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Jia Fan is a researcher affiliated with Fudan University in China, specializing in medicine with a significant focus on oncology, molecular biology, cancer research, hepatology, and surgery. Their scholarly contributions span several subfields and main topics related primarily to hepatocellular carcinoma and other hepatic cancers.

Their main fields of study include:

  • Medicine
  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

The subfields in which Jia Fan has published extensively include:

  • Oncology
  • Molecular Biology
  • Cancer Research
  • Hepatology
  • Surgery

Research topics frequently addressed in their work are:

  • Hepatocellular Carcinoma Treatment and Prognosis
  • Cholangiocarcinoma and Gallbladder Cancer Studies
  • Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers
  • Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics
  • Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research
  • Cancer Mechanisms and Therapy
  • Ferroptosis and cancer prognosis

Notable recent papers include:

  • "Sintilimab plus a bevacizumab biosimilar (IBI305) versus sorafenib in unresectable hepatocellular carcinoma (ORIENT-32): a randomised, open-label, phase 2-3 study" (2021) published in The Lancet Oncology
  • "Specific ACE2 Expression in Cholangiocytes May Cause Liver Damage After 2019-nCoV Infection" (2020) published in bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • "Single-cell landscape of the ecosystem in early-relapse hepatocellular carcinoma" (2020) published in Cell
  • "Guidelines for the Diagnosis and Treatment of Hepatocellular Carcinoma (2019 Edition)" (2020) published in Liver Cancer
  • "2019 Chinese clinical guidelines for the management of hepatocellular carcinoma: updates and insights" (2020) published in HepatoBiliary Surgery and Nutrition

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Jia Fan are:

  • Jian Zhou
  • Hui-Chuan Sun
  • Qiang Gao
  • Ying-Hong Shi

The primary publication venues for Jia Fan's research include:

  • Journal of Clinical Oncology
  • Clinical and Translational Medicine
  • Annals of Oncology
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Cancer Research

In addition to journal articles, Jia Fan has contributed to book publications, including a forthcoming title titled Climate Finance with Big Data Analytics scheduled for publication by World Scientific in 2025.

Best Publications

  • Systemic immune-inflammation index predicts prognosis of patients after curative resection for hepatocellular carcinoma.

    Bo Hu;Xin-Rong Yang;Yang Xu;Yun-Fan Sun

  • MicroRNA Expression, Survival, and Response to Interferon in Liver Cancer

    Junfang Ji;Jiong Shi;Jiong Shi;Anuradha Budhu;Zhipeng Yu

  • Specific ACE2 Expression in Cholangiocytes May Cause Liver Damage After 2019-nCoV Infection

    Xiaoqiang Chai;Longfei Hu;Yan Zhang;Weiyu Han

  • Overexpression of PD-L1 significantly associates with tumor aggressiveness and postoperative recurrence in human hepatocellular carcinoma.

    Qiang Gao;Xiao-Ying Wang;Shuang-Jian Qiu;Ichiro Yamato

  • Integrated Proteogenomic Characterization of HBV-Related Hepatocellular Carcinoma

    Qiang Gao;Hongwen Zhu;Liangqing Dong;Weiwei Shi

  • Plasma MicroRNA Panel to Diagnose Hepatitis B Virus–Related Hepatocellular Carcinoma

    Jian Zhou;Lei Yu;Xue Gao;Jie Hu

  • FAP promotes immunosuppression by cancer-associated fibroblasts in the tumor microenvironment via STAT3-CCL2 signaling

    Xuguang Yang;Yuli Lin;Yinghong Shi;Bingji Li

  • Proteomics identifies new therapeutic targets of early-stage hepatocellular carcinoma

    Ying Jiang;Aihua Sun;Yang Zhao;Yang Zhao;Wantao Ying

  • Sintilimab plus a bevacizumab biosimilar (IBI305) versus sorafenib in unresectable hepatocellular carcinoma (ORIENT-32): a randomised, open-label, phase 2-3 study.

    Zhenggang Ren;Jianming Xu;Yuxian Bai;Aibing Xu

  • Tumor-Associated Neutrophils Recruit Macrophages and T-Regulatory Cells to Promote Progression of Hepatocellular Carcinoma and Resistance to Sorafenib.

    Shao-Lai Zhou;Zheng-Jun Zhou;Zhi-Qiang Hu;Xiao-Wu Huang

  • A decade's studies on metastasis of hepatocellular carcinoma.

    Zhao-You Tang;Sheng-Long Ye;Yin-Kun Liu;Lun-Xiu Qin

  • Guidelines for the Diagnosis and Treatment of Hepatocellular Carcinoma (2019 Edition).

    Jian Zhou;Huichuan Sun;Zheng Wang;Wenming Cong

  • Single-cell landscape of the ecosystem in early-relapse hepatocellular carcinoma.

    Yunfan Sun;Liang Wu;Liang Wu;Yu Zhong;Kaiqian Zhou

  • Metroticket 2.0 Model for Analysis of Competing Risks of Death After Liver Transplantation for Hepatocellular Carcinoma.

    Vincenzo Mazzaferro;Carlo Sposito;Jian Zhou;Jian Zhou;Antonio D. Pinna

  • Guidelines for Diagnosis and Treatment of Primary Liver Cancer in China (2017 Edition).

    Jian Zhou;Hui Chuan Sun;Zheng Wang;Wen Ming Cong

  • STAT3-mediated upregulation of lncRNA HOXD-AS1 as a ceRNA facilitates liver cancer metastasis by regulating SOX4.

    Hui Wang;Xisong Huo;Xin-Rong Yang;Jia He

  • Circulating stem cell–like epithelial cell adhesion molecule–positive tumor cells indicate poor prognosis of hepatocellular carcinoma after curative resection†

    Yun-Fan Sun;Yang Xu;Xin-Rong Yang;Wei Guo

  • Serum DKK1 as a protein biomarker for the diagnosis of hepatocellular carcinoma: a large-scale, multicentre study

    Qiujin Shen;Jia Fan;Xin-Rong Yang;Yexiong Tan

  • Fibroblast growth factor 21 levels are increased in nonalcoholic fatty liver disease patients and are correlated with hepatic triglyceride.

    Huating Li;Qichen Fang;Fei Gao;Jia Fan

  • Overexpression of CXCL5 mediates neutrophil infiltration and indicates poor prognosis for hepatocellular carcinoma.

    Shao-Lai Zhou;Zhi Dai;Zheng-Jun Zhou;Xiao-Ying Wang

Frequent Co-Authors

Zhao-You Tang
Zhao-You Tang Fudan University
Qiang Gao
Qiang Gao Beihang University
Zheng Wang
Zheng Wang Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Ya Cao
Ya Cao Central South University
Lei Yu
Lei Yu Rush University Medical Center
Yujiang Geno Shi
Yujiang Geno Shi Harvard University
Xuetao Cao
Xuetao Cao Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College
Chuan He
Chuan He University of Chicago
Robert A. Anders
Robert A. Anders Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Yan Zhao
Yan Zhao Wuhan University of Technology

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