Dr. Taixiang Lu. Vice-director of the Cancer Center. Vice director of Department of Radiation Oncology, Cancer center, Zhongshan University.
Dr. Lu graduated from Sun Yat-sen University of Medical Sciences (SUMS) in 1977. He engaged in the laboratory of cancer pathology and cancer cytobiology in Cancer Institute of Sun Yat-sen University of Medical Sciences from 1977 to 1984. He worked on clinic of radiation oncology from 1985. He is a head of the research group for nasopharyngeal carcinoma in department of radiation oncology. He is a vice-director of department of radiation oncology from 1997. He is a member of Chinese Medical Association and Anticancer Association.

Research:
He is specialized in radiotherapy of head and neck carcinoma. For a number of years, Dr. Lu 's research has been focused on the clinical behaviors characteristics and how to enhance the effects of radiotherapy in nasopharyngeal carcinoma. He has studied the radiosensitizing activity of three Chinese herbal agents in combination with radiotherapy in the treatment in nasopharyngeal carcinoma. He is currently investigating how irradiation techniques to treat nasopharyngeal carcinoma is improved by low-melting-point lead block.

Papers:

1. Local spread and parapharyngeal structures in nasopharyngeal carcinoma. Chinese J. Of Cancer, 1989,8(5):410.

2. The relationship between the invasion of paraharyngeal spaces and the involvement of cervical nodes and posterior group cranial nerves in nasopharyngeal carcinoma. (English) Chinese J. Cancer Research, 1992,4(1):62. and :"MEDLINE" 1990.

3. Investigation of skull base in nasopharyngeal carcinoma, Chinese J. Of Otorhinolaryngology, 1994,29(5):295. and "MEDLINE" 1995.

4. The assay of agglutination factor in sera of patients with nasopharyngeal carcinoma. The Practical J. Of Cancer 1995,10(3):145.

5. Significance of agglutinating factor assay in sera of patients with nasopharyngeal carcinoma. Chinese J. Of Clinical Oncology, 1996, Vol.23 , supplement:72.

6.Prospective study of radiosensitizing activity of three Chinese herbal agents in combination in the treatment of nasopharyngeal carcinoma. Chinese J. of Clinical Oncology, 1996.23(7): 483.

7.Radiotherapy of cranial base destruction in nasopharyngeal carcinoma. Chinese J. Of Clinical Oncology, 1997, 24 (2): 115.

8.The prognostic influence probe of parapharyngeal space involvement in nasopharyngeal carcinoma. Chinese J. Of Cancer, 1997, 16(4): 283.

Achievements:

1.The clinical stage and radiotherapeutic plan of nasopharyngeal carcinoma. The first award of Sun Yat-sen University of Medical Sciences. 1992.
2.The research of radiotherapy for nasopharyngeal carcinoma. The second award of the health department of Guangdong province,1997.
3.The research of radiotherapy for nasopharyngeal carcinoma. The third award of the science and technology committee of Guangdong province, 1997.