Su Yong, is a Doctor of Medicine and serves as a chief physician and advisor of a master's degree student. He specializes in radiation therapy and combination therapy of nasopharynx carcinoma and other head and neck cancers. Dr. Su Yong has been engaged in clinical work, teaching and research on cancers since he graduated with a doctorate degree in 1988. Since then, he has published dozens of research papers, many of which are included in SCI magazines including Head Neck and participated in the compilation of two books on nasopharynx carcinoma.

In 2004, he was the first one to find that PET-CT performs worse than MRL in the detection of regional invasion of nasopharynx carcinoma and retropharyngeal lymph node metastasis because the former failed to detect lesions with a diameter shorter than 0.5 to 1.0 cm and necrotic retropharyngeal lymph node metastasis. This discovery provides a basis for the proper application of PET-CT in the clinic therapy of nasopharynx carcinoma.

In 2005, he took the lead in putting forward the method for the definition and delineation of the target volume for IMRT of nasopharynx carcinoma in which the tumor only affects one side of the nose in his doctoral dissertation. In the same year, he also invented the CT-guided needle biopsy through mandibular area for the diagnosis of nasopharyngeal carcinoma in the parapharyngeal space.

In 2006, he carried out research to improve the method for the positioning and delineation of the target volume for IMRT of nasopharynx carcinoma and head and neck cancer following induction chemotherapy. He was then awarded the winning prize in the 2nd Guangdong Forum on Radiation Therapy of Tumor Competition.

In 2008, he found a contradiction in relation to the regional invasion of hypopharyngeal carcinoma and the principle of retropharyngeal lymph node metastasis in the authoritative textbook of the discipline. He took charge of and proposed some suggestions for the principles of determination and delineation of the target volume of hypopharyngeal carcinoma.

In 2011, he finished a preliminary regulation for delineation of target volume for IMRT of head and neck cancer for the Department.

In 2012, he found that the volume of primary tumors of nasopharynx carcinoma is closely related to distant metastasis and prognosis and put forward the nasopharynx carcinoma prognosis and stage models that take the volume of primary tumor into consideration.

Research on the radiation therapy and prognosis of nasopharynx carcinoma and other head and neck cancer and factors influencing the quality of the patients' lives.

1982-1988 Bachelor's Degree in Clinical Medicine, Department of Medicine, former Sun Yat-sen University of Medical Science;

1999-2002 Master's Degree in Oncology, Sun Yat-sen University

2002-2005 Doctoral Degree in Oncology, Sun Yat-sen University

1. Cheng, WQ, Zheng SM, Su Y, et al. Protection of Salivary Gland When Conducting Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy of Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma. Chinese Journal of Clinical Oncology (Accepted)2. Zheng SM, Cheng WQ, Su Y, et al. Protection of Oral Mucosa When Conducting Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy of Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma. Chinese Journal of Cancer Prevention and Treatment (Accepted)3. Zheng SM, Cheng WQ, Su Y, et al. Protection of Oropharyngeal Mucosa When Conducting Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy of Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma. Chinese Journal of Contemporary Neurology and Neurosurgery (Accepted)4. Wu Z，Deng XY，Zeng RF，Su Y，et al. Using CT or MRI to assess locoregional spread to determine the radiotherapy target of hypopharyngeal carcinoma.Asia Pac J Clin Oncol. 2014;10:e21-7. 5. Wu Z，Su Y，Zeng RF，et al. Prognostic value of tumor volume for patients with nasopharyngeal carcinoma treated with concurrent chemotherapy and intensity-modulated radiotherapy. J Cancer Res Clin Oncol. 2014 Jan;140(1):69-76.6. Wu Z，Deng XY，Zeng RF，Su Y，et al. Analysis of risk factors for retropharyngeal lymph node metastasis in carcinoma of the hypopharynx.Head Neck. 2013 Sep;35(9):1274-7. 7. Wu Z，Zeng RF，Su Y，et al. Prognostic significance of tumor volume in patients with nasopharyngeal carcinoma undergoing intensity-modulated radiation therapy. Head Neck. 2013 May;35(5):689-94.8. Wu Z，Gu MF，Zeng RF, Su Y, et al. Correlation between nasopharyngeal carcinoma tumor volume and the 2002 International Union Against Cancer tumor classification system. Radiat Oncol. 2013 Apr 11;8(1):87. 9. Gu MF, Su Y, Chen XL, et al. Quality of life and radiotherapy complications of Chinese nasopharyngeal carcinoma patients at different 3DCRT. Asian Pac J Cancer Prev. 2012;13(1):75-9. 10. Gu MF, Chen XL, Su Y, et al. Analysis of the Quality of Life of Patients with Nasopharynx Carcinoma without Tumors. Cancer Research and Clinic, 2012, 24(3): 149-52. 11. Wu Z, D XY, Su Y, et al. Iconography Analysis of the Principle of Distribution of Metastatic Cervical Lymph Nodes of 186 Cases of Nnasopharynx Carcinoma. Chinese Journal of Clinical Oncology, 2011, 38(20): 1279-82.12. Zeng RF, Su Y, Deng XY, et al. Analysis of the Efficacy of Combining PT Therapy with Concurrent Radiotherapy in Treating Regional Middle and Late Period Nasopharynx Carcinoma for Five Years. Chinese Journal of Cancer Prevention and Treatment, 2011, 18(1): 43-6.13. Su Y, Zhao C, Li WJ, Deng XY, Zeng RF, et al. CT-guided needle biopsy through mandibular area for the diagnosis of nasopharyngeal carcinoma in the parapharyngeal space. Chin J Cancer. 2010 Aug;29(8):768-73.14. Deng XY, Su Y, Zheng L, Xie CM, Gu MF, Zeng RF, Yin SH. Analysis of cervical and retropharyngeal lymph node metastases in the patients with hypopharyngeal carcinoma with computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging. Chin J Cancer. 2010 Feb;29(2):202-6. 15. Deng XY, Su Y, Zheng L, Xie CM, Yin SH.et al. Regional invasion of hypopharyngeal carcinoma base on CT--a report of 65 cases. Ai Zheng. 2009 Jun;28(6):647-51.

 

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