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Overview

Albert C. Koong is affiliated with The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on medicine, with a significant concentration in oncology, surgery, pulmonary and respiratory medicine, radiology, nuclear medicine and imaging, and radiation.

The scientist's main research topics include:

  • Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research
  • Advanced Radiotherapy Techniques
  • Radiation Therapy and Dosimetry
  • Colorectal and Anal Carcinomas
  • Advances in Oncology and Radiotherapy
  • Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics
  • Cholangiocarcinoma and Gallbladder Cancer Studies

Their recent notable papers are:

  • Abdominal FLASH irradiation reduces radiation-induced gastrointestinal toxicity for the treatment of ovarian cancer in mice, 2020, Scientific Reports
  • Randomized Phase IIB Trial of Proton Beam Therapy Versus Intensity-Modulated Radiation Therapy for Locally Advanced Esophageal Cancer, 2020, Journal of Clinical Oncology
  • Endocrine-Exocrine Signaling Drives Obesity-Associated Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma, 2020, Cell
  • Composition, Spatial Characteristics, and Prognostic Significance of Myeloid Cell Infiltration in Pancreatic Cancer, 2020, Clinical Cancer Research
  • Spatially Resolved Single-Cell Assessment of Pancreatic Cancer Expression Subtypes Reveals Co-expressor Phenotypes and Extensive Intratumoral Heterogeneity, 2022, Cancer Research

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Albert C. Koong include:

  • Prajnan Das
  • Eugene J. Koay
  • Ethan B. Ludmir
  • Emma B. Holliday
  • Cullen M. Taniguchi

The scientist regularly publishes in several venues, reflecting the diversity of their research interests, including:

  • International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics
  • Cancer Research
  • Advances in Radiation Oncology
  • Journal of Clinical Oncology
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Best Publications

  • Hypoxia-induced lysyl oxidase is a critical mediator of bone marrow cell recruitment to form the premetastatic niche

    Janine T. Erler;Kevin L. Bennewith;Kevin L. Bennewith;Thomas R. Cox;Georgina Lang

  • Loss of PTEN facilitates HIF-1-mediated gene expression

    Wayne Zundel;Cornelia Schindler;Daphne Haas-Kogan;Albert Koong

  • Pancreatic adenocarcinoma, version 2.2017: Clinical practice guidelines in Oncology

    Margaret A. Tempero;Mokenge P. Malafa;Mahmoud Al-Hawary;Horacio Asbun

  • XBP1 Is Essential for Survival under Hypoxic Conditions and Is Required for Tumor Growth

    Lorenzo Romero-Ramirez;Hongbin Cao;Daniel Nelson;Ester Hammond

  • Pancreatic tumors show high levels of hypoxia.

    Albert C Koong;Vivek K Mehta;Quynh T Le;George A Fisher

  • Hypoxia causes the activation of nuclear factor kappa B through the phosphorylation of I kappa B alpha on tyrosine residues.

    Albert C. Koong;Eunice Y. Chen;Amato J. Giaccia

  • Overview of image-guided radiation therapy.

    Lei Xing;Brian Thorndyke;Eduard Schreibmann;Yong Yang

  • Identification of an Ire1alpha endonuclease specific inhibitor with cytotoxic activity against human multiple myeloma

    Ioanna Papandreou;Nicholas C. Denko;Michael Olson;Heleen Van Melckebeke

  • Phase I study of stereotactic radiosurgery in patients with locally advanced pancreatic cancer.

    Albert C Koong;Quynh T Le;Anthony Ho;Bryan Fong

  • Phase 2 multi-institutional trial evaluating gemcitabine and stereotactic body radiotherapy for patients with locally advanced unresectable pancreatic adenocarcinoma

    Joseph M. Herman;Daniel T. Chang;Karyn A. Goodman;Avani S. Dholakia

  • Candidate genes for the hypoxic tumor phenotype.

    Albert C. Koong;Nicholas C. Denko;Karen M. Hudson;Cornelia Schindler

  • Stereotactic radiotherapy for unresectable adenocarcinoma of the pancreas.

    Daniel T. Chang;Devin Schellenberg;John Shen;Jeff Kim

  • Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma, Version 2.2014

    Margaret A. Tempero;Mokenge P. Malafa;Stephen W. Behrman;Al B. Benson

  • ER stress–mediated autophagy promotes Myc-dependent transformation and tumor growth

    Lori S. Hart;John T. Cunningham;Tatini Datta;Souvik Dey

  • Phase II study to assess the efficacy of conventionally fractionated radiotherapy followed by a stereotactic radiosurgery boost in patients with locally advanced pancreatic cancer

    Albert C. Koong;Erin Christofferson;Quynh Thu Le;Karyn A. Goodman

  • Gemcitabine chemotherapy and single-fraction stereotactic body radiotherapy for locally advanced pancreatic cancer

    Devin Schellenberg;Karyn A. Goodman;Florence Lee;Stephanie Chang

  • Circulating miR-210 as a Novel Hypoxia Marker in Pancreatic Cancer.

    Allen S. Ho;Xin Huang;Hongbin Cao;Claudia Christman-Skieller

  • The unfolded protein response : A novel component of the hypoxic stress response in tumors

    Douglas E. Feldman;Vibha Chauhan;Albert C. Koong

  • Dose-Escalation Study of Single-Fraction Stereotactic Body Radiotherapy for Liver Malignancies

    Karyn A. Goodman;Ellen A. Wiegner;Katherine E. Maturen;Zhigang Zhang

  • Galectin-1: A Link Between Tumor Hypoxia and Tumor Immune Privilege

    Quynh-Thu Le;Gongyi Shi;Hongbin Cao;Daniel W. Nelson

Frequent Co-Authors

Amato J. Giaccia
Amato J. Giaccia Stanford University
Quynh-Thu Le
Quynh-Thu Le Stanford University
Joseph M. Herman
Joseph M. Herman National Cancer Institute
Lei Xing
Lei Xing Stanford University
James M. Ford
James M. Ford Stanford University
Bruce D. Minsky
Bruce D. Minsky The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Brian M. Wolpin
Brian M. Wolpin Harvard University
Jeffrey A. Norton
Jeffrey A. Norton Stanford University
Timothy M. Pawlik
Timothy M. Pawlik The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center
J. Martin Brown
J. Martin Brown Stanford University

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