Journal articles, book chapters and other published papers (2003 - 2004)

Publication in refereed journal

Ambekar C.S., Lee J.S.K., Cheung B.M.Y., Chan L.C., Liang R.H.S. and Kumana C.R., Chloramphenicol succinate, a competitive substrate and inhibitor of succinate dehdrogenase : possible reason for its toxicity., Toxicology in Vitro. 2004, 18: 441-447.

Au W.Y., Ooi C.G.C., Yau W.F., Ma E.S.K., Wan T.S.K. and Kwong Y.L., Chronic myeloid leukemia in an adolescent with Ollier’s diease after intensive X ray exposure, Leukemia and Lymphoma. 2004, 45: 613-616.

Au W.Y., Wong R.W.M., Khoo U.S. and Liang R.H.S., Concurrent aggressive gastrointestinal stromal tumour (GIST) and Burkitt’s lymphoma., Journal of Clinical Oncology. 2003, 21: 1417 – 1418.

Au W.Y., Tsang J., Cheng T.S.., Chow W.S., Woo Y.C., Ma E.S.K. and Tam S.C.F., Cough mixture abuse as a novel cause of megaloblastic anemia and peripheral neuropathy, British Journal of Haematology. 2003, 123: 956-958.

Au W.Y., Fung A., Chim J.C.S., Lie A.K.W., Liang R.H.S., Ma E.S.K., Chan C.H., Wong K.F. and Kwong Y.L., FLT-3 aberrations in acute promyelocytic leukaemia: clinicopathological associations and prognostic impact, British Journal of Haematology. 2004, 125(4): 463-469.

Au W.Y., Gascoyne R.D., Gallaghar R.E., Nhu L., Klasa R.D., Liang R.H.S., Choy C.K.W., Foo W. and Connors J.M., Hodgkin's disease in Chinese migrants to British Columbia: a 25-year survey, Annals of Oncology. 2004, 15: 626-630.

Au W.Y., Lie A.K.W., Ma E.S.K., Lau G., Chan C. and Kwong Y.L., Late onset pure red cell aplasia due to delayed lymphoid engraftment complicating ABO mismatched hematopoietic stem cell transplantaion, Transfusion. 2004, 44: 946-947.

Au W.Y., Fung T.K., Ma E.S.K., Liang R.H.S. and Kwong Y.L., Low frequency of FLT3 gene internal tandem duplication and activating loop mutation in therapy-related acute myelocyticleukemia and myelodysplastic syndrome, Cancer Genetics and Cytogenetics. 2004, 149(2): 169-172.

Au W.Y., Ho K.S. and Shek T.W.H., Papillary renal cell carcinoma and gastrointestinal stromal tumor: a novel association, Annals of Oncology. 2004, 15: 843-844.

Au W.Y., Ma E.S.K., Wan T.S.K., Man C.W.Y. and Kwong Y.L., Pentasomy 8q after cyclophosphamide therapy for fibrosing alveolitis: case report and review, Cancer Genetics and Cytogenetics. 2003, 141: 79-82.

Au W.Y., Chan C.P., Chung L.P. and Choy C.K.W., Primary B-Cell lymphoma and lymphoma-like lesions of the uterine cervix, American Journal of Hematology. 2003, 73: 176-179.

Au W.Y., Pang A.W.K., Choy C.K.W., Chim J.C.S. and Kwong Y.L., Quantification of circulating Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) DNA in the diagnosis and monitoring of natural killer cell and EBV-positive lymphomas in immunocompetent patients, Blood. 2004, 104(1): 243-9.

Au W.Y., Lam C.C.K. and Kwong Y.L., Successful treatment of acquired factor VIII inhibitor with cyclosporine, Haemophilia. 2004, 10: 98-100.

Au W.Y., Lam C.C.K., Lie A.K.W., Pang A.W.K. and Kwong Y.L., T-cell large granular lymphocyte leukemia of donor origin after allogeneic bone marrow transplantation, Americal Journal of Clinical Pathology. 2003, 120: 626-30.

Au W.Y., Lie A.K.W., Chan C., Pang A.W.K., Liang R.H.S., Ma E.S.K., Choy C.K.W. and Kwong Y.L., Treatment of post-renal transplantation lymphoproliferative disease manifesting as plasmacytoma with non-myeloablative hematopoietic stem cell transplantation from the same kidney donor, American Journal of Hematology. 2003, 74: 283-6.

Au W.Y., Cheung W.C., Lam C.C.K. and Kwong Y.L., Two factor XI gene mutations in a Chinese family with factor XI deficiency, American Journal of Hematology. 2003, 74: 136-8.

Au W.Y., Lam C.C.K., Lam C.C.K., Lam C.C.K., Cheung W.C. and Kwong Y.L., Two novel factor X deficiency mutations in a Chinese family, Annals of Hematology. 2004, 83: 304-306. (Publication No. : 88090)
Beh S.L., Death of the teaching autopsy: In Hong Kong teaching autopsies have been championed in public mortuaries, British Medical Journal. 2004, 328: 166.

Chan A.S.W., Tsui W.Y., Chen X., Chu K.M., Chan T.L., Chan A.S.Y., Li R., So S., Yuen S.T. and Leung S.Y., Downregulation of ID4 by promoter hypermethylation in gastric adenocarcinoma, Oncogene. 2003, 22(44): 6946-6953.

Chan C.C.W., Lao T.T.H., Ho P.C., Sung E.O.P. and Cheung A.N.Y., The effect of mifepristone on the expression of steroid hormone receptors in human decidua and placenta: a randomized placebo-controlled double-blind study, Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism. 2003, 88(12): 5846-5850.

Chan C.F., Yau T.O., Jin D., Wong C.M., Fan S.T. and Ng I.O.L., Evaluation of nuclear factor-kB, urokinase-type plasminogen activator, and HBx and their clinicopathological significance in hepatocellular carcinoma, Clinical Cancer Research. 2004, 10(12 pt. 1): 4140-4149.

Chan C.P., Shek T.W.H. and Lee C.P., First-trimester diagnosis of hydrolethalus syndrome in a Chinese family, Prenatal Diagnosis. 2004, 24: 587-590.

Chan C.Y., Beh S.L. and Broadhurst R.G., Homicide-suicide in Hong Kong, 1989-1998, Forensic Science International. 2003, 137(2-3): 165-171.

Chan G.S.W., Lam M.F., Au W.Y. and Chan K.W., Pathologic quiz case: renal impairment after bone marrow transplantation. Bone marrow transplant nephropathy, Archives of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine. 2004, 128(2): 233–234.

Chan G.S.W., Yuen S.T. and Chan K.W., Synovial sarcoma presenting as a polypoid jejunal mass, Histopathology. 2004, 44(2): 191-193.

Chan K.L., Ng S.P., Chan K.W., Wo Y.H. and Tam P.K.H., Pathogenesis of neonatal necrotizing enterocolitis: a study of the role of intraluminal pressure, age and bacterial concentration, Pediatric Surgery International. 2003, 19(8): 573-577.

Chan O.O., Ng I.O.L., Lam C.M., Shek T.W.H. and Lai C.L., Cholestatic jaundice caused by sequential carbimazole and propylthiouracil treatment for thyrotoxicosis, Hong Kong Medical Journal. 2003, 9(5): 377-380.

Chan S.C., Cheung S.T., Leung S.Y., Liu C.L., Fan S.T. and Lo C.M., De novo sarcoma of donor origin in a liver allograft determined by microsatellite analysis: a short report, Liver Transplantation. 2004, 10(2): 320-323.

