Lung cancer: Progress, current status, and controversies

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Yuan Chen, Professor of Oncology, Doctoral Supervisor; the Deputy Director of the Oncology Department and the Director of the Thoracic Oncology Department in Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College of HUST, China. Prof. Chen graduated from Tongji Medical University in 1985 and studied in the MD Anderson Cancer Center as a visiting associate professor from August 2002 to August 2003. He has worked in the clinical, teaching, and research fields of oncology for 29 years. He is an expert in tumor diagnosis and treatment, especially in thoracic oncology, and in palliative care and radiation therapy. He has undertaken in-depth studies and, his achievements are as follows: Member of Council, CHINESE ANTI-CANCER ASSOCIATION (CACA); Vice Chairman, Cancer Rehabilitation and Palliative Care Committee, CACA; Chairman, Cancer Rehabilitation and Palliative Care Committee, HUBEI ANTI-CANCER ASSOCIATION; Vice Chairman, Lung Cancer Committee, HUBEI ANTI-CANCER ASSOCIATION; Vice Chairman, Hubei Targeted Therapy Committee; Vice Chairman, Radiation Oncology Committee, WUHAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION; Vice Chairman, Hubei Stereotactic Radiotherapy Committee.