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Jun Ma is affiliated with Sun Yat-sen University in China and has a significant publication record in multiple fields related to medicine and molecular biology. Their work primarily focuses on oncology, molecular biology, otorhinolaryngology, pulmonary and respiratory medicine, and surgery. The scientist's research covers a broad array of topics concentrated on cancer studies and treatments.

Their research topics include:

  • Head and Neck Cancer Studies
  • RNA modifications and cancer
  • Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research
  • Head and Neck Surgical Oncology
  • Lung Cancer Treatments and Mutations
  • Lung Cancer Research Studies
  • Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers

Jun Ma's frequent coauthors include:

  • Ling-Long Tang
  • Ying Sun
  • Na Liu
  • Yan-Ping Mao
  • Lei Chen

The scientist has published extensively in journals such as:

  • Journal of Clinical Oncology
  • Radiotherapy and Oncology
  • Cancer Research
  • Nature Communications
  • Oral Oncology

Among Jun Ma's recent papers are:

  • Single-cell transcriptomics reveals regulators underlying immune cell diversity and immune subtypes associated with prognosis in nasopharyngeal carcinoma, 2020, Cell Research
  • Chemotherapy in Combination With Radiotherapy for Definitive-Intent Treatment of Stage II-IVA Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma: CSCO and ASCO Guideline, 2021, Journal of Clinical Oncology
  • The Chinese Society of Clinical Oncology (CSCO) clinical guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of nasopharyngeal carcinoma, 2021, Cancer Communications
  • Circular RNA CRIM1 functions as a ceRNA to promote nasopharyngeal carcinoma metastasis and docetaxel chemoresistance through upregulating FOXQ1, 2020, Molecular Cancer
  • Metronomic capecitabine as adjuvant therapy in locoregionally advanced nasopharyngeal carcinoma: a multicentre, open-label, parallel-group, randomised, controlled, phase 3 trial, 2021, The Lancet

The scientist has contributed to 566 publications in medicine overall, with 270 focusing on biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. Within molecular biology alone, there are 175 publications attributed to their work, with oncology following at 113.

Best Publications

  • Erlotinib versus chemotherapy as first-line treatment for patients with advanced EGFR mutation-positive non-small-cell lung cancer (OPTIMAL, CTONG-0802): a multicentre, open-label, randomised, phase 3 study

    Caicun Zhou;Yi Long Wu;Gongyan Chen;Jifeng Feng

  • Induction chemotherapy plus concurrent chemoradiotherapy versus concurrent chemoradiotherapy alone in locoregionally advanced nasopharyngeal carcinoma: a phase 3, multicentre, randomised controlled trial

    Ying Sun;Wen Fei Li;Nian Yong Chen;Ning Zhang

  • Chemotherapy and radiotherapy in nasopharyngeal carcinoma: an update of the MAC-NPC meta-analysis

    Pierre Blanchard;Pierre Blanchard;Anne Lee;Sophie Marguet;Julie Leclercq

  • Gemcitabine and Cisplatin Induction Chemotherapy in Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma

    Yuan Zhang;Lei Chen;Guo-Qing Hu;Ning Zhang

  • How Does Intensity-Modulated Radiotherapy Versus Conventional Two-Dimensional Radiotherapy Influence the Treatment Results in Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma Patients?

    Shu Zhen Lai;Wen Fei Li;Lei Chen;Wei Luo

  • Concurrent chemoradiotherapy plus adjuvant chemotherapy versus concurrent chemoradiotherapy alone in patients with locoregionally advanced nasopharyngeal carcinoma: a phase 3 multicentre randomised controlled trial

    Lei Chen;Chao Su Hu;Xiao Zhong Chen;Guo Qing Hu

  • Final overall survival results from a randomised, Phase III study of erlotinib versus chemotherapy as first-line treatment of EGFR mutation-positive advanced non-small-cell lung cancer (OPTIMAL, CTONG-0802)