Chan T.L., Zhao W., Cancer Genome Project ., Leung S.Y. and Yuen S.T., BRAF and KRAS mutations in colorectal hyperplastic polyps and serrated adenomas, Cancer Research. 2003, 63: 4878-4881.

Chan T.L., Chan Y.W., Ho J.W.C., Chan C., Chan A.S.Y., Chan E., Lam P.W.Y., Tse C.W., Lee K.C., Lau C.W., Gwi E., Leung S.Y. and Yuen S.T., MSH2 c.1452-1455delAATG is a founder mutation and an important cause of hereditary nonpolyposis colorectal cancer in the southern Chinese population, The American Journal of Human Genetics. 2004, 74(5): 1035-1042.

Chen X., Leung S.Y., Yuen S.T., Chu K.M., Ji J., Li R., Chan A.S.Y., Law S.Y.K., Troyanskaya O.G., Wong J., So S., Botstein D. and Brown P.O., Variation in gene expression patterns in human gastric cancers, Molecular Biology of the Cell. 2003, 14(8): 3208-3215.

Chen Y.W., Liang A.C.T., Au W.Y., Chu K.M., Wong K.Y., Hu X., Lu L., Tang J.C.O., Chan K.W., Beh S.L., Kwong Y.L., Liang R.H.S. and Srivastava G., Multiple BCL6 translocation partners in individual cases of gastric lymphoma, Blood. 2003, 102: 1931-1932.

Cheung A.N.Y., Szeto E.F., Ng K.M., Fong K.W., Ang Chan E.Y., Tsun O.K.L., Khoo U.S., Chan Y.K. and Ng W.Y., Atypical squamous cells of undetermined significance on cervical smears: follow-up study of an Asian screening population, Cancer Cytopathology. 2004, 102(2): 74-80.

Cheung A.N.Y., Szeto E.F., Leung B.S.Y., Khoo U.S. and Ng W.Y., Liquid-based cytology and conventional cervical smears: a comparison study in an Asian screening population, Cancer. 2003, 99(6): 331-335.

Cheung A.N.Y., Khoo U.S., Lai C.Y.L., Chan Y.K., Xue W., Cheng D.K.L., Chiu P.M., Tsao G.S.W. and Ngan H.Y.S., Metastatic trophoblastic disease after an initial diagnosis of partial hydatidiform mole: genotyping and chromosome in situ hybridization analysis, Cancer. 2004, 100(7): 1411-1417.

Cheung A.N.Y., Pathology of gestational trophoblastic diseases, Best Practice & Research Clinical Obstetrics and Gynaecology. 2003, 17(6): 849-868.

Cheung A.N.Y., Khoo U.S., Xue W. and Shen D.H., Recent advances in the research of gestational trophoblastic diseases, 妊娠滋养细胞病变的研究进展, Chinese Journal of Pathology. 《中华病理学杂志》, 2003, 32(4): 373-375.

Cheung S.T., Chen X., Leung K.L., So S., Ng I.O.L. and Fan S.T., Different gene expression profiles in cirrhotic livers from cancer patients compared to non-cancer patients (Abstract), Proceedings of the American Association for Cancer Research. 2003, 44: 2500. (Publication No. : 85304)
Chim J.C.S., Li F.K. and Chan K.W., Cast nephropathy in multiple myeloma, Haematologica. 2004, 89(4): EIM08.

Chim J.C.S., Hu W.H., Loong F., Ooi C.G.C. and Liang R.H.S., Gastrointestinal manifestations of mantle cell lymphoma, Gastrointestinal Endoscopy. 2003, 59: 931-933.

Chim J.C.S., Loong F. and Chu K.M., MALT lymphoma of small bowel: an elusive cause of recurrent upper GIB, Leuk lymphoma. 2004, 45(2): 405-7.

Chim J.C.S., Ma E.S.K. and Ooi C.G.C., Magnetic Resonance (MR) Imaging of Leptomeningeal Lymphoma, British Journal of Haematology. 2004, 124(5): 566.

Chim J.C.S., Loong F., Ooi C.G.C. and Liang R.H.S., Mantle cell lymphoma of prostate gland, Journal of Clinical Oncology. 2003, 21: 4456-4458.

Chim J.C.S., Ma A.Y., Au W.Y., Choy C.K.W., Lie A.K.W., Liang R.H.S., Yau C.C. and Kwong Y.L., Primary nasal natural killer cell lymphoma : long term treatment outcome and relationship with the international prognostic index., Blood. 2004, 103: 216-221.

Chim J.C.S., Wong K.Y., Loong F. and Srivastava G., SOCS1 and SHP1 hypermethylation in mantle cell lymphoma and follicular lymphoma: implications for epigenetic activation of the Jak/STAT pathway, Leukemia. 2004, 18(2): 356-372.

Chim J.C.S., Ooi C.G.C., Loong F. and Liang R.H.S., Solitary bone plasmacytoma : Role of MRI and PET, Journal of Clinical Oncology. 2004, 22: 1328-1330.

Ching Y.P., Leong V.Y.L., Wong C.M. and Kung H., Identification of an autoinhibitory domain of p21-activated protein kinase 5, Journal of Biological Chemistry. 2003, 278(36): 33621-33624.

Chiu P.M., Liu V.W.S., Ngan H.Y.S., Khoo U.S. and Cheung A.N.Y., Detection of mitochondrial DNA mutations in gestational trophoblastic disease, Human Mutation. 2003, 22(2): 177.

Chua D.T.T., Nicholls J.M., Sham J.S.T. and Au G.K.H., Prognostic Value of Epidermal Growth factor Receptor Expression in Patients with Advanced Stage Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma Treated with Induction Chemotherapy and Radiotherapy, International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physcis. USA, Elsevier, 2004, 59: 11-20.

Feng H., Cheung A.N.Y., Xue W., Wang Y., Wang X., Fu S., Wang Q., Ngan H.Y.S. and Tsao G.S.W., Down-regulation and promoter methylation of tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinase 3 in choriocarcinoma, Gynecologic Oncology. 2004, 94: 375-382.

Fu M., Lui V.C.H., Sham M.H., Cheung A.N.Y. and Tam P.K.H., HOXB5 expression is spatially and temporarily regulated in human embryonic gut during neural crest cell colonization and differentiation of enteric neuroblasts, Developmental Dynamics. 2003, 228(1): 1-10.

Guan Y., Zheng B., He Y.Q., Liu X.L., Zhuang Z.X., Cheung C.L., Luo S., Li P.H., Zhang L., Guan Y., Butt K.M., Wong K.L., Chan K.W., Lim W.W.L., Shortridge K.F., Yuen K.Y., Peiris J.S.M. and Poon L.L.M., Isolation and characterization of viruses related to the SARS Coronavirus from Animals in Southern China., Science. 2003, 302(5643): 276-278.

Ho J.C.M., Lam W.K., Ooi C.G.C., Wong M.P., Lam J.C., Ip M.S.M. and Tsang K.W.T., Lymphoepithelioma-like carcinoma of the lung in a patient with silicosis, European Respiratory Journal . 2003, 22(2): 383-386.

Ho M.K.S., Lee M.F., Chan C.K.L. and Ng I.O.L., Allelic alterations in nontumorous liver tissues and corresponding hepatocellular carcinomas from Chinese patients, Human Pathology. 2003, 34(7): 699-705.

Hon C., Au W.Y., Chung L.P. and Choy C.K.W., Allogeneic stem cell transplantation for therapy related leukemia after bilateral retinoblastoma in a girl with del(13q) syndrome, Annals of Hematology. 2004, 75: 115-6.

