Hao-xian Yang
Associate Professor
Oncology
Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center
China
Biography
Dr. Hao-Xian Yang is an associate professor and attending surgeon of thoracic surgery at Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center. Dr. Yang obtained his Bachelor in Medicine (equivalent to MD in the US) and PhD at Sun Yat-sen University of Medical Sciences, P. R. China in 1999 and 2004, respectively. His postdoctoral training at Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center and research experience at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in the United States provided him with great opportunities to explore the fields of minimally invasive thoracic surgeries, including the vedio-assisted thoracic surgery (VATS) and robot-assisted thoracic surgery (RATS). He has been doing clinical research work and receiving minimally invasive thoracic surgery training including but not limited to robot-assisted thoracic surgery at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in the United States from January 2014. Dr Hao-Xian Yang is interested in the metastases mechanism and prognosis of lung cancer , esophageal cancer, and minimally invasive thoracic surgery in which leads to more than 20 research publications.
Research Interest
Minimally invasive thoracic surgery, multidisciplinary and individualized therapy of thoracic cancers, including lung cancer, esophageal cancer and mediastinal cancers; Early detection of lung cancer and esophageal cancer; Mechanism of cancer metastasis
