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 Professor  Li Zhang

Specialty:
Medical Oncology

Present Titles and Affiliation:
Vice Chair of Lung Cancer Research Center, Sun Yat-Sen University
Vice Chair of Department of Medical Oncology, Sun Yat-Sen University Cancer Center

Contact Information:
Address: 651 Dongfeng Road East, Guangzhou 510060, P.R. China
Tel & Fax: 86-20-8734-3458;86-20-87343365 (Fax)
E-mail: zhangli@sysucc.org.cn

Research interest:

Dr Zhang’s research is focused on developing molecular, prognostic and therapeutic approaches to improve the care for patients with lung cancer, colorectal cancer and nasopharyngeal carcinoma. His research interest also includes supportive care such as therapy of cancer induced anemia (CIA) and treatment of bone metastases with bisphosphonate. He is currently a member of the NCCN Clinical Practice Guidelines in Oncology™ (Chinese Version) Lung Cancer, Colon/Rectal Cancer and Head and Neck Cancer Panel. He has been extensively involved in many Phase I/II studies of novel anticancer agents and international phase III trials. Now, he is also a GLOBE principle investigator (PI) and steering committee member of several randomized phase III clinical trials.

Dr Zhang has published more than 100 clinical research papers in peer review journals such as Journal of Clinical Oncology, Lancet Oncology, Cancer, Cancer Gene Therapy, Journal Thoracic Oncology, Lung Cancer, Cancer Chemotherapy and Pharmacology, Oncology, Clinical Lung Cancer and Medical Oncology.

Dr Zhang also presented abstracts to many major congresses like ASCO, AACR, WCLC, ESMO meetings. Besides a heavy patient caseload in his department, Dr. Zhang is a frequent lecturer in many domestic and international congresses, like Chinese Society for Clinical Oncology (CSCO), Chinese Anti-Cancer Association (CACA), Chinese Conference on Medical Oncology (CCMO) and Chinese Society of Lung Cancer annual meeting, WCLC, APLCC. He now works as a senior consultant at the Centre of Drug Evaluation (CDE) of State Food and Drug Administration (SFDA) in China. Dr Zhang is the drafter of “SFDA guidance for industry: clinical trials for the approval of anticancer drugs and biologicals (Second Version, 2006).”

Education and Training:

2001.3-2002.3: Visiting fellow (Medical Oncology)
                          MD Anderson Cancer Center
                          Houston, TX. USA
1998.1-1998.1: Visiting fellow (Medical Oncology)
                          Fox Chase Cancer Center
                           Philadelphia, PA, USA
1996.9-1996.10: Visiting fellow (GCP, Good Clinical Practice)
                             Institute Gustave Roussy (IGR)
                            Paris, France
1991.9-1997.9 Attending Physician
                        Department of Medical Oncology,
                        Tumor Hospital, Sun Yat-Sen University of Medical Sciences
1988.9-1991.8: Master of Clinical Oncology
                         Sun Yat-Sen University Cancer center
                         Guangzhou, P.R.China
1986.8-1991.8: Resident
                         Department of Medical Oncology,
                       Tumor Hospital, Sun Yat-Sen University of Medical Sciences
1980.9-1986.7: Bachelor of Medicine
                         Sun Yat-Sen University of Medical Sciences
                          Gangzhou, P.R.China

Board Certification:
1991: Clinical Oncology Board Certification
1986: Internal Medicine Board Certification

Experience/Service
Academic Appointments
2005-present: Professor and Vice Chair of the Department of Medical Oncology, Sun Yat-Sen University Cancer Center
1997-2005: Associate Professor and Vice Chair of the Department of Medical Oncology, Sun Yat-Sen University Cancer Center

Other Appointments/Responsibilities in Hospital and University:
2006-Present: Ethical Committee Member of Sun Yat-Sen University
2007-Present: Scientific Committee Member of Sun Yat-Sen University Cancer
2007-Present: Medical Affair Committee Member of Sun Yat-Sen University Cancer Center
2007-Present: Infection Disease Committee Member of Sun Yat-Sen University Cancer Center

Memberships in Professional Societies:
Chinese Association of Medicine (CAM), 1997-present
Chinese Anti-Cancer Association (CACA), 1997-present
Chinese Society of Clinical Oncology (CSCO), 1997-present
American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO), 2004-present
International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer (IASLC), 2005-present European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO), 2007-present