Hon C., Chan G.C.F., Ha S.Y., Ma E.S.K., Wong K.F. and Au W.Y., Bone marrow transplantation for therapy-related acute myeloid leukemia in congenital retinoblastoma associated with 13q deletion syndrome, Annals of Hematology. Springer-Verlag, 2004, 83: 481-483. (Publication No. : 88935)
Hon C., Au W.Y., Shek T.W.H. and Shek T.W.H., Isolated sphenoid plasmacytoma presenting as painful ophthalmoplegia, Haematologica. 2003, 88:(08): EIM10.

Hon C., Kwok A.K., Shek T.W.H. and Au W.Y., Unusual locations of involvement by malignancies: Case 4. Bilateral hypopyon heralding CNS relapse of cutaneous natural killer cell lymphoma, Journal of Clinical Oncology. 2003, 21(17): 3373-4.

Huang F. and MacPherson G.G., Dendritic cells and oral transmission of prion diseases, Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews. 2004, 56(6): 901-913.

Jin Y., Zhang H., Tsao G.S.W., Jin C., Lv M., Strombeck B., Wiegant J., Wan T.S.K., Yuen P.W. and Kwong Y.L., Cytogenetic and molecular genetic characterization of immortalized human ovarian surface epithelial cell lines: consistent loss of chromosome 13 and amplification of chromosome 20, Gynecologic Oncology. 2004, 92: 183-191.

Jones B.M., Ma E.S.K., Peiris J.S.M., Wong P.C., Ho J.C.M., Lam B., Lai K.N. and Tsang K.W.T., Prolonged disturbances of in vitro cytokine production in patients with severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) treated with ribavirin and steroids, Clinical & Experimental Immunology. 2004, 135: 467-473.

Kwok J.S.Y., Leung A.Y.H., Lie A.K.W., Lee T.L., Lau Y.L., Chu P., Jones B.M., Hawkins B.R. and Liang R.H.S., Allo-reactive lymphocytes: Antireceipient helper and cytotoxic T-cell frequencies in bone marrow transplantation, Bone Marrow Transplantation. 2004, 34: 207-213.

Kwong F.M., Tang J.C.O., Srivastava G. and Lung M.L., Inactivation mechanisms and growth suppressive effects of p16INK4a in Asian esophageal squamous carcinoma cell lines, Cancer Letters. 2004, 208(2): 207-213.

Lai C.Y.L., Chan Y.K., Khoo U.S., Ngan H.Y.S., Xue W., Chiu P.M., Tsao G.S.W. and Cheung A.N.Y., Analysis of gestational trophoblastic disease by genotyping and chromosome in situ hybridization, Modern Pathology. 2004, 17: 40-48.

Lam B., Ooi C.G.C., Wong M.P., Lee R., Ip M.S.M., Chan M.M.W., Lam W.K. and Tsang K.W.T., Extrapulmonary presentation of asymptomatic pulmonary lymphangioleiomyomatosis, Respirology. 2003, 8(4): 544-547.

Lam C.M., Chan O.O., Ho P., Ng I.O.L., Lo C.M., Liu C.L., Poon R.T.P. and Fan S.T., Different presentation of hepatitis B-related hepatocellular carcinoma in a cohort of 1863 young and old patients - implications for screening, Alimentary Pharmacology and Therapeutics. 2004, 19(7): 771-777.

Lam M.F., Tse K.C., Chan K.W. and Au W.Y., Acute renal tubular necrosis due to grass carp ingestion in a myeloma patient after allogeneic stem cell transplantation, Bone Marrow Transplantation. 2004, 33: 669-670.

Lee C.K., Ma E.S.K., Shek T.W.H., Lam C.C.K., Au W.Y., Wan T.S.K. and Chan L.C., Plasmablastic transformation of multiple myeloma, Human Pathology. 2003, 34(7): 710-714.

Lee C.K., Ma E.S.K., Tang M., Lam C.C.K., Lin C.K. and Chan L.C., Prevalence and specificity of clinically significant red cell alloantibodies in Chinese women during pregnancy - a review of cases from 1997 to 2001, Transfusion Medicine. 2003, 13(4): 227.

Lee K.W., Man K., Ling M.T., Wang X., Wong Y.C., Lo C.M., Poon R.T.P., Ng I.O.L. and Fan S.T., Over-expression of Id-1 induces cell proliferation in hepatocellular carcinoma through inactivation of p16INK4a/RB pathway, Carcinogenesis. 2003, 24(11): 1729-1736.

Lee P.K.M., Samman N. and Ng I.O.L., Unicystic ameloblastoma--use of Carnoy's solution after enucleation, International Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery . 2004, 33(3): 263-267. (Publication No. : 86109)
Leung K.F.S. and Ma E.S.K., Amyloid deposits in the bone marrow, British Journal of Haematology. 2003, 121(5): 679.

Leung K.F.S., Ma E.S.K., Chan A.Y.Y. and Chan L.C., Clinical phenotype of haemoglobin Q-H disease, Journal of Clinical Pathology. 2004, 57: 81-82. (Publication No. : 86077)
Leung T.W., Xue W., Cheung A.N.Y., Khoo U.S. and Ngan H.Y.S., Proliferation to apoptosis ratio as a prognostic marker in adenocarcinoma of uterine cervix, Gynecologic Oncology. 2004, 92(3): 866-872.

Li F.K., Lai C.K., Poon W.T., Chan A.Y.W., Chan K.W., Tse K.C., Chan D.T.M. and Lai K.N., Aggravation of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug-induced hepatitis and acute renal failure by slimming drug containing anthraquinones, Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation. 2004, 19(7): 1916-1917.

Li F.K., Tse K.C., Lam M.F., Yip T.P.S., Lui S.L., Chan G.S.W., Chan K.W., Chan E.Y.T., Choy C.B.Y., Lo W.K., Chan D.T.M. and Lai K.N., Incidence and outcome of antiglomerular basement membrane disease in Chinese, Nephrology (Carlton). 2004, 9: 100-104.

Liu C.L., Fan S.T., Lo C.M., Wong Y., Ng I.O.L., Lam C.M., Poon R.T.P. and Wong J., Abdominal drainage after hepatic resection is contraindicated in patients with chronic liver diseases, Annals of Surgery. 2004, 239(2): 194-201.

Liu C.L., Fan S.T., Lo C.M., Chan S.C., Ng I.O.L., Lai C.L. and Wong J., Interleukin-2 receptor antibody (basiliximab) for immunosuppressive induction therapy after liver transplantation: a protocol with early elimination of steroids and reduction of tacrolimus dosage, Liver Transplantation. 2004, 10(6): 728-733.

Liu S., Leung C.Y., Chan Y.K., Chiu P.M., Cheung A.N.Y., Tam K.F., Ng T.Y., Wong R.L.C. and Ngan H.Y.S., p73 expression is associated with the cellular radiosensitivity in cervical cancer after radiotherapy, Clinical Cancer Research. 2004, 10: 3309-3316.

Liu V.W.S., Yang H., Wang Y., Tsang P.C.K., Cheung A.N.Y., Chiu P.M., Ng T.Y., Wong R.L.C., Nagley P. and Ngan H.Y.S., High frequency of mitochondrial genome instability in human endometrial carcinomas, British Journal of Cancer. 2003, 89(4): 697-701.

Lo C.M., Cheung S.T., Ng I.O.L., Liu C.L., Lai C.L. and Fan S.T., Fibrosing cholestatic hepatitis secondary to precore/core promoter hepatitis B variant with lamivudine resistance: successful retransplantation with combination adefovir dipivoxil and hepatitis B immunoglobulin, Liver Transplantation. 2004, 10(4): 557-563.

