Professor Kwun Fong
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Kwun Fong

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Background

Kwun is a Thoracic and Sleep Physician at The Prince Charles Hospital and University of Queensland Thoracic Research Centre (UQTRC). His research interests are focussed on making and translating research discoveries to improving outcomes and the health of people who are affected by lung disease particularly lung cancer screening/early detection and biomarkers. The UQTRC is also passionate at enabling productive collaborations to maximise research impact and scale with contributions to The Cancer Genome Atlas Project, Pan-Cancer Analysis of Whole Genomes (PCAWG), IASLC Lung Cancer Staging Project and others.

Availability

Professor Kwun Fong is:
Available for supervision

Fields of research

Cardiovascular medicine and haematology Clinical sciences Oncology and carcinogenesis

Research impacts

Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer mortality in Australia and globally. The prevention, early detection/screening and optimal management of lung cancer will help address the huge burden from lung cancer, enabled by high impact research and addressing stigma and nihilism and the health disparities that exist.

The team at The Prince Charles Hospital and University of Queensland Thoracic Research Centre are passionate, focussed and internationally recognised, leading clinical research in lung cancer in Australia. They are very pleased and privileged to work with patients, families / carers and consumers to make a difference in this awful disease.

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438 works between 1986 and 2025
All (438) Journal Article (292) Book Chapter (17) Conference Publication (121) Other Outputs (7) Edited Outputs (1)

41 - 60 of 438 works

2023

Journal Article

An epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition induced extracellular vesicle prognostic signature in non-small cell lung cancer

Lobb, Richard J., Visan, Kekoolani S., Wu, Li-Ying, Norris, Emma L., Hastie, Marcus L., Everitt, Sarah, Yang, Ian A., Bowman, Rayleen V., Siva, Shankar, Larsen, Jill E., Gorman, Jeffrey J., MacManus, Michael, Leimgruber, Antoine, Fong, Kwun M. and Möller, Andreas (2023). An epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition induced extracellular vesicle prognostic signature in non-small cell lung cancer. Communications biology, 6 (1) 68, 68. doi: 10.1038/s42003-022-04350-4

An epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition induced extracellular vesicle prognostic signature in non-small cell lung cancer

2022

Journal Article

The clinical journey of patients with a severe exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD): from the ambulance to the emergency department to the hospital ward

Sneath, Emily, Tippett, Vivienne, Bowman, Rayleen V., Fong, Kwun M., Hazell, Wayne, Masel, Philip J., Bunting, Denise, Watt, Kerrianne and Yang, Ian A. (2022). The clinical journey of patients with a severe exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD): from the ambulance to the emergency department to the hospital ward. Journal of Thoracic Disease, 14 (12), 4601-4613. doi: 10.21037/jtd-22-328

The clinical journey of patients with a severe exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD): from the ambulance to the emergency department to the hospital ward

2022

Book Chapter

COPD: the risk of cancer and the impact on cancer care

Yang, Ian A., Shaw, Janet G., Stephens, Edward K.H., Chee, Tian Mun, Duhig, Edwina E., Bowman, Rayleen V., Olive, Gerard N., Marshall, Henry M. and Fong, Kwun M. (2022). COPD: the risk of cancer and the impact on cancer care. Lung diseases and cancer. (pp. 91-104) edited by Peter M.A. Calverley, Miguel Ángel Martínez-García, Mina Gaga and Kwun M. Fong. Sheffield, United Kingdom: European Respiratory Society. doi: 10.1183/2312508x.10018721

COPD: the risk of cancer and the impact on cancer care

2022

Journal Article

Author Correction: Inferring structural variant cancer cell fraction (Nature Communications, (2020), 11, 1, (730), 10.1038/s41467-020-14351-8)

Cmero, Marek, Yuan, Ke, Ong, Cheng Soon, Schröder, Jan, Adams, David J., Anur, Pavana, Beroukhim, Rameen, Boutros, Paul C., Bowtell, David D. L., Campbell, Peter J., Cao, Shaolong, Christie, Elizabeth L., Cun, Yupeng, Dawson, Kevin J., Demeulemeester, Jonas, Dentro, Stefan C., Deshwar, Amit G., Donmez, Nilgun, Drews, Ruben M., Eils, Roland, Fan, Yu, Fittall, Matthew W., Garsed, Dale W., Gerstung, Moritz, Getz, Gad, Gonzalez, Santiago, Ha, Gavin, Haase, Kerstin, Imielinski, Marcin ... von Mering, Christian (2022). Author Correction: Inferring structural variant cancer cell fraction (Nature Communications, (2020), 11, 1, (730), 10.1038/s41467-020-14351-8). Nature Communications, 13 (1) 7568. doi: 10.1038/s41467-022-32338-5

Author Correction: Inferring structural variant cancer cell fraction (Nature Communications, (2020), 11, 1, (730), 10.1038/s41467-020-14351-8)

