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Medicine
Taiwan
2026

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Medicine

D-Index
131
Citations
69911
World Ranking
2384
National Ranking
4

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Medicine in Taiwan Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Medicine in Taiwan Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Medicine in Taiwan Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Medicine in Taiwan Leader Award
  • 2008 - Fellow, The World Academy of Sciences

Overview

Pan-Chyr Yang is affiliated with National Taiwan University in Taiwan. Their research spans multiple fields with a primary focus on medicine and biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology.

The scientist's work extensively covers several subfields, including pulmonary and respiratory medicine, molecular biology, oncology, cancer research, and radiology, nuclear medicine, and imaging. Their publications address key topics such as lung cancer treatments and mutations, lung cancer diagnosis and treatment, cancer genomics and diagnostics, radiomics and machine learning in medical imaging, cancer immunotherapy and biomarkers, research on SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19, and RNA modifications related to cancer.

Yang has published significant research contributions in various scientific venues. The most frequent publication venues include:

  • Journal of Thoracic Oncology
  • Annals of Oncology
  • Cancer Research
  • EMBO Molecular Medicine
  • UNC Libraries

Their recent influential papers include:
  • "Proteogenomics of Non-smoking Lung Cancer in East Asia Delineates Molecular Signatures of Pathogenesis and Progression" (2020, Cell)
  • "Precision Management of Advanced Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer" (2020, Annual Review of Medicine)
  • "ENO1 Promotes Lung Cancer Metastasis via HGFR and WNT Signaling-Driven Epithelial-to-Mesenchymal Transition" (2021, Cancer Research)
  • "Low-dose CT screening among never-smokers with or without a family history of lung cancer in Taiwan: a prospective cohort study" (2023, The Lancet Respiratory Medicine)
  • "Lung Cancer Screening in Asia: An Expert Consensus Report" (2023, Journal of Thoracic Oncology)

The scientist frequently collaborates with several co-authors, including:

  • Sung-Liang Yu
  • Kuo-Yen Huang
  • Hsuan-Yu Chen
  • Ya-Hsuan Chang
  • Kang-Yi Su

These collaborative efforts contribute to a broad and multidisciplinary approach in their research portfolio.

Yang's work applies advanced methods including proteogenomics, precision management, and machine learning techniques within the context of lung cancer and related molecular studies. Their research portfolio also addresses public health aspects such as lung cancer screening strategies in Asian populations.

Professional recognition includes being named a Fellow of The World Academy of Sciences in 2008.

Best Publications

  • International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer/American Thoracic Society/European Respiratory Society International Multidisciplinary Classification of Lung Adenocarcinoma

    William D Travis;Elisabeth Brambilla;Masayuki Noguchi;Andrew G Nicholson

  • MET amplification occurs with or without T790M mutations in EGFR mutant lung tumors with acquired resistance to gefitinib or erlotinib

    James Bean;Cameron Brennan;Jin-Yuan Shih;Gregory Riely

  • A prospective, molecular epidemiology study of EGFR mutations in Asian patients with advanced non-small-cell lung cancer of adenocarcinoma histology (PIONEER).

    Yuankai Shi;Joseph Siu-Kie Au;Sumitra Thongprasert;Sankar Srinivasan

  • A five-gene signature and clinical outcome in non-small-cell lung cancer.

    Hsuan Yu Chen;Sung Liang Yu;Chun Houh Chen;Gee Chen Chang

  • MicroRNA Signature Predicts Survival and Relapse in Lung Cancer

    Sung Liang Yu;Hsuan Yu Chen;Hsuan Yu Chen;Gee Chen Chang;Chih Yi Chen

  • International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer/American Thoracic Society/European Respiratory Society: international multidisciplinary classification of lung adenocarcinoma: executive summary.

    William D. Travis;Elisabeth Brambilla;Masayuki Noguchi;Andrew G. Nicholson

  • Value of sonography in determining the nature of pleural effusion: analysis of 320 cases.