Lo C.M., Fan S.T., Liu C.L., Yong B.H., Wong Y., Ng I.O.L. and Wong J., Safety and outcome of hepatitis B core antibody-positive donors in right-lobe living donor liver transplantation, Liver Transplantation. 2003, 9(8): 827-832.

Ma E.S.K., Kwok J.S.Y., Li Y.H. and Chan L.C., Clinical significance of ADAMTS13 mutational analysis in relapsing TTP with severe vWF-cleaving protease deficiency, Blood. 2003, 102(11) Part 1: 802a.

Ma S.Y., Au W.Y., Chim J.C.S., Lie A.K.W., Lam C.C.K., Tse E.W.C., Leung A.Y.H., Liang R.H.S. and Kwong Y.L., Fludarabine, mitoxantrone and dexamethasone in the treatment of indolent B-and T-cell lymphoid malignancies Chinese patients, British Journal of Haematology. 2004, 124: 754-761.

Ma S.Y., Au W.Y., Ng I.O.L., Lie A.K.W., Liang R.H.S., Lau G. and Kwong Y.L., Hepatitic graft-versus-host disease after hematopoietic stem cell transplantation : clinicopathologic features and prognostic implication, Transplantation. 2004, 77: 1252-1259.

Ma S.Y., Au W.Y., Lie A.K.W., Ng I.O.L., Leung A.Y.H., Tse E.W.C., Liang R.H.S., Lau G. and Kwong Y.L., Liver graft-versus-host disease after donor lymphocyte infusion for relapses of hematologic malignancies post allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation, Bone Marrow Transplantation. 2004, 34: 57-61.

Ma S.Y., Au W.Y., Ng I.O.L., Lie A.K., Leung A.Y., Liang R.H.S., Lau G. and Kwong Y.L., Role of liver biopsy in the management of liver dysfunction after hematopoietic stem-cell transplantation in a hepatitis B virus-prevalent patient population, Transplantation. 2003, 7691): 169-176.

Mok T.M.Y., Chan E.Y.T., Leung K., Lo Y., Wong R.W.S. and Lau W.C.S., Antiphospholipid antibody profiles in Chinese patients with systemic lupus erythematosus, The Hong Kong Practitioner. 2004, 2: RI-04.

Mok T.M.Y., Lao T.T.H., Collins R.J., Leung T.Y., Leung P.Y., Lo Y., Chan D.T.M., Wong R.W.S. and Lau W.C.S., Cervical dysplasia in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus, The Hong Kong Practitioner. 2004, 2: RI-05.

Murray P.G., Qiu G., Fu L., Waites E.R., Srivastava G., Heys D., Agathanggelou A., Latif F., Grundy R.G., Mann J.R., Starczynski J., Crocker J., Parkes S.E., Ambinder R.F., Young L.S. and Tao Q., Frequent epigenetic inactivation of the RASSF1A tumor suppressor gene in Hodgkin's lymphoma, Oncogene. 2004, 23(6): 1326-1331.

Ng I.O.L., Chan K.L., Shek T.W.H., Lee J.M., Fong D.Y.T., Lo C.M. and Fan S.T., High frequency of chimerism in transplanted livers, Hepatology. 2003, 38(4): 989-998.

Ng K.K.C., Lam C.M., Poon R.T.P., Shek T.W.H. and Fan S.T., Comparison of systemic responses of radiofrequency ablation, cryotherapy and surgical resection in a porcine liver model (Abstract), Annals of the College of Surgeons of Hong Kong. 2004, 8(Suppl.): A7.

Ng K.K.C., Lam C.M., Poon R.T.P., Shek T.W.H., Fan S.T. and Wong J., Delayed portal vein thrombosis after experimental radiofrequency ablation near the main portal vein, British Journal of Surgery. 2004, 91(5): 632-639.

Ng K.K.C., Poon R.T.P., Lo C.M., Liu C.L., Lam C.M., Ng I.O.L. and Fan S.T., Impact of preoperative fine-needle aspiration cytologic examination on clinical outcome in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma in a tertiary referral center, Archives of Surgery. 2004, 139(2): 193-200.

Ng K.K.C., Lam C.M., Poon R.T.P., Shek T.W.H. and Fan S.T., Maximal host tolerance to large-volume hepatic radiofrequency ablation in a rat model (Abstract), Annals of the College of Surgeons of Hong Kong. 2004, 8(Suppl.): A7.

Nicholls J.M., Hahn P., Kremmer E., FrÖhlich T., Arnold G.J., Sham J.S.T., Kwong D.L.W. and Grässer F.A., Detection of wild type and deleted latent membrane protein 1 (LMP1) of Epstein-Barr virus in clinical biopsy material, Journal of Virological Methods. 2004, 116(1): 79-88.

Ooi C.G.C., Khong P.L., Chan G.C.F., Chan K.N., Chan K.L., Lam W.W.M., Ng I.O.L. and Ha S.Y., Magnetic resonance screening of iron status in transfusion-dependent b-thalassaemia patients, British Journal of Haematology. Blackwell Publishing Ltd, 2004, 124: 385-390.

Pang A., Ng I.O.L., Fan S.T. and Kwong Y.L., Clinicopathologic significance of genetic alterations in hepatocellular carcinoma, Cancer Genetics and Cytogenetics. 2003, 146(1): 8-15.

Pang R.W.C., Yuen J.C.H., Yuen M.F., Lai C.L., Lee K.W., Man K., Poon R.T.P., Fan S.T., Wong C.M., Ng I.O.L., Kwong Y.L. and Tse E.W.C., PIN1 over-expression and β-catenin gene mutations are distinct oncogenic events in human hepatocellular carcinoma, Oncogene. 2004, 23(23): 4182-6.

Peiris J.S.M., Yu W.C., Leung C.W., Cheung C.Y., Ng W.F., Nicholls J.M., Ng T.K., Chan K.H., Lai S.T., Lim W.W.L., Yuen K.Y. and Guan Y., Re-emergence of fatal human influenza A subtype H5N1 disease, Lancet. 2004, 363(9409): 617-619.

Qi R.Z., Ching Y.P., Kung H. and Wang J.H., a-Chimaerin exists in a functional complex with the Cdk5 kinase in brain, FEBS Letters. 2004, 561(1-3): 177-180.

Qiu G.H., Tan L.K., Loh K.S., Lim C.Y., Srivastava G., Tsai S.T., Tsao G.S.W. and Tao Q., The candidate tumor suppressor gene BLU, located at the commonly deleted region 3p21.3, is an E2F-regulated, stress-responsive gene and inactivated by both epigenetic and genetic mechanisms in nasopharyngeal carcinoma, Oncogene. 2004, 1-14.

Ren Y., Tsui H.T., Poon R.T.P., Ng I.O.L., Li Z., Chen Y., Jiang G., Lau C.P.Y., Yu W.C., Bacher M. and Fan S.T., Macrophage migration inhibitory factor: roles in regulating tumor cell migration and expression of angiogenic factors in hepatocellular carcinoma, International Journal of Cancer. 2003, 107(1): 22-29.

Ren Y., Chan H.M., Li Z., Lin C.L., Nicholls J.M., Chan G.C.F., Lee P.Y., Lui V.C.H., Bacher M. and Tam P.K.H., Upregulation of macrophage migration inhibitory factor contributes to induced N-Myc expression by the activation of ERK signaling pathway and increased expression of interleukin-8 and VEGF in neuroblastoma, Oncogene. UK, Nature Publishing Group, 2004, 23: 4146-4154.