    Caicun Zhou;Y. L. Wu;G. Chen;J. Feng

  • Comparative safety of immune checkpoint inhibitors in cancer: systematic review and network meta-analysis

    Cheng Xu;Yu Pei Chen;Xiao Jing Du;Jin Qi Liu

  • Long Noncoding RNA FAM225A Promotes Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma Tumorigenesis and Metastasis by Acting as ceRNA to Sponge miR-590-3p/miR-1275 and Upregulate ITGB3

    Zi-Qi Zheng;Zhi-Xuan Li;Guan-Qun Zhou;Li Lin

  • Prognostic value of a microRNA signature in nasopharyngeal carcinoma: a microRNA expression analysis

    Na Liu;Nian Yong Chen;Rui Xue Cui;Wen Fei Li

  • Intensity-modulated radiotherapy prolongs the survival of patients with nasopharyngeal carcinoma compared with conventional two-dimensional radiotherapy: A 10-year experience with a large cohort and long follow-up.

    Meng Xia Zhang;Jing Li;Guo Ping Shen;Xiong Zou

  • What Is the Best Treatment of Locally Advanced Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma? An Individual Patient Data Network Meta-Analysis

    Laureen Ribassin-Majed;Sophie Marguet;Anne W.M. Lee;Wai Tong Ng

  • Deep Learning for Automated Contouring of Primary Tumor Volumes by MRI for Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma

    Li Lin;Qi Dou;Yue Ming Jin;Guan Qun Zhou

  • Long-Term Survival After Cisplatin-Based Induction Chemotherapy and Radiotherapy for Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma: A Pooled Data Analysis of Two Phase III Trials

    Daniel T.T. Chua;Jun Ma;Jonathan S.T. Sham;Hai Qiang Mai

  • Development and validation of a gene expression-based signature to predict distant metastasis in locoregionally advanced nasopharyngeal carcinoma: a retrospective, multicentre, cohort study

    Xin Ran Tang;Ying Qin Li;Shao Bo Liang;Wei Jiang

  • Prognostic Value of Deep Learning PET/CT-Based Radiomics: Potential Role for Future Individual Induction Chemotherapy in Advanced Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma

    Hao Peng;Di Dong;Meng Jie Fang;Lu Li;Lu Li

  • Re-Evaluation of 6th Edition of AJCC Staging System for Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma and Proposed Improvement Based on Magnetic Resonance Imaging

    Yan Ping Mao;Fang Yun Xie;Li Zhi Liu;Ying Sun

  • Single-cell transcriptomics reveals regulators underlying immune cell diversity and immune subtypes associated with prognosis in nasopharyngeal carcinoma.

    Yu-Pei Chen;Jian-Hua Yin;Wen-Fei Li;Han-Jie Li

  • Chemotherapy in Combination With Radiotherapy for Definitive-Intent Treatment of Stage II-IVA Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma: CSCO and ASCO Guideline

    Yu-Pei Chen;Nofisat Ismaila;Melvin L K Chua;A Dimitrios Colevas

  • Genomic Analysis of Tumor Microenvironment Immune Types across 14 Solid Cancer Types: Immunotherapeutic Implications

    Yu Pei Chen;Yu Zhang;Jia Wei Lv;Ying Qin Li

Frequent Co-Authors

Ying Sun
Ying Sun Sun Yat-sen University
Richard M. Schultz
Richard M. Schultz University of Pennsylvania
Geoffrey Ye Li
Geoffrey Ye Li Imperial College London
James Versalovic
James Versalovic Baylor College of Medicine
Philip Orlik
Philip Orlik Mitsubishi Electric (United States)
Mark Ptashne
Mark Ptashne Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Petr Svoboda
Petr Svoboda Czech Academy of Sciences
Joseph F. Petrosino
Joseph F. Petrosino Baylor College of Medicine
Mian Wu
Mian Wu University of Science and Technology of China
Michael A. Lampson
Michael A. Lampson University of Pennsylvania

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