Takashi Sugimura, Honorary President of the National Cancer Center, died 94 years old September 14, 20:24
Takashi Sugimura, Honorary President of the National Cancer Center, who contributed to the elucidation of the mechanism of cancer development, died at a hospital in Tokyo on the 6th of this month due to heart failure.
I was 94 years old.
After graduating from the University of Tokyo School of Medicine from Tokyo, Mr. Sugimura proceeded with research on carcinogens that cause cancer at the National Cancer Center and the current National Cancer Center.
Then, he discovered that various carcinogens are contained in everyday foods such as burnt parts of grilled fish, and normal cells are transformed into cancer cells by accumulating slight changes in genes. It contributed to the elucidation of the mechanism of cancer development.
Mr. Sugimura became the president of the National Cancer Center in 1984, and has been the honorary president since 1992.
During this time, he has been leading cancer research in Japan, such as promoting the national "10-year comprehensive strategy for cancer", and received the Order of Culture in 1978 and the Grand Cordon of the Order of the Rising Sun in 1998.
In addition, through lectures and writings, he worked to disseminate knowledge about cancer by widely appealing the importance of cancer prevention, early diagnosis, and early treatment, and in 2003, he himself removed the entire stomach for cancer. I announced it.
According to the National Cancer Center, Mr. Sugimura died of heart failure at a hospital in Tokyo on the 6th of this month at the age of 94.