Shen D., Khoo U.S., Ngan H.Y.S., Ng T.Y., Chau M.T., Xue W. and Cheung A.N.Y., Coexisting epithelioid trophoblastic tumor and choriocarcinoma of the uterus following a chemoresistant hydatidiform mole, Archives of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine. 2003, 127(7): e291–e293.

Shen L., Liang A.C.T., Lu L., Au W.Y., Wong K.Y., Tin P.C., Chan K.W., Ko K.H., Chen W.Y.W., Beh S.L., Shimizu N., Tsuchiyama T., Tang J.C.O., Kwong Y.L., Liang R.H.S. and Srivastava G., Aberrant BCL10 nuclear expression in nasal NK/T-cell lymphoma, Blood. 2003, 102(4): 1553-1554.

Shen L., Liang A.C.T., Au W.Y., Lu L., Chen W.Y.W., Wong K.Y., Tang J.C.O., Chan K.W., Beh S.L., Kwong Y.L., Liang R.H.S. and Srivastava G., BCL10 mutations are irrelevant to its aberrant nuclear localization in nasal NK/T-cell lymphoma, Leukemia. 2003, 17(11): 2240-2242.

Tam K.F., Cheung A.N.Y., Liu K.L., Ng T.Y., Pun T.C., Chan Y.M., Wong R.L.C., Ng W.Y. and Ngan H.Y.S., A retrospective review on atypical glandular cells of undetermined significance (AGUS) using the Bethesda 2001 classification, Gynecologic Oncology. 2003, 91(3): 603-607.

Tian L., Lu L., Yuan Z.W., Lam J.R. and Tam P.K.H., Acceleration of apoptosis in CD4+CD8+ thymocytes by rapamycin accompanied by increased CD4+CD25+ T cells in the periphery, Transplantation. 2004, 77(2): 183-189.

Tong A.C.K., Ng I.O.L. and Yan B.S.W., Variations in clinical presentations of the simple bone cyst: report of cases, Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery. 2003, 61(12): 1487-1491.

Tsang W.M., Tong A.C.K., Chow L.T.C. and Ng I.O.L., Massive osteolysis (Gorham disease) of the maxillofacial skeleton: report of 2 cases, Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery. 2004, 62(2): 225-230.

Tse J.Y.M., Wong E.Y.M., Cheung A.N.Y., O W.S., Tam P.C. and Yeung W.S.B., Specific expression of VCY2 in human male germ cells and its involvement in the pathogenesis of male infertility , Biology of Reproduction. 2003, 69: 746-751.

Tse K.C., Chan D.T.M., Wong S.S.Y., Chan K.W., Lam M.F., Chan K.H.N., Li F.K., Chung B.C.Y. and Lai K.N., Granulomatous interstitial nephritis of the allograft kidney associated with rhodococcal pulmonary infection. Nephrol Dial Transplant, Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation. 2004, 19: 486-490.

Wan T.S.K., Ma E.S.K., Li C.K. and Chan L.C., Atypical fluorescence in situ hybridisation pattern in chronic myeloid leukaemia due to cryptic insertion of BCR at 9q34, Leukemia. 2004, 18(1): 161-162.

Wan T.S.K., Ma E.S.K., Lam C.C.K., Chan L.C., Lee K.K. and Au W.Y., Deletion 9q as the sole karyotypic abnormality in myelocytic disorders: a new case of myelodysplastic syndrome and its prognostic implications in acute myelocytic leukemia, Cancer Genetics and Cytogenetics. 2003, 145(2): 184-186.

Wang W., Ma E.S.K., Chan A.Y.Y., Prior J., Erber W.N., Chan L.C., Chui D.H.K. and Chong S.S., Single-tube multiplex-PCR screen for anti-3.7 and anti-4.2 a-globin gene triplications, Clinical Chemistry. 2003, 49(10): 1679-1682.

Wong B.C.Y., Lam S.K., Wong R.W.M., Chen J.S., Zheng T., Feng R., Lai K.C., Hu H.C., Yuen S.T., Leung S.Y., Fong D.Y.T., Ho J.C.Y., Ching C.K. and Chen J.S., Helicobacter pylori Eradication to Prevent Gastric Cancer in a High-Risk Region of China: a Randomized Controlled Trial, The Journal of American Medical Association. 2004, 291(2): 187-194.

Wong B.C.Y., Lam S.K., Wong R.W.M., Chen J.S., Zheng T., Feng R., Lai K.C., Hu H.C., Yuen S.T., Leung S.Y., Fong D.Y.T., Ho J.C.Y. and Ching C.K., Helicobacter pylori eradication to prevent gastric cancer in a high-risk region in China: A randomized controlled trial, JAMA. 2004, 291(2): 187-194.

Wong B.W., Luk J.M.C., Ng I.O.L., Hu M.Y., Liu K.D. and Fan S.T., Identification of liver-intestine cadherin in hepatocellular carcinoma--a potential disease marker, Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 2003, 311(3): 618-624.

Wong C.M., Ching Y.P., Lee M.F., Jin D. and Ng I.O.L., Genetic and epigenetic alterations of DLC-1 gene in hepatocellular carcinoma, Cancer Research. 2003, 63: 7646-7651.

Wong T.W., Beh S.L., Lau C.C. and Tung W.K., A survey on the involvement of accident and emergency doctors in medicolegal work in Hong Kong, Journal of Clinical Forensic Medicine. 2004, 11(2): 75-77.

Wong V.K.W., Yam J.W.P. and Hsiao W.L.W., Cloning and characterization of the promoter region of the mouse frizzled-related protein 4 gene, Biological Chemistry. 2003, 384(8): 1147-1154.

Wong W.S., Chan A.Y.Y., Yip S.F. and Ma E.S.K., Thalassemia intermedia due to co-inheritance of b0/b+-thalassemia and (--SEA) a-thalassemia/Hb Westmead [a122(H5)His > Gln (a2)] in a Chinese family, Hemoglobin. 2004, 28(2): 151-156.

Woo M., Hakem R., Furlonger C., Hakem A., Duncan G.S., Sasaki T., Bouchard D., Lu L., Wu G.E., Paige C.J. and Mak T.W., Caspase-3 regulates cell cycle in B cells: a consequence of substrate specificity, Nature Immunology. 2003, 4(10): 1016-1022.

Xiao D.S., Jiang L., Che L. and Lu L., Nitric oxide and iron metabolism in exercised rat with L-arginine supplementation, Molecular & Cellular Biochemistry. 2003, 252(1-2): 65-72.

Xue W., Feng H., Tsao G.S.W., Chan Y.K., Ngan H.Y.S., Chiu P.M., Maccalman C.D. and Cheung A.N.Y., Methylation status and expression of E-cadherin and cadherin-11 in gestational trophoblastic diseases, International Journal of Gynecological Cancer. 2003, 13(6): 879-888.

Xue W., Khoo U.S., Ngan H.Y.S., Chan Y.K., Chiu P.M., Tsao G.S.W. and Cheung A.N.Y., Minichromosome maintenance protein 7 expression in gestational trophoblastic disease: correlation with Ki67, PCNA and clinicopathological parameters, Histopathology. 2003, 43: 485-490.

Xue W., Khoo U.S., Ngan H.Y.S., Chan Y.K., Ip P.P.C., Tsao G.S.W. and Cheung A.N.Y., c-mos immunoreactivity aids in the diagnosis of gestational trophoblastic lesions, International Journal of Gynecological Pathology. 2004, 23(2): 145-150.

Yam J.W.P., Jin D., So C.W. and Chan L.C., Identification and characterization of EBP, a novel EEN binding protein that inhibits Ras signaling and is recruited into the nucleus by the MLL-EEN fusion protein, Blood. 2004, 103(4): 1445-1453.

