Dr. Hong received his M.D. from Sun Yat-Sen University of Medical Sciences (SUMS) in 1984, and worked for the department of design, measure, and evaluation (DME), SUMS. During 1987 to 1988, he finished a postgraduate training on medical decision in Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, USA . Since 1991, Dr. Hong turned to department of NPC, Cancer Center, SUMS, as a lecturer, and took part in a series of the clinical investigations using the theory of DME. The development of new clinical staging system of NPC (1992 NPC staging), which was used widely later in China, was one of Dr. Hong contributions. The proposition of the idea of stratified multiple modality therapy of NPC according to different clinical stages was another project of Dr. Hong using the methods and viewpoints of DME.

Dr. Hong was promoted to be an associate professor in 1994. The clinical trails of stratified comprehensive therapy of NPC in an ongoing project under the charge of Dr. Hong. His main interest is multiple modality combined therpay of NPC.

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