The Department of Minimally Invasive Interventional Therapy
The Department of Minimally Invasive Interventional Therapy is built with the concept of "five in one" (imaging diagnosis, interventional ward, outpatient, operating room, and laboratory). It has the most advanced medical equipment in image-guidance and minimally invasive treatment, with high-level medical services benefiting cancer patients at home and abroad. The department trains Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center graduate students, radiology and nuclear medicine residents and is the first batch of tumor ablation training bases in China. We carry out world-leading research in minimally invasive interventional therapy combined with multidisciplinary therapy and big data-assisted diagnosis and treatment.
Clinical Services
The department is committed to the interventional vascular and minimally invasive treatment of various solid tumors, mainly liver cancer. Hardware facilities are fitted out in the department. Twelve interventional operating rooms are equipped with 3 DSA systems, 4 CT systems, 1 MR systems, 2 ultrasonic instruments ,4 radiofrequency ablation instruments, 8 microwave ablation instruments, 1 cryoablation therapeutic instrument, 1 HIFU system, 1 nano-knife system and 1 radioactive seed treatment planning system. More than 10,000 interventional procedures are conducted every year. In order to provide best medical care to patients, our team cooperates with multidisciplinary teams for each single-disease during the comprehensive management of cancer patients.
Research Activities
The department has carried out a series of scientific research to improve the level of cancer prevention and treatment over the years based on a developed clinical system. In terms of disease types, the department focuses on liver cancer, cholangiocarcinoma, lung cancer, nasopharyngeal carcinoma, melanoma and rectal cancer. In terms of treatment strategies, the department mainly focuses on tumor ablation, trans-arterial infusion chemotherapy, trans-arterial chemotherapy and embolization, internal radiotherapy, external radiotherapy, artificial intelligence and big data assisted interventional precision therapy, interventional therapy in combination with immunotherapy and targeted therapy and high-intensity focused ultrasound therapy.
From 2016 to 2020, the department gained 1 key project funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC), with 5 general projects funded by NSFC, 2 youth projects funded by NSFC, and 9 general projects funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of Guangdong Province. From 2016 to 2020, we translated our scientific work into a total of 103 research articles, many of which were published and cited in the Science Citation Index (SCI), including 20 articles with impact factors above 5, and 3 articles with impact factors above 10. These articles were published by famous journals like Gut, the Journal of Hepatology, Nature Communications, Liver Cancer, Radiology, Cancers and Oncoimmunology, among others.
Teaching
There are 21 medical staff in the department of minimally invasive interventional therapy, among which 7 are doctoral supervisors, 1 is a master's supervisor, and 14 are young doctors. Each year, the department will undertake teaching tasks of the Sun Yat-sen University School of Medicine, cultivating a large number of interventional medical students. The department trains more than 40 advanced training physicians every year. The department is also known as the "the Huangpu Military Academy" for tumor ablation and seed implantation nationwide. Since 2002, the department has organized many national continuing medical education programs in Tumor Imaging Diagnosis and Minimally Invasive Therapy, Solid Tumor Ablation Therapy, Radioactive Seed Implantation and other programs. The department has also organized and joined many impactful conferences including the Guangzhou International Conference on Minimally Invasive Therapy, the Asian Conference on Oncology Ablation, the World Brachytherapy Conference, and the radiological Society of North America, which have greatly enhanced its international influence.
Honors
The department's scientific research achievements in recent years have won a number of science and technology awards from the China Anti-Cancer Association. The department won first prize in the center's comprehensive management goals in 2015, 2017, 2018, and 2020, and second prize in the center's comprehensive management goals in 2016 and 2019.
Future
During 2021-2025 (the 14th Five-Year Plan), the department is expected to carry out all kinds of minimally invasive diagnosis and treatment techniques and be recognized as a first-class discipline worldwide. We will continue train young talent for this profession, cultivate inter-disciplinary talents, establish a "pyramid-shape" team of medical technicians and nurses. We will build an advanced research platform to facilitate medical research and the development of minimally invasive techniques/technology. We will also establish a training base for minimally invasive interventional techniques, and enhance our previous training system by optimally integrating clinical practice and scientific research.
Specialists
Peihong Wu, M.D.
Professor, Minimally Invasive Interventional Division
Jinhua Huang, M.D. Director
Professor and Chairman, Minimally Invasive Interventional Division
Fujun Zhang, M.D.
Professor, Minimally Invasive Interventional Division
Weijun Fan, M.D.
Professor, Minimally Invasive Interventional Division
Ming Zhao, M.D. PhD
Professor, Minimally Invasive Interventional Division