2022

Journal Article

Author Correction: Divergent mutational processes distinguish hypoxic and normoxic tumours (Nature Communications, (2020), 11, 1, (737), 10.1038/s41467-019-14052-x)

Bhandari, Vinayak, Li, Constance H., Bristow, Robert G., Boutros, Paul C., Aaltonen, Lauri A., Abascal, Federico, Abeshouse, Adam, Aburatani, Hiroyuki, Adams, David J., Agrawal, Nishant, Ahn, Keun Soo, Ahn, Sung-Min, Aikata, Hiroshi, Akbani, Rehan, Akdemir, Kadir C., Al-Ahmadie, Hikmat, Al-Sedairy, Sultan T., Al-Shahrour, Fatima, Alawi, Malik, Albert, Monique, Aldape, Kenneth, Alexandrov, Ludmil B., Ally, Adrian, Alsop, Kathryn, Alvarez, Eva G., Amary, Fernanda, Amin, Samirkumar B., Aminou, Brice, Ammerpohl, Ole ... von Mering, Christian (2022). Author Correction: Divergent mutational processes distinguish hypoxic and normoxic tumours (Nature Communications, (2020), 11, 1, (737), 10.1038/s41467-019-14052-x). Nature Communications, 13 (1) 7569. doi: 10.1038/s41467-022-32339-4

Author Correction: Divergent mutational processes distinguish hypoxic and normoxic tumours (Nature Communications, (2020), 11, 1, (737), 10.1038/s41467-019-14052-x)

2022

Book Chapter

Interstitial abnormalities from solid and haematological cancers

Mackintosh, John A., Duhig, Edwina E., Reddy, Taryn, Stephens, Edward K.H., Fong, Kwun M. and Yang, Ian A. (2022). Interstitial abnormalities from solid and haematological cancers. Lung diseases and cancer. (pp. 225-240) edited by Miguel Ángel Martínez-García, Mina Gaga, Kwun M. Fong and Peter M.A. Calverley. Sheffield, United Kingdom: European Respiratory Society. doi: 10.1183/2312508x.10020221

Interstitial abnormalities from solid and haematological cancers

2022

Journal Article

Updated cost-effectiveness analysis of lung cancer screening for Australia, capturing differences in the health economic impact of NELSON and NLST outcomes

Behar Harpaz, Silvia, Weber, Marianne F., Wade, Stephen, Ngo, Preston J., Vaneckova, Pavla, Sarich, Peter E. A., Cressman, Sonya, Tammemagi, Martin C., Fong, Kwun, Marshall, Henry, McWilliams, Annette, Zalcberg, John R., Caruana, Michael and Canfell, Karen (2022). Updated cost-effectiveness analysis of lung cancer screening for Australia, capturing differences in the health economic impact of NELSON and NLST outcomes. British Journal of Cancer, 128 (1), 91-101. doi: 10.1038/s41416-022-02026-8

Updated cost-effectiveness analysis of lung cancer screening for Australia, capturing differences in the health economic impact of NELSON and NLST outcomes

2022

Journal Article

Plasma extracellular vesicle miRNA profiles distinguish chronic obstructive pulmonary disease exacerbations and disease severity

O'Farrell, Hannah E., Bowman, Rayleen V., Fong, Kwun M and Yang, Ian A (2022). Plasma extracellular vesicle miRNA profiles distinguish chronic obstructive pulmonary disease exacerbations and disease severity. International Journal of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, Volume 17, 2821-2833. doi: 10.2147/copd.s379774

Plasma extracellular vesicle miRNA profiles distinguish chronic obstructive pulmonary disease exacerbations and disease severity

2022

Journal Article

Association of gas diffusing capacity of the lung for carbon monoxide with cardiovascular morbidity and survival in a disadvantaged clinical population

Collaro, Andrew J., Chang, Anne B., Marchant, Julie M., Chatfield, Mark D., Dent, Annette, Fong, Kwun M. and McElrea, Margaret S. (2022). Association of gas diffusing capacity of the lung for carbon monoxide with cardiovascular morbidity and survival in a disadvantaged clinical population. Lung, 200 (6), 783-792. doi: 10.1007/s00408-022-00580-9

Association of gas diffusing capacity of the lung for carbon monoxide with cardiovascular morbidity and survival in a disadvantaged clinical population

2022

Journal Article

More than meets the eye

Olive, Gerard N., Yang, Ian A., Marshall, Henry, Bowman, Rayleen V. and Fong, Kwun M. (2022). More than meets the eye. European Respiratory Journal, 60 (3) 2200763, 2200763. doi: 10.1183/13993003.00763-2022

More than meets the eye

2022

Journal Article

Impact of low-dose computed tomography (LDCT) screening on lung cancer-related mortality

Bonney, Asha, Malouf, Reem, Marchal, Corynne, Manners, David, Fong, Kwun M, Marshall, Henry M, Irving, Louis B and Manser, Renée (2022). Impact of low-dose computed tomography (LDCT) screening on lung cancer-related mortality. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 2022 (8) CD013829, CD013829. doi: 10.1002/14651858.cd013829.pub2