Yang H., Liu V.W.S., Tsang P.C.K., Yip M.W., Ng T.Y., Cheung A.N.Y. and Ngan H.Y.S., Comparison of human papillomavirus DNA levels in gynecological cancers: implication for cancer development, Tumour Biology. 2003, 24(6): 310-316.

Yang H., Liu V.W.S., Wang Y., Chan Y.K., Tsang P.C.K., Khoo U.S., Cheung A.N.Y. and Ngan H.Y.S., Detection of hypermethylated genes in tumor and plasma of cervical cancer patients, Gynecologic Oncology. 2004, 93(2): 435-440.

Ying J., Srivastava G., Gao Z., Zhang X., Murray P., Ambinder R. and Tao Q., Promoter hypermethylation of the cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitor (CDKI) gene p21WAF1/CIP1/SDI1 is rare in various lymphomas and carcinomas, Blood. 2004, 103(2): 743-766.

Yuen M.F., Kato T., Mizokami M., Chan O.O., Yuen J.C.H., Yuan H., Wong D.K.H., Sum S.M., Ng I.O.L., Fan S.T. and Lai C.L., Clinical outcome and virologic profiles of severe hepatitis B exacerbation due to YMDD mutations, Journal of Hepatology. 2003, 39(5): 850-855.

Yuen M.F., Wong D.K.H., Sablon E., Tse E.W.C., Ng I.O.L., Yuan H., Siu C.W., Sander T.J., Bourne E.J., Hall J.G., Condreay L.D. and Lai C.L., HBsAg seroclearance in chronic hepatitis B in the Chinese: Virological, histological, and clinical aspects, Hepatology. 2004, 39(6): 1694-1701.

Zhang M., Srivastava G. and Lu L., The pre-B cell receptor and its function during B cell development, Cellular and Molecular Immunology. 2004, 1(2): 89-94.

Zhang X.H., Tao Q., Srivastava G. and Gao Z., Hypermethylation of tumor suppressor genes BLU and ARF in nasal lymphoma, Chin J Intern Med. 2003, 42: 125-126.

Zhao W., Chan T.L., Chu K.M., Chan A.S.Y., Stratton M.R., Yuen S.T. and Leung S.Y., Mutations of BRAF and KRAS in gastric cancer and their association with microsatellite instability, International Journal of Cancer. 2004, 108(1): 167-169.

Zheng B., Guan Y., Tang Q., Cheng D., Xie F.Y., He M.L., Chan K.W., Wong K.L., Lader E., Woodle M.C., Lu P.Y., Li B. and Zhong N., Prophylactic and therapeutic effects of small interfering RNA targeting SARS-coronavirus, Antiviral Therapy. 2004, 9: 365-374.

Zheng B., Guan Y., Wong K.H., Zhou J., Wong K.L., Young B.W.Y., Lu L. and Lee S.S., SARS-related virus predating SARS outbreak, Hong Kong, Emerging Infectious Diseases. 2004, 10(2): 176-178.


Invited conference paper

Basir G.S., Cheung P.T., Cheung A.N.Y. and Lao T.T.H., Effect of the mode of conception on incidences of apoptotic and proliferative cells in full term human placentas, Abstract for 194th Meeting of the Society for Endocrinology and Society for Endocrinology jointly with Diabetes U.K., November 3-5, 2003, London, U.K. . 2003.

Chan M.M.W., Lam W.K., Mak J.C.W., Ho S.P., Chan R.H.W., Tsang K.W.T., Ip M.S.M., Ho J.C.M., Wong M.P. and Tan-Un K.C., Polymorphisms of CYP and GST genes, passive smoke and lung cancer risk in Hong Kong Chinese, 9th Medical Research Conference, Medical Science Group, The University of Hong Kong. 2004, Abstract Book: RC-11.

Ho J.W.C., Ho M.Y., Chan C.L.W., Yuen S.T., Chan M.S. and Siu H.Y.V., Psychological profile of hereditary colorectal cancer genetic screening test recipients in Hong Kong: results of the first 88 participants (Abstracts & Proceedings), Familial Cancer 2003: Research and Practice, Couran Cove, Australia, 3-6 September 2003.

Khoo U.S., Molecular Oncology ABC: Breast, Proceedings of the 10th Hong Kong International Cancer Congress, 19-21 November 2003.

Khoo U.S., Pathology of breast cancer and its contribution to management, Proceedings of the New Challenges in Health Care, 10th Anniversary of Hong Kong Academy of Medicine, 28 November 2003.

Lam D.C.L., Wong M.P., Chung L.P., Girard L., Lam W.K. and Minna J.D., Expression profiling with microarray in studying differential gene expression in different primary lung cancer cell lines newly established from local Chinese patients, 9th Medical Research Conference, Medical Science Group, The University of Hong Kong. 2004, Abstract Book: RC-15.

Liu S., Cheung A.N.Y. and Ngan H.Y.S., p73 Expression and radiosensitivity in cervical carcinomas, American Association for Cancer Research 94th Annual Meeting, July 11-14, 2003, Toronto, Canada. 2003.

Poon L.L.M., Chan K.H., Nicholls J.M., Zheng B., Yuen K.Y., Guan Y. and Peiris J.S.M., Characterization of a novel coronavirus responsible for severe acute respiratory syndrome, Options for the Control of Influenza V. 2004, International Congress Series 1263: 805-808.

Wong M.P., Molecular Oncology ABC – Lung Cancer, Proceedings of the 10th Hong Kong International Cancer Congress, 19-21 November 2003.


Refereed conference paper

Ajonuma L.C., Ng E.H., Chow P.H., Cheung A.N.Y. and Chan H.C., Ultrastructural examination of hydrosalpinx from infertile patients presenting for infertility treatment, Proceedings of the New Challenges in Health Care, 10th Anniversary of Hong Kong Academy of Medicine, 28 November 2003. Proceedings 103: Poster 1.

Beh S.L., Medical Students Perception of the Autopsy, Presented at the 17th International Symposium of the Australian New Zealand Forensic Science Societies 2004 Wellington, New Zealand, April 2004.

Chan A.S.W., Tsui W.Y., Chen X., Chu K.M., Chan T.L., Chan A.S.Y., Li R., So S., Yuen S.T. and Leung S.Y., Down-regulation of ID4 by promoter hypermethylation in gastric adenocarcinoma, Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Hong Kong Society of Gastroenterology, 2003.

Chan A.S.W., Tsui W.Y., Chen X., Chu K.M., Chan T.L., Chan A.S.Y., Li R., So S., Yuen S.T. and Leung S.Y., Down-regulation of ID4 by promoter hypermethylation in gastric adenocarcinoma, Proceedings of the International Conference on Applied Genomics, 9th European Society for Analytical Cellular Pathology meeting and 16th International Society for Diagnostic Quantitative Pathology meeting, Netherlands, 2003.

Chan A.S.W., Chu K.M., Yuen S.T. and Leung S.Y., High-throughput quantification of hMLH1 promoter methylation using PyrosequencingTM technology , Proceedings of the 95th Annual Meeting of American Association for Cancer Research, Orlando, Florida, USA, March 2004.

Chan D.W., Lee M.F. and Ng I.O.L., Characterization of H-cadherin expression in human hepatocellular carcinoma, Proceedings of the 95th Annual Meeting of American Association for Cancer Research, Orlando, Florida, USA, March 2004.

