Expertise at Chang Gung System

Tsang, Ngan-Ming,M.D.,Ph.D.
Institution: Linkouchang gung memorial hospital / Chang gung university
Position: Physician/Associate Professor
Department: Radiation Oncology / Department of Traditional Chinese Medicine
Address: No.15, Wenhua 1st Rd., Gueishan Township, Taoyuan County 333, Taiwan (R.O.C.)
Tel: +886-3-3281200-7000 Fax: 03-3280797
E-mail: vstsang@cgmh.org.tw , tsangrt123@gmail.com

Focus of Interest :
  • Radiology, Nuclear Medicine

Employment Records:
82 / 07-1985 / 06, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital Radiation Oncology Residency
85 / 07-1986 / 06, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Chief Medical Radiation Oncology
86/07 so far, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital Radiation Oncology physician

Education:
》Taipei Medical College undergraduates Harvard School of public health cancer biology PhD

Main Publications:

  1. Kai-Ping Chang,Ngan-Ming Tsang, Chun-Ta Liao; Cheng-Lung Hsu; Ming-Jui Chung; Chuan-Wei Lo, heng-Chieh Chan, Shu-Hang Ng, Hung-Ming Wang, Tzu-Chen Yen, (2012) Prognostic significance of 18F-FDG PET parameters and plasma EBV DNA load in patients with nasopharyngeal carcinoma. J Nucl Med. J Nucl Med. 2012 Jan;53(1):21-8. Erratum in: J Nucl Med. 2012 Feb;53(2):342.(First author: Drs. Kai-Ping Chang and Ngan-Ming Tsang contribute equally to this work.)
  2. Ping Ching Pai, Chi Cheng Chuang, Chen Kan Tseng, Ngan-Ming Tsang*, Kai Ping Chang, Tzu Chen Yen, hun Ta Liao, Ji Hong Hong, Joseph Tung Chieh Chang. (2012) Impact of pre-treatment body mass index on patients with head and neck cancer treated with radiation. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. Vol. 83, No. 1, pp. e93-e100, 2012.
  3. Ka-Po Tse, Chi-Sheng Wu, Chuen Hsueh, Kai-Ping Chang, Sheng-Po Hao, Yu-Sun Chang and Ngan-Ming Tsang*. (2012) The Relationship between Secretory Leukocyte Protease Inhibitor Expression and Epstein-Barr Virus Status among Patients with Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma. Anticancer Research April 2012 vol. 32 no. 4 1299-1307.
  4. Yueh-Hsiang Huang, Jiun-Liang Chen, Geng-Hao Liu, Sien-Hung Yang, Kai-Ping Chang, and Ngan-Ming Tsang*. (2013) Influence of Chinese Medicine on Weight Loss and Quality of Life During Radiotherapy in Head and Neck Cancer. Integrative Cancer Therapies 2013 vol. 12 no. 1 41-49.
  5. Liu SC, Tsang NM *, Chiang WC, Chang KP, Hsueh C, Liang Y, Juang JL, Chow KP,Chang YS. Leukemia inhibitory factor promotes nasopharyngeal carcinoma progression and radioresistance. J Clin Invest. 2013 Dec 2;123(12):5269-83.


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Board Certification:
1)Taiwan Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology
2)The Chinese Oncology Society
3)American Association for Cancer Research

Ongoing projects:
1) EBV-NPC program: Biomarkers discovery for translational applications.Next-Generation Sequencing for identification of genetic determinants in radioresistant nasopharyngeal carcinoma(2015/1/1 ~ 2015/12/31)
2) The area of subcutaneous fat component could reflect the survival outcome in phargo-laryngeal cancer patients(2014/10/1 ~ 2015/9/30)