Professor

Sumei Cao

Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center ​

EDUCATION

Profile

CURRENT RESEARCH THEMES

  • Dr. Sumei Cao is currently a Professor in the Department of Cancer Prevention Research at Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center, Guangzhou, China. 
  • She focuses on cancer prevention and epidemiological research, with particular emphasis on nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) screening in southern China. 
  • Her research group has identified novel Epstein-Barr virus (EBV)-based screening markers and conducted the first cluster randomized screening study for NPC insouthern China. 
  • She has also investigated lifestyle and environmental factors associated with endemic cancers in the region. 
  • Dr. Cao was a visiting researcher at Karolinska Medical University, Sweden. 
  • She currently serves as:

– Vice President of the Infection and Oncology Group, Chinese Preventive Medical Association 

– Vice President of the Cancer Epidemiology Committee of Guangdong Province 

– Member of the Expert Committee on Early Diagnosis and Treatment of Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma, Chinese Cancer Foundation 

  • She has published more than 50 peer-reviewed papers in leading journals, including Annals of OncologyInternational Journal of Cancer (IJC)American Journalof Epidemiology (AJE), and Cancer

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