Chan D.W. and Ng I.O.L., HBV X gene is required for maintaining the tumorigenicity of hepatocellular carcinoma cells, Proceedings of the 95th Annual Meeting of American Association for Cancer Research, Orlando, Florida, USA, March 2004.

Chan S., Huang F., Chim J.C.S., Ma E.S.K., Law H.K.W., Lau Y.L. and Chan G.C.F., Dendritic cells (DBS) can be induced from marrows of both newly diagnosed lymphoid and myeloid leukaemia but they demonstrated different morphological and immunological behaviours, Joint Annual Scientific Meeting 2003 of the Hong Kong Paediatric Society and Hong Kong Paediatric Nurses Association Limited, QEH, Hong Kong, 13 December 2003. 119.

Chan T.L., Wong C.W., Chan A.S.W., Guo D., Ho J.W.C., Yuen S.T. and Leung S.Y., BRAF and KRAS mutations in mismatch repair deficient colorectal cancer , Proceedings of the 95th Annual Meeting of American Association for Cancer Research, Orlando, Florida, USA, March 2004.

Chan Y.K., Shen D.H., Li S.S., Khoo U.S., Ngan H.Y.S., Xue W. and Cheung A.N.Y., Differential Expression and Methylation of p33/ING1b in Ovarian Tumors, Proceedings of the 94th Annual Meeting of the American Association for Cancer Research, Washington, USA, 11-14 July 2003.

Chan Y.K., Khoo U.S., Chan K.H.K., Ngan H.Y.S., Li S.S., Xue W., Chiu P.M. and Cheung A.N.Y., Reduced GSTP1 immunoreactivity in endometrial carcinomas in association with methylation status and genetic profiles, Proceedings of the 94th Annual Meeting of the American Association for Cancer Research, Washington, USA, 11-14 July 2003.

Cheung N., So C.W. and Chan L.C., Functional characterization of EEN/endophilin 2, a fusion partner of MLL translocation, Proceedings of the FASEB Summer Research Conferences – Hematological Malignancies, Vermont, USA, 26-31 July 2003.

Cheung A.N.Y., Challenges faced by healthcare workers and Pathologists: Hong Kong perspective, Proceedings of the First Asian HPV, Sydney, Australia, 11-14 November 2003.

Cheung A.N.Y., Molecular Oncology: ABC in Gynecologic oncology, Proceedings of the 10th Hong Kong International Cancer Congress, 19-21 November 2003.

Cheung A.N.Y., Recent advances on Pathology, and Research on gestational Trophoblastic Disease, Proceedings of the 8th Annual Scientific Meeting, Pathology Division of Chinese Medical Association, Jinan, China, 3-6 April 2004. Proceedings 83-84.

Ching Y.P., Leong V.Y.L., Jin D. and Ng I.O.L., Regulation of the tumour metastasis suppressor gene, NM23, by p21-activated protein kinase 5., Proceedings of the 95th Annual Meeting of American Association for Cancer Research, Orlando, Florida, USA, March 2004.

Chiu R.W.K., Ding C., Lau T.K., Leung T.N., Chan L.C., Chan A.Y.Y., Charoenkwan P., Ng I.S.L., Xu X.M., Wanapirak C., Sanguansermsri T., Liao C., Ma E.S.K., Chui D.H.K., Cantor C.R. and Lo Y.M.D., Non-invasive prenatal diagnosis of -thalassaemia by mass spectrometric analysis of fetal DNA in maternal plasma, Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Thalassaemia and Haemoglobinopathies. Cittá del Mare, Terrasini, Palermo, Italy, 15–19 October 2003.

Choi K.C., Wong M.P., Tam Y.S.I., Lam C.L., Lam W.K., Wang E., Chau W.S., Chiu S.W. and Chung L.P., Angiogenic activity and angiogenesis-related factor expression in non-small cell lung cancers, Proceedings of the 10th Hong Kong International Cancer Congress, 19-21 November 2003.

Fong S.W., Chan K.W., Liang Y., Higgins D.A. and Chan S.Y., Expression Study of NAP79, a new member of Nucleosome Assembly Proteins, 1st Joint Meeting of the British and French Societies for Developmental Biology, Nice, France, 13-16 September 2003.

Guo D., Yuen S.T., Ho J.W.C., Chan A.S.Y., Chen X. and Leung S.Y., PLA2G2A expression and its clinical significance in colorectal tumors, Proceedings of the 95th Annual Meeting of American Association for Cancer Research, Orlando, Florida, USA, March 2004.

Ho J.C.M., Lam W.K., Lam B., Wong M.P. and Tsang K.W.T., Clinical outcome for lymphoepithelioma-like carcinoma of the lung cancer after chemoradiotherapy, Lung Cancer. 2003, 41 (suppl 2): S146.

Ho J.C.M., Ho S.P., Chan M.M.W., Mak J.C.W., Ip M.S.M., Wong M.P., Tsang K.W.T. and Lam W.K., Non-small cell lung cancer in Chinese is associated with disturbance in systemic antioxidants profiles , 9th Medical Research Conference, Medical Science Group, The University of Hong Kong. 2004, Abstract Book: RC-03.

Ho J.C.M., Ho S.P., Chan M.M.W., Ip M.S.M., Wong M.P., Tsang K.W.T. and Lam W.K., Systemic antioxidant profiles in non-small cell lung cancer in Chinese, The Journal of the Japanese Respiratory Society. 2004, 42 (suppl): 69.

Huang F., Ma L., Wu A.Y.Y., Tian L., Chan K.W., Chan A.K., Lam A.C., Lo C.K., Ko K.H., To K.W., Chik S., Kam S.K., Fong I., Li X.S., Ng M.H. and MacPherson G.G., Systemic autoimmune disease induced by dendritic cells that have captured dying cells, Proceedings of the Frontiers in Biomedical Research, Hong Kong. 12 December 2003.

Khoo U.S., Koo W.T., Chan Y.K. and Cheung A.N.Y., DNA-based detection of breast cancer in fluid arising from Fine-Needle-Aspiration Cytology samples, Proceedings of the 94th Annual Meeting of the American Association for Cancer Research, Washington, USA, 11-14 July 2003.

Lam D.C.L., Wong M.P., Lam W.K., Chung L.P., Chiu S.W., Chau W.S., Ho K.K. and Minna J.D., Quantitative comparison of expression of nicotinic acetylcholine receptor (nAChR)subunits between non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) arising in life-time never-smokers in Chinese patients , Lung Cancer. 2003, 41 (suppl 2): S89.

Lam D.C.L., Wong M.P., Lam W.K., Chung L.P., Chiu S.W., Chau W.S., Ho K.K. and Minna J.D., Quantitative comparison of nicotinic acetylcholine receptor subunit expression level reveals differences in non-small cell lung cancer arising fron life-time never-smokers and smokers, 9th Medical Research Conference, Medical Science Group, The University of Hong Kong. 2004, Abstract Book: RC-14.

Law B.F.F., Srivastava G., Wong K.Y., Chen W.Y.W., Liang A.C.T., Lam K.Y., Law S.Y.K., Wong J. and Tang J.C.O., A novel tumor transforming gene at 7q22, GAESCC1, is frequently amplified and overexpressed in primary esophageal squamous cell carcinomas, Abstract of the Proceedings of the 95th Annual Meeting of American Association for Cancer Research, Orlando, Florida, USA, March 2004.

Leung H.Y., Ching Y.P., Wong C.M., Ng D.C.H., Jin D. and Ng I.O.L., Characterization of novel putative tumor suppressor gene, DLC2 (deleted in liver cancer 2), in hepatocellular carcinoma, Proceedings of the 95th Annual Meeting of American Association for Cancer Research, Orlando, Florida, USA, March 2004.

