Jun Guo

 

Jun Guo, MD, PhD

Dept. Melanoma & Renal Cancer, Peking University cancer Hospital & Institute, Beijing, China

Jun Guo MD. PhD. is a professor and the medical director of the Department of Melanoma and Renal Cancer (which he helped to establish) in Peking University Cancer Hospital & Institute. Dr. Guo earned his medical degree and a master’s degree from the Fourth Military Medical University, Xi’an (China), and a PhD from the Second Military Medical University, Shanghai (China). He is a leading researcher in the areas of melanoma and renal cancer in China.

Dr. Guo holds multiple positions, such as the chair of Asian melanoma group, Deputy Secretary-General of Chinese Society of Clinical Oncology (CSCO), president of Melanoma Branch of CSCO, member of Global Melanoma Task Force (GMTF). He is the writing panel chair of “Chinese Guidelines on the Diagnosis and Treatment of Melanoma” and “Chinese Guidelines on the Diagnosis and Treatment of Kidney Cancer”.

Dr. Guo established the first melanoma center in China; he has made pioneering contributions to epidemiology, genetics diagnosis and treatments for Chinese melanoma and renal cancer. Prof. Guo led a domestic team from 24 cancer centers of 13 provinces, which is aimed to conduct multi-center clinical researches. He also established a collaborate platform for melanoma translational research. Prof. Guo leads 15 international multi-center clinical researches and more than 20 domestic multi-center clinical researches. Several researches have been adopted by domestic guidelines and “NCCN guidelines for melanoma, head & neck cancer and renal cancer”.

Dr. Guo has published several research papers in peer-reviewed journals. He published more than 30 academic papers on the most influential cancer research journals in the world (J Clin Oncol, Clin Cancer Res, Eur J Cancer, Blood, Gene Ther, Int J Cancer, etc.).The highest citation frequency was 369. He also leads a number of state and ministry grants, including grants supported by The National Basic Research Program of China, Natural Science Foundation of China. Prof. Guo also achieved several Scientific Technology Advance Awards from Beijing City, China Anticancer Association, and Chinese Medical Association.