Editorships and Editorial Board:
Chinese Journal of Clinical Oncology, 2001-present
Chinese Journal of Cancer, 2001-present
Asia-Pacific Journal of Clinical Oncology (APJCO), 2005-2008
Chinese Journal of Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases, 2007-present
Journal of Clinical Oncology (Chinese Version), 2007-present
Chinese Journal of Lung Cancer, 2008-present
Lung Cancer (Chinese Version), 2008-present
Chinese Journal of Cancer Research (English Version), 2010-present
Cancer Research on Prevention and Treatment, 2010-present
Clinical Lung Cancer, 2010-present
Thoracic Cancer, 2010-present
Editor of Clinical Lung Cancer Chinese Edition, 2010-present
The Chinese-German Journal of Clinical Oncology, 2010-present
Oncology Progression, 2010-present

Manuscript reviewer:
Journal of Thoracic Oncology, 2007-present
New Medicine, 2007-present
The Chinese-German Journal of Clinical Oncology, 2008-2010

Selected Publications:

1. Li Zhang, Chong Zhao, Pei-Jian Peng, Li-Xia Lu, Pei-Yu Huang, Fei Han, and Shao-Xiong Wu: Preliminary Results of Randomized Phase III Clinical Study Comparing Standard Radiotherapy With or Without Weekly Oxaliplatin in Treatment of Locoregionally Advanced Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma. Journal of Clinical Oncology 2005; Vol 23(33): 8461-8468

2. Zhang L, Hou X, Lu S, et al. Predictive significance of bone sialoprotein and osteopontin for bone metastases in resected Chinese non-small-cell lung cancer patients: A large cohort retrospective study. Lung Cancer 2010, Jan;67(1):114-9

3. Xue Hou, Chong Zhao, Ying Guo, …Li Zhang*. Different Clinical Significance of Pre- and Post-treatment Plasma Epsteine Barr Virus DNA Load in Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma Treated with Radiotherapy. Clinical Oncology 2010 [Epub ahead of print]

4. Li Zhang, Chong Zhao, Bijesh Ghimire, … Ying Guo*, Yi-Jun Huang*, Zhong-Zhen Guan:The Role of Concurrent Chemoradiotherapy in the Treatment of Locoregionally Advanced Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma among Endemic Population: A Meta- analysis of the Phase III Randomized Trials. BMC Cancer 2010.Vol 10:558

5. Zhao YY, Li S, Zhang Y, … Zhang L*. The relationship between drug exposure and clinical outcomes of non-small cell lung cancer patients treated with gefitinib. Med Oncol. 2010 May 11. [Epub ahead of print]

6. Wang F, Zhang Y, Zhao H, … Zhang L*. Validation of a clinical prognostic model in Chinese patients with metastatic and advanced pretreated non-small cell lung cancer treated with gefitinib. Med Oncol. 2010 Mar 4. [Epub ahead of print]

7. Xu F, Li S, Li XL, …Zhang L*. Phase I and biodistribution study of recombinant adenovirus vector-mediated herpes simplex virus thymidine kinase gene and ganciclovir administration in patients with head and neck cancer and other malignant tumors. Cancer Gene Therapy 2009; Vol 16:723-730

8. Zhang L, Zhang Y,, …Guan ZZ*. Phase II clinical study of gemcitabine in the treatment of patients with advanced nasopharyngeal carcinoma after the failure of platinum-based chemotherapy. Cancer Chemother Pharmacol.2008;61(1):33-8.

9. Tony Mok, Yi-Long Wu, Chong-Jen Yu, Caicun Zhou, Yuh-Min Chen, Li Zhang, …Jin-Soo Lee: Randomized, Placebo-controlled, Phase II Study of Sequential Erlotinib and Chemotherapy As First-Line Treatment for Advanced Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer. Journal of Clinical Oncology 2009; Vol 27:5080-5087

10. Roy S Herbst, Yan Sun, Wilfried EE Eberhardt, Paul Germonpré, Nagahiro Saijo, Caichun Zhou, Jie Wang, Longyun Li, Fairooz Kabbinavar, Yukito Ichinose, Shukui Qin, Li Zhang, Bonne Biesma, John V Heymach, Peter Langmuir, Sarah J Kennedy, Hiroomi Tada and Bruce E Johnson. Vandetanib plus docetaxel versus docetaxel as second-line treatment for patients with advanced non-small-cell lung cancer: a randomised, double-blind phase III trial (ZODIAC). Lancet Oncology 2010;Vol 11: 619–26

11. Tony Mok, Keunchil Park, Joseph Siu-kie Au, Caicun Zhou, Li Zhang, Reury-Perng Perng, and Yi-long Wu: Efficacy and Safety of Erlotinib in >1200 East/South-East Asian Patients with Advanced Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer. Journal of Thoracic Oncology 2010; Vol 5: 1609–161