnan Provincial Innovation Team of Disease Prevention and Control on Lung Cancer with High Incidence, Yunnan Provincial Innovation Team on Bone and Soft Tissue Tumors ), 7 continuing medical education base at the provincial level(oncology continuing medical education training base, surgical oncology continuing medical education training base, medical oncology continuing medical education training base, Radiation oncology continuing medical education training base, gynecology continuing medical education training base, oncology nursing continuing medical education training base, combined traditional Chinese and western medicine oncology continuing medical education training base).
In Yunnan Cancer Hospital, there are 100000㎡buildings for medical use, 2500 authorized ward beds (1530 ward beds are available) , 24 clinical departments and 13 medico-technical departments. At present, the hospital is staffed with 1876 medical workers, among them 233 staff members hold senior academic titles, 50 staffs have doctoral degrees and 316 have master’s degrees. Yunnan Cancer Hospital has 6 doctoral supervisors, 80 Master's Supervisors; a Yunnan prestigious doctor and a Yunnan prestigious scholar; 5 Yunnan provincial high level medical technology leading talents, 3 young and middle-aged academic technology leaders, 16 provincial medical academic leaders, 6 provincial medical reserve talents.
Yunnan Cancer Hospital owns all kinds of the most advanced equipment of the time, such as TOMO, PET/CT, Digital High Energy Linear Accelerator, Stereotactic Conformal Radiotherapy System, Radiotherapy Treatment Planning System, MRI, 128 Layers Spiral CT, Color Doppler Ultrasound Diagnostic System, SPECT, Flow Cytometer, Large Automatic Biochemical Analyzer, Ultrasonic Fiber Electronic Bronchoscope and Breast Biopsy Sampling System. Meanwhile, the tumor diagnosis and treatment technology is in the leading position in Yunnan Province, 8 national or provincial key specialty construction of clinical projects have been approved. The demonstration ward of high quality nursing service reached 100% and medical operational indicator has risen steadily.
Yunnan Cancer Hospital attaches great importance to the discipline construction, its scientific research level improves rapidly. In the recent 5 years, it has undertaken 206 National Natural Science Foundation and Yunnan provincial key scientific research projects, published 40 monographs. The hospital was awarded a grand prize for scientific and technological advancement, 3first class prizes, 2 second class prizes, 11 third class prizes.
Yunnan Cancer Hospital has 10 teaching and research sections, which undertake teaching task for undergraduates of clinical medicine and medical experiment technology. It also undertakes education training task for doctor candidates or master candidates majoring in oncology, surgery, internal medicine, medical imaging and nuclear medicine.
Yunnan Cancer Hospital also pays more attention to the hospital information system construction, and now 10 information platforms and 36 subsystems have been established. The holistic goal of constructing a digital hospital has also been basically realized.
Yunnan Cancer Hospital is in line with the aim of “patient-centered and servicing the patient heart and soul”, follows the hospital motto“being benevolent in inner heart, being diligent in work performing, being proficient in professional skills ” , strives to build a cancer hospital with superior medical service quality and distinctive character. It has made outstanding contribution in cancer prevention, medical treatment, scientific research and talent training.