Liu Mengzhong

Biography

Dr. Liu Mengzhong is a chief physician, professor and doctoral advisor. He graduated from the Department of Clinical Medicine at former Sun Yat-sen University of Medical Sciences (undergraduate program) in 1983 and was awarded a master's degree in Clinical Oncology by former Sun Yat-sen University of Medical Sciences in 1988. Currently he serves as Chief for Department of Radiation Oncology of Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center, Associate Chief for Oncology Teaching and Research Office of Sun Yat-sen University, and Chief for Radiation Oncology Teaching and Research Office of Sun Yat-sen University. He is also a member of the Chinese Society of Radiation Oncology of Chinese Medical Association, Chairman of Radiation Oncology Branch of Guangdong Medical Association, Chief for Guangdong Radiation Therapy Quality Control Center, and Deputy Chairman of Esophagus Cancer Specialized Committee of Guangdong Anti-cancer Association. Medical Specialties: rich clinical experience in combination therapy of radiation therapy and chemotherapy for thoracoabdominal tumors, nasopharynx carcinoma and prostate tumors.

Research Interest

In recent years, he has been mainly engaged in research of thoracoabdominal radiation therapy. He has carried out multi-centric clinical trial in esophagus cancer pre-operation chemoradiotherapy, which has made great progress. He has explored in concurrent chemoradiotherapy schemes and some of his papers in this field have been adopted by NCCN Guidelines. He has reached the leading level in China in thoracoabdominal advanced radiation therapy technologies (4D-CT\IGRT). He has undertaken several projects at national, provincial and ministerial levels. He has published about 70 papers as the lead author or corresponding author, over 20 of which have been included in SCI journals.