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Specialized doctors worldwide

Who conducts research on head and neck cancer? Everyone here comes from a public registry: as principal investigator of a study at ClinicalTrials.gov, or as last author of publications in PubMed. Those are two different things, so we put them in two lists side by side instead of merging them into one figure.

Where these doctors work
Click or point at a dot to see who works there. 31 of the 77 doctors are on the map — we only place those who work at an institute whose city we know, and don't guess the rest.

This is not a referral and not a judgment on care. We know nothing about how these people treat, whether they accept patients, or how to reach them. We do not display contact details. If you want a second opinion or a referral, go through your own specialist.

Leads the most studies

Registered as principal investigator at ClinicalTrials.gov. Setting up and running a study is years of work.

  1. 1 Ming-yuan Chen Sun Yat-sen University, China leads 32 studies register →
  2. 2 Lillian L. Siu Princess Margaret Cancer Centre/University Health Network, Canada leads 24 studies register →
  3. 3 Xingchen Peng Sichuan University West China Hospital leads 22 studies register →
  4. 4 Glenn J. Hanna Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, United States leads 19 studies register →
  5. 5 Barbara A. Murphy Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center, United States leads 18 studies register →
  6. 6 Douglas R Adkins Washington Univerisity, United States leads 18 studies register →
  7. 7 Everett E. Vokes The University of Chicago Medical Center, United States leads 18 studies register →
  8. 8 Lun Zhang Sun Yat-sen University, China leads 18 studies register →
  9. 9 David H. Ilson Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, United States leads 16 studies register →
  10. 10 Hai-Qiang Mai Cancer center, China leads 16 studies register →

Also leading

  1. 11 Xin Shelley Wang Shanghai Ninth People's Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, China leads 16 studies register →
  2. 12 Nancy Y Lee Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, United States leads 14 studies · 5 publications as last author register →
  3. 13 Chong Zhao Sun Yat-Sen University Cancer Center, China leads 14 studies register →
  4. 14 Dan Paul Zandberg UPMC Hillman Cancer Center, United States leads 14 studies register →
  5. 15 Julie E. Bauman University of Pittsburgh, United States leads 14 studies register →
  6. 16 David G. Pfister Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, United States leads 13 studies register →
  7. 17 Ezra EW Cohen University of Chicago Comprehensive Cancer Center, United States leads 13 studies register →
  8. 18 Hongwei Liu FujianMedical University Cancer Hospital, China leads 13 studies register →
  9. 19 Lin Shen Peking Union Medical College Hospital, China leads 13 studies register →
  10. 20 Yueh-Hsia Chen National Taiwan University, College of Medicine leads 13 studies register →
  11. 21 Ling-Wei Wang Changhai Hospital, China leads 12 studies register →
  12. 22 Lisa Licitra Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori, Milano, Italy leads 12 studies register →
  13. 23 Nabil F. Saba Emory University, United States leads 12 studies register →
  14. 24 Robert L. Ferris ECOG-ACRIN Cancer Research Group, United States leads 12 studies register →
  15. 25 Steven H. Lin M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, United States leads 12 studies register →

Publishes most about this disease

Counted as last author on publications from the last five years — in medicine the leader of the research group. This also includes physicians who do not register studies but do advance the field.

  1. 1 Alfio Ferlito Coordinator of the International Head and Neck Scientific Group, Italy 10 publications as last author PubMed →
  2. 2 Nosayaba Osazuwa-Peters Duke University School of Medicine, United States 7 publications as last author PubMed →
  3. 3 Miki Takahara Asahikawa Medical University, Japan 7 publications as last author PubMed →
  4. 4 Feng Wang The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, China 6 publications as last author PubMed →
  5. 5 Michael C Topf Vanderbilt University Medical Center, United States 6 publications as last author PubMed →
  6. 6 Qigen Fang The Affiliated Cancer Hospital of Zhengzhou University & Henan Cancer Hospital, China 6 publications as last author PubMed →
  7. 7 Nancy Y Lee Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, United States leads 14 studies · 5 publications as last author register →
  8. 8 Cesare Piazza Comprehensive Cancer Center, Italy 5 publications as last author PubMed →
  9. 9 Hiroya Takeuchi Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, Japan 5 publications as last author PubMed →
  10. 10 Jianjun Ren West China Hospital 5 publications as last author PubMed →

Also leading

  1. 11 Naomi Kiyota Cancer Center, Japan 5 publications as last author PubMed →
  2. 12 Takahiro Asakage Institute of Science Tokyo, Japan 5 publications as last author PubMed →
  3. 13 Masaru Yamashita Kagoshima University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Japan 5 publications as last author PubMed →
  4. 14 Ugur Selek School of Medicine, Turkey 5 publications as last author PubMed →
  5. 15 Alejandro I Díaz-Laclaustra Universidad de Antioquia 4 publications as last author PubMed →
  6. 16 Byoung Chul Cho Yonsei Cancer Center, South Korea 4 publications as last author PubMed →
  7. 17 Luca Gazzini Hospital of Bolzano (SABES-ASDAA), Italy 4 publications as last author PubMed →
  8. 18 Marry M van den Heuvel-Eibrink Princess Máxima Center for Pediatric Oncology, Netherlands 4 publications as last author PubMed →
  9. 19 Farzad Taghizadeh-Hesary Iran University of Medical Sciences 4 publications as last author PubMed →
  10. 20 Tomonori Yano National Cancer Center Hospital East, Japan 4 publications as last author PubMed →
  11. 21 Takayuki Yoshino National Cancer Center Hospital East, Japan 4 publications as last author PubMed →
  12. 22 Raja R Seethala University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, United States 4 publications as last author PubMed →
  13. 23 Antoine Eskander University of Toronto, Canada 4 publications as last author PubMed →
  14. 24 Akhilanand Chaurasia King George's Medical University, India 3 publications as last author PubMed →
  15. 25 Bin Zheng Fujian Medical University Union Hospital, China 3 publications as last author PubMed →

Counted from ClinicalTrials.gov and PubMed, updated on 2026-08-10. Is something incorrect, or would you prefer not to be listed? Let us know — we'll adjust it.

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