The Shanghai Proton and Heavy Ion Center celebrated its 8th anniversary on Monday, announcing the completion of 5,648 cases of treatment with an annual growth of 20 percent. The center, which uses cutting-edge proton and heavy ion beams to target and kill cancerous tissue without harming healthy tissue and cells, is the first of its kind in China and only the third in the world. The clinical outcome and control of complications at the Shanghai facility has been in line with, or even surpassed similar facilities in Japan and Germany, based on a five-year survival rate and published data in leading journals, officials said.

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