What to Prepare for Proton and Heavy-Ion Therapy in China

Before You Contact the Hospital

Start with the name of the center, the question you want it to answer, your rough travel window and whether you need English-language coordination. Ask its international department how it accepts an overseas case and which documents it needs before sending files. The particle-therapy overview explains the broader planning path.

The Guangzhou Concord Cancer Center profile identifies a published oncology center with a listed proton service. Its profile does not establish acceptance of your case or a secure records channel; confirm both directly.

Medical Records Checklist

Ask your treating clinician and the receiving center which items are needed. A useful request list, rather than a claim that every center requires every item, is:

• current diagnosis and a concise treatment summary from your treating team;
• pathology reports and, if requested, the underlying slides or blocks and any relevant molecular-test reports;
• imaging reports and original image files, preferably in the format the receiving center specifies;
• prior radiation records, including treatment plan, field and dose details, if applicable;
• surgery, chemotherapy and other treatment summaries, medication list and relevant laboratory reports;
• a specific clinical question for the center, along with your home clinician's contact if you consent to contact.

The medical records checklist explains how to request reports, original imaging and pending results. Do not interpret the checklist as a medical eligibility test.

How Records Reach the Hospital

Use the center's approved secure transfer route after consent and recipient verification. If Medvoyal helps coordinate, we arrange a consent-based handoff to the named hospital without reading or interpreting the files; do not attach records to our contact form or send them by ordinary email. The second-opinion records guide explains the full handoff and deletion process.

Documents for Your Trip

Carry your passport, visa or verified entry documents, hospital acceptance and appointment confirmation, insurance details and authorization response, accommodation details, and a list of current medicines. Ask the center whether it wants translated reports and whether it can issue the hospital letter needed for an S2 application. Our S2 visa guide gives the document questions; confirm the current requirements with the consulate that serves you.

Keep an accessible copy of your home clinician's contact and your agreed follow-up plan. Use an approved secure channel for medical files rather than a public link or casual email attachment.

What to Bring Home

Before the last appointment, request the treatment summary, radiation plan and dose documentation, imaging reports and original files, prescriptions, itemized bill and official receipts, and a written follow-up schedule. Confirm which reports will be ready only after you leave and how the hospital will deliver them securely.

The departure records checklist covers the collection process. Arrange follow-up care after returning home with your own clinician, who can tell you which additional records are needed.