Yan-gao Man
Director
Research Laboratory and International Collaboration
Bon Secours Cancer Institute
USA
Biography
Yan-gao Man holds a medical doctor degree in Western Medicine and Master degree in Cell Biology and Microbiology from China, and a PhD in Cell Biology and Anatomy from USA. He received postdoctoral training in Cancer Biology at the American National Cancer Institute. After receiving his PhD in 1998, he has authored and co-authored over 200 published scientific and 46 non-scientific articles, and received 18 research grants and 3 patent certificates. He served as the Director of Gynecologic and Breast Research Laboratory of Armed Forces Institute of Pathology and American Registry of Pathology from 1995 to 2011. Currently, he serves as the Director of Research Laboratory and International Collaboration at Bon Secours Cancer Institute. He is also the editor-in-chief of a SCI (Journal of Cancer) and four newly launched international medical journals. His main research interest focuses on the mechanism of cancer invasion and metastasis. He is the author of the world most updated theories for cancer invasion and metastasis. His theory of cancer invasion has been regarding as more compatible with existing data than the traditional theory. Among all major theories of cancer metastasis, his theory is the only one that can explain all steps of metastasis.
Research Interest
Yan-gao Man main research interest focuses on the mechanism of cancer invasion and metastasis.