Impact of low-dose computed tomography (LDCT) screening on lung cancer-related mortality

2022

Journal Article

The International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer Thymic Epithelial Tumor Staging Project: unresolved issues to be addressed for the next ninth edition of the TNM Classification of Malignant Tumors

Ruffini, Enrico, Rami-Porta, Ramon, Huang, James, Ahmad, Usman, Appel, Sarit, Bille, Andrea, Boubia, Souheil, Brambilla, Cecilia, Cangir, Ayten Kayi, Cilento, Vanessa, Detterbeck, Frank, Falkson, Conrad, Fang, Wentao, Filosso, Pier Luigi, Giaccone, Giuseppe, Girard, Nicolas, Guerrera, Francesco, Infante, Maurizio, Kim, Dong Kwan, Lucchi, Marco, Marino, Mirella, Marom, Edith M., Nicholson, Andrew G., Okumura, Meinoshin, Rimner, Andreas, Simone, Charles B., Asamura, Hisao, Rusch, Valerie, Araujo, Luiz Henrique ... Kim, Hong Kwuan (2022). The International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer Thymic Epithelial Tumor Staging Project: unresolved issues to be addressed for the next ninth edition of the TNM Classification of Malignant Tumors. Journal of Thoracic Oncology, 17 (6), 838-851. doi: 10.1016/j.jtho.2022.03.005

The International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer Thymic Epithelial Tumor Staging Project: unresolved issues to be addressed for the next ninth edition of the TNM Classification of Malignant Tumors

2022

Journal Article

Lung cancer screening—marching along … …

Fong, Kwun M., Marshall, Henry M. and Lam, David C. L. (2022). Lung cancer screening—marching along … …. Respirology, 27 (8), 578-580. doi: 10.1111/resp.14295

Lung cancer screening—marching along … …

2022

Journal Article

Introduction

Martínez-García, Miguel Ángel, Gaga, Mina and Fong, Kwun M. (2022). Introduction. ERS Monograph, 2022 (98), ix-xiii. doi: 10.1183/2312508X.10022822

Introduction

2022

Journal Article

USPSTF2013 versus PLCOm2012 lung cancer screening eligibility criteria (International Lung Screening Trial): interim analysis of a prospective cohort study

Tammemägi, Martin C, Ruparel, Mamta, Tremblay, Alain, Myers, Renelle, Mayo, John, Yee, John, Atkar-Khattra, Sukhinder, Yuan, Ren, Cressman, Sonya, English, John, Bedard, Eric, MacEachern, Paul, Burrowes, Paul, Quaife, Samantha L, Marshall, Henry, Yang, Ian, Bowman, Rayleen, Passmore, Linda, McWilliams, Annette, Brims, Fraser, Lim, Kuan Pin, Mo, Lin, Melsom, Stephen, Saffar, Bann, Teh, Mark, Sheehan, Ramon, Kuok, Yijin, Manser, Renee, Irving, Louis ... Lam, Stephen (2022). USPSTF2013 versus PLCOm2012 lung cancer screening eligibility criteria (International Lung Screening Trial): interim analysis of a prospective cohort study. The Lancet Oncology, 23 (1), 138-148. doi: 10.1016/S1470-2045(21)00590-8

USPSTF2013 versus PLCOm2012 lung cancer screening eligibility criteria (International Lung Screening Trial): interim analysis of a prospective cohort study

2021

Journal Article

Germline ERBB3 mutation in familial non-small cell lung carcinoma: expanding ErbB’s role in oncogenesis

McInerney-Leo, Aideen M., Chew, Hui Yi, Inglis, Po-Ling, Leo, Paul J., Joseph, Shannon R., Cooper, Caroline L., Okano, Satomi, Hassall, Tim, Anderson, Lisa, Bowman, Rayleen V., Gattas, Michael, Harris, Jessica E., Marshall, Mhairi S., Shaw, Janet G., Wheeler, Lawrie, Yang, Ian A., Brown, Matthew A., Fong, Kwun M., Simpson, Fiona and Duncan, Emma L. (2021). Germline ERBB3 mutation in familial non-small cell lung carcinoma: expanding ErbB’s role in oncogenesis. Human Molecular Genetics, 30 (24), 2393-2401. doi: 10.1093/hmg/ddab172

Germline ERBB3 mutation in familial non-small cell lung carcinoma: expanding ErbB’s role in oncogenesis

2021

Book Chapter

Overview of lung cancer

Olive, Gerard N., Marshall, Henry M., Yang, Ian A., Bowman, Rayleen V. and Fong, Kwun M. (2021). Overview of lung cancer. Encyclopedia of respiratory medicine. (pp. 621-633) edited by Sam M. Janes. Amsterdam, Netherlands: Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/B978-0-08-102723-3.00031-7

Overview of lung cancer

2021

Book Chapter

Metastases from lung