Leung K.Y., Lee C.P., Tang M.H.Y., Chan H.Y. and Ma E.S.K., Detection of raised cerebral blood flow and cardiomegaly in fetus affected by HbH disease: two case reports, Proceedings of the 13th World Congress on Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology, Paris, France, 31 August – 4 September 2003.

Leung S.Y., Gastric cancer – towards identification of markers for early detection and prediction of germline susceptibility, Proceedings of the 10th Hong Kong International Cancer Congress, Hong Kong, 19-21 November 2003.

Li H.W.R., Yu M.M.Y., Cheung A.N.Y. and Wong Y.F., Expression of leptin receptors in gestational trophoblastic diseases, Proceedings of the 11th World Congress of Gynecological Endocrinology, Florence, Italy, 26-29 February 2004.

Li T.C., Wong M.P., Tam Y.S.I., Lam C.L., Lam W.K., Wang E., Chau W.S., Chiu S.W. and Chung L.P., Promoter hypermethylation of MGMT, RARB, DAPK and CDH13 genes in non-small cell lung cancers (NSCLC) in Hong Kong, Proceedings of the 10th Hong Kong International Cancer Congress, 19-21 November 2003.

Liu C.L., Fan S.T., Lo C.M., Chan S.C., Ng I.O.L., Lai C.L. and Wong J., Interleukin-2 receptor antibody for immunosuppressive induction therapy after liver transplantation in patients with chronic hepatitis B infection (Abstract), The American Transplant Congress 2003, Washington D.C., U.S.A, 30 May - 4 June 2003.

Ma L., Chan A.K., Lam A.C., Chan K.W., Lo C.K., Ko K.H., To K.W., Wu A.Y.Y., Tian L., Ng M.H. and Huang F., The role of dendritic cells in the induction of systemic autoimmune disease, Proceedings of the 8th Research Postgraduate Symposium, Hong Kong, 13 December 2003.

Ma E.S.K., Kwok J.S.Y., Li Y.H. and Chan L.C., Clinical significance of ADAMTS13 mutational analysis in relapsing TTP with severe vWF-cleaving protease deficiency, Proceedings of the American Society of Hematology, San Diego, USA, 6-9 December 2003. Abstract No. 2970.

Ma E.S.K., Lam K.K.Y. and Tan-Un K.C., Genetic haemochromatosis and iron overload in Chinese patients with b-thalassaemia, Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Thalassaemia and Haemoglobinopathies. Cittá del Mare, Terrasini, Palermo, Italy, 15 - 19 October 2003.

Ng K.C., Wong Y., Chan Y.K., Wong L.L.S., Tso W.K., Cheung K.M.C., Luk K.D.K., Shek T.W.H. and Chan F.L., Fluoroscopic guided vertebral bone biopsy: correlation with histopathological and microbiological results, Hong Kong Orthopaedic Association, Hong Kong, November 8-9, 2003.

Srivastava G., Immune escape mechanisms in nasal NK/T-cell lymphoma- mutations in pro-apoptotic genes, Abstract of the 6th International Conference of the Asian Clinical Oncology Society (ACOS), Seoul, South Korea, 16-19 November 2003.

Sze M.F., Ching Y.P., Jin D. and Ng I.O.L., Dysregulation of mitotic spindle checkpoint control in hepatocellular carcinomas, Proceedings of the 95th Annual Meeting of American Association for Cancer Research, Orlando, Florida, USA, March 2004.

Wang W., Tan A.S.-.C., Kham S.K.Y., Chan A.Y.Y., Prior J., Erber W.N., Ma E.S.K., Chan L.C., Chui D.H.K., Quah T.C. and Chong S.S., Improved tools for molecular diagnosis of a- and b-thalassemia in Southeast Asia, Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Thalassaemia and Haemoglobinopathies. Cittá del Mare, Terrasini, Palermo, Italy, 15-19 October 2003.

Wong M.P., Tipoe G.L., Sun J.Z., Mak J.C.W., Ooi C.G.C., Ip M.S.M., Chan M.M.W., Lam W.K. and Tsang K.W.T., Clinical significance of ciliary abnormalities in bronchiectasis, Annual Scientific Meeting, Hong Kong Thoracic Society & American College of Chest Physicians, 2003. Abstract pp.30.

Wong M.P., Expression profiling with microarray in studying differential gene expression in different primary lung cancer cell lines newly established from local Chinese patients, Proceedings of the 9th Medical Research Conference, Medical Science Group, The University of Hong Kong, February 2004.

Wong M.P., Genome-wide screening of chromosomal imbalance in non-small cell lung cancer by array CGH, Proceedings of the 8th Research Postgraduate Symposium, Hong Kong, 13 December 2003.

Yam J.W.P. and Chan L.C., MLL-EEN fusion protein recruits the cytoplasmic EEN binding protein, EBP into the nucleus, Proceedings of the FASEB Summer Research Conferences – Hematological Malignancies, Vermont, USA, 26-31 July 2003.

Yang C., Ngan H.Y.S., Khoo U.S., Chan Y.K., Chiu P.M., Chan Q.K.Y., Xue W. and Cheung A.N.Y., Single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPS) in the coding sequence of follicle stimulating hormone receptor (FSHR) is associated with ovarian cancer susceptibility, Proceedings of the 95th Annual Meeting of American Association for Cancer Research, Orlando, Florida, USA, March 2004.

Yang L.C., Tang J.C.O., Srivastava G., Stanbridge E.J. and Lung M.L., Functional investigation of tumor suppressive role of chromosome 9 in esophageal squamous cell carcinoma, Abstract of the Proceedings of 40th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO), New Orleans, USA, 5-8 June 2004.

Yang Y., Lin M.C., Ching Y.P., Lam S.K., Xia H.H.X., Tu S., Zou B., Wang J., Li G., He H., Gu Q., Peng J., Kung H. and Wong B.C.Y., FHL2 As a Co-Factor of XAF1 in the Induction of Apoptosis, Gastroenterology. 2004, 126 (4 Suppl 2): S938.

Zhu H., Wong M.P., Lam C.L., Cai W.W., Chau W.S., Wang E., Lam W.K., Chiu S.W. and Chung L.P., Genome-wide screening of chromosomal imbalance in NSCLC by array-based comparative genomic hybridization (array-CGH), Proceedings of the 95th Annual Meeting of American Association for Cancer Research, Orlando, Florida, USA, March 2004.


Other conference paper

Khoo U.S., Genetic Susceptibility to SARS: Escape mechanism via the DC-SIGN and DC-SIGN-related receptors, Abstracts for Hong Kong SARS Forum and Hospital Authority Convention 2004, Hong Kong, 8-11 May 2004.

Liu C.L., Fan S.T., Lo C.M., Chan S.C., Ng I.O.L., Tso W.K. and Wong J., Hepatic resection for incidentaloma (Poster of Distinction), Digestive Disease Week, New Orleans, U.S.A., 15-20 May 2004.


Postgraduate research theses

Chan C.F., M.Phil. Thesis, Dysregulation of NF-kB signaling in hepatocellular carcinoma. 2003.

Chan K.Y.Q. and Chan K.Y.Q., Molecular study of GSPT1 in endometrial carcinoma. 2003.

Chen Y.W., Molecular Genetics of Gastric Non Hodgkins B-cell Lymphomas. 2004.

Wong C.M., Ph.D. Thesis, Novel candidate tumour suppressor genes, DLC-1 and DLC-2, in hepatocellular carcinoma. 2003.

Shen L., Immune escape mechanisms in EBV-associated nasal NK/T-cell lymphoma. 2004.