    Pan-Chyr Yang;Kwen-Tay Luh;Dun-Bing Chang;Huey-Dong Wu

  • Pretreatment Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor (EGFR) T790M Mutation Predicts Shorter EGFR Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitor Response Duration in Patients With Non–Small-Cell Lung Cancer

    Kang-Yi Su;Hsuan-Yu Chen;Ker-Chau Li;Ming-Liang Kuo

  • p53 controls cancer cell invasion by inducing the MDM2-mediated degradation of Slug.

    Shu Ping Wang;Wen Lung Wang;Yih Leong Chang;Chen Tu Wu

  • Growth rate of asymptomatic hepatocellular carcinoma and its clinical implications.

    Jin-Chuan Sheu;Juei-Low Sung;Ding-Shinn Chen;Pei-Ming Yang

  • Tumor-associated macrophages: The double-edged sword in cancer progression

    Jeremy J.W. Chen;Yi-Chen Lin;Pei-Li Yao;Ang Yuan

  • The VEGF-C/Flt-4 Axis Promotes Invasion and Metastasis of Cancer Cells

    Jen Liang Su;Pan Chyr Yang;Jin Yuan Shih;Ching Yao Yang

  • Afatinib for patients with lung adenocarcinoma and epidermal growth factor receptor mutations (LUX-Lung 2): A phase 2 trial

    James Chih Hsin Yang;Jin Yuan Shih;Wu Chou Su;Te Chun Hsia

  • Selection of Invasive and Metastatic Subpopulations from a Human Lung Adenocarcinoma Cell Line

    Yi Wen Chu;Pan Chyr Yang;Shuenn Chen Yang;Yu Chiau Shyu

  • Effectiveness of Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitors on “Uncommon” Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor Mutations of Unknown Clinical Significance in Non–Small Cell Lung Cancer

    Jenn-Yu Wu;Chong-Jen Yu;Yeun-Chung Chang;Chih-Hsin Yang

  • Titanium dioxide nanoparticles induce emphysema-like lung injury in mice

    Huei Wen Chen;Sheng Fang Su;Chiang Ting Chien;Wei Hsiang Lin

  • Cyclooxygenase-2 Induces EP1- and HER-2/Neu-Dependent Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor-C Up-Regulation: A Novel Mechanism of Lymphangiogenesis in Lung Adenocarcinoma

    Jen Liang Su;Jin Yuan Shih;Men Luh Yen;Yung Ming Jeng

  • Up-Regulation of Tumor Interleukin-8 Expression by Infiltrating Macrophages: Its Correlation with Tumor Angiogenesis and Patient Survival in Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer

    Jeremy J.W. Chen;Pei Li Yao;Ang Yuan;Tse-Ming Hong

  • The EMT regulator slug and lung carcinogenesis

    Jin-Yuan Shih;Pan-Chyr Yang

  • Low serum level of high-density lipoprotein cholesterol is a poor prognostic factor for severe sepsis.

    Jung-Yien Chien;Jih-Shuin Jerng;Chong-Jen Yu;Pan-Chyr Yang

Frequent Co-Authors

Chong-Jen Yu
Chong-Jen Yu National Taiwan University
Kwen-Tay Luh
Kwen-Tay Luh National Taiwan University
Po-Ren Hsueh
Po-Ren Hsueh China Medical University
Jeremy J.W. Chen
Jeremy J.W. Chen National Chung Hsing University
Sung-Liang Yu
Sung-Liang Yu National Taiwan University
Chien-Jen Chen
Chien-Jen Chen Academia Sinica
Wu Chou Su
Wu Chou Su National Cheng Kung University
Cheng-Wen Wu
Cheng-Wen Wu National Yang Ming University
Lee-Jene Teng
Lee-Jene Teng National Taiwan University
Shan-Chwen Chang
Shan-Chwen Chang National Taiwan University

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