Wei-Wei Liu | Head and Neck Surgery | Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center-Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center

Name: Wei-Wei Liu

Title: Associate Professor

Email: liuwwei@mail.sysu.edu.cn

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Dr. Wei-Wei LIU obtained MD and PhD at Sun Yat-sen University of Medical Sciences, P. R. China in 1994 and 2002, respectively. He worked in Prince of Wales Hospital of Chinese University of HongKong as a visiting scholar in 2005. He visited University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center as a visiting associated professor in 2010. Clinically, he specialized in surgical treatment of head and neck cancers and reconstruction of head and neck defects using free flaps. He also performs micro-invasive surgery in head and neck cancer including endoscopic thyroidectomy. Scientifically, Dr. LIU is interested in the investigation of molecular pathways of carcinogenesis in oral squamous cell carcinoma and chemoprevention of head and neck cancers.

Interests

Molecular pathways of carcinogenesis in oral squamous cell carcinoma and chemoprevention of head and neck cancers

Education

1989 --- 1994 Zhang Jia Kou Medical College, Bachelor degree He Bei Province，China in Medicine (MD)

1994 --- 1997 Sun Yat-sen University, Master degree Guangzhou，China In Surgical Oncology

1999 --- 2002 Sun Yat-sen University, PhD degree inGuangzhou，China Surgical Oncology

Publications

1．Wei-wei LIU, Qiu-liang WU, et al. The Clinicopathological Features, Treatment, and Prognosis of Postirradiation Osteosarcoma in Patients with Nasopharyngeal Cancer. Laryngoscope. 2005,115(9):1574.

2．Wei-wei LIU，ZENG Zong-yuan，WU Qiu-liang，et al. Overexpression of MMP-2 in Laryngeal Squamous Cell Carcinoma: A Potential Indicator for Poor Prognosis. Otolaryngol Head &Neck Surg. 2005, 132(3):395

3. Guo ZM, Wei-wei LIU (Corresponding), He JH. A retrospective cohort study of nasopharyngeal adenocarcinoma: a rare histological type of nasopharyngeal cancer. Clin Otolaryngol. 2009 Aug;34(4):322-7.

4. Wei Wei LIU, Chun Qiao LI, Zhu Ming GUO. Fluorescence identification of parathyroid glands by aminolevulinic acid hydrochloride in rats. Photomed Laser Surg. 2011, 29(9):635-8

5. Wei Wei LIU, Zhu Ming GUO, Quan ZHANG, et al. Reconstruction of soft-tissue defects of the head and neck: radial forearm flap or anterolateral thigh flap?Eur Arch Otorhinolaryngol. 2011, 268(12):1809-1912.

6. Wei Wei LIU, An Kui YANG, Yang Dian OU. The harvesting and insetting of a chimeric anterolateral thigh flap to reconstruct through and through cheek defects. Int J Oral Maxillofac Surg. 2011, 40(12):1421-1423.

7. Liu WW, Peng HW, Guo ZM, Zhang Q, Yang AK. Immediate reconstruction of maxillectomy defects using anterolateral thigh free flap in patients from a low resource region. Laryngoscope. 2012 (11):2396-401.

8. Wei Wei LIU, Zhu Ming GUO. Reconstruction of wide-apart double defect using a branch-based chimeric anterolateral thigh flap. Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery-Global Open, 2014, 2(1): e96.

Last updated on: August, 2014 by International Office, Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center

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