林口長庚放射腫瘤科現有八台直線加速器，皆可進行強度調控放射線治療(Intensity-Modulated Radiotherapy, IMRT)。其中四台直線加速器可進一步施行影像導引定位(Image-Guided Radiotherapy, IGRT)。此四台影像導引定位機器中有三台是最新的銳速刀(RapidArc)，一台是專精於放射手術(Radiosurgery)及小照野放射的諾力刀(Novalis)。在其他特色上，有全國第一部的大孔徑四度空間電腦斷層(4D-CT)模擬攝影機、呼吸調控放射、攝護腺癌組織插種、腦瘤組織插種等先進技術。本科持續性引進最新治療設備及技術，以提供病患最好的治療。

由於本院是全國癌症治療的重鎮，自癌症中心設立以來，除不斷的提昇癌症的診療品質及全人照顧， 更決定興建台灣首座的「質子治療中心」，嘉惠病患。與X光放射治療比較，質子射束在生物體內，可以經由控制能量高低，使其特定深度產生釋出大量的能量，而在穿越的路徑上只釋放出較少能量，並在腫瘤之後的區域，完全沒有輻射量。質子射線這種特性除精準打擊癌細胞外，亦降低正常組織劑量及因輻射所造成之副作用，是目前最精確的癌症放射療法。對如顱底腫瘤、肝癌、早期肺癌等經臨床研究證實可提升治療成功率，而如小兒腫瘤、頭頸癌等則可降低副作用之發生。美、日、歐十多家著名的醫學中心已設置或正在設置，已蔚為世界的趨勢。

Welcome to the Department of Radiation Oncology, Chang-Gung Memorial Hospital at Linkou, the biggest radiation oncology department in Taiwan. We have eight linear accelerators which provide sophisticated radiotherapy techniques, such as Intensity-Modulated radiotherapy (IMRT), Image-Guided radiotherapy (IGRT) and respiratory gating. Three of them are able to perform a state-of-the-art technology: RapidArc therapy, which is a form of volumetric modulated arc therapy (VMAT). RapidArc, an advanced technology from Varian Medical Systems, improves dose conformity while significantly shorten treatment time. In addition, a Novalis system with micro-multileaf collimator provides the most accurate radiosurgery to most sites of the body, including both intracranial and extracranial targets. We also incorporate the 4D-CT technology with respiratory-gating system to treat the malignancies in the mobile organs, such as liver tumor and lung cancer. To provide the highest quality of patient care and a full range of treatment technologies to meet the stringent clinical requirement is always our most important goal.

Our department is setting up the first proton therapy center in Taiwan and is going to treat the first patient in the early 2014. Because proton releases most of its energy in a specific depth while leaving nearly no dose beyond the target region, it is an ideal radiation for many types of tumor. For example, for liver, lung, skull base and other tumors proton beam is able to safely deliver higher dose to the tumor and therefore the likelihood of tumor control is increased. For child, head and neck, or cancers located in the one side of the body, Proton therapy will spare the normal tissue beyond the target region and reduce the complications.  Many well-known medical centers in USA, Japan, German, Korea and other countries had or are going to have proton therapy facility and our department will soon becomes a member in proton therapy society. We believe the set-up of first proton therapy is a milestone of cancer treatment in Taiwan.

林口長庚放射腫瘤科有十七位主治醫師，除年資較淺者外，皆有部定教職，且多位為正、副教授級。在學術研究 上亦居於領導地位。每位主治醫師皆有其次專科領域(如中樞神經，頭頸部，肺臟，乳房，食道，腸胃消 化道，肝臟，泌尿生殖道，淋巴瘤，小兒腫瘤，軟組織腫瘤等)。除對於各種癌症的治療因次專科化而能 夠更加精緻，並能更專精於次專科的研究。本科每年均有主治醫師出國參加並發表論文於如美國放射腫 瘤年會(ASTRO)、美國癌症研究年會(AACR)、歐洲放射腫瘤年會(ESTRO)等國際性重要醫學會議。此 外，本科定期舉辦期刊討論會，由主治醫師選取其次專科領域最新的重要期刊，不斷更新癌症治療的相 關知識。 本院在癌症治療上，為團隊整合醫療，根據不同的原發部位有二十個團隊。各癌症治療 團隊成員包括內科、外科、腫瘤內科、放射腫瘤科、核子醫學科、放射診斷科及病理科等之醫師，各團隊每週均舉行團隊會議，討論病人的癌症診斷及最佳化之治療計畫，每位新病人都經詳細討論後再給予治療。治療或追蹤中有新狀況的情況，也會提出在團隊會議中討論。期能集各科的醫學專長，給予病人最適合最優質的醫療。

There are seventeen attending physicians in our department. With the exception of junior faculties, all have academic appointment and several of them are associate or full professors. Each physician in our department have his own sub-specialty; the fields cover tumors of central nervous system, head and neck, lung, breast, esophagus, gastrointestinal tract, genitourinary tract, pediatrics, soft tissues, etc. The department has very active teaching and learning activities to continuously update our knowledge in cancer treatment, which include new case round, case round for specific cancer, resident seminar, journal seminars and many others. We also enthusiastically participate in the annual meetings of international cancer societies such as the American Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology (ASTRO), the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR), the European Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology (ESTRO).
The Cancer Center in Chang-Gung Memorial Hospital at Linkou has nineteen cancer-treatment teams based on the primary cancer sites. The faculties in our department are active member in these teams had had a weekly joint meeting with other members including specialists in internal medicine, surgery, oncology, nuclear medicine, diagnostic radiology, and pathology.  Inside the department, we also have weekly new patient round for each sub-specialty.  All these activities will make the patient’s treatment to meet the highest standard of treatment protocol.

林口長庚紀念醫院放射腫瘤科於民國68年由林芳仁醫師自美歸國創立。由於林主任受訓於美國紐約著名之癌症中心紐約史隆凱特琳紀念癌症中心(Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center)，故本科創立即引進美國先進之制度與放射治療系統，並隨著放射治療科技的進步，與世界同步，成為台灣放射腫瘤界重要的推手。

The Department of Radiation Oncology in Chang-Gung Memorial Hospital at Linkou was set upin 1979 and founded by Dr. F. J. Lin. Since Dr. Lin received his radiation oncology training c in the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center at New York, our department therefore had the system and the treatment planning program since those in the USA since then. As the progress in the radiotherapy, we also keep up with the latest knowledge and technologies and become leading radiation oncology department in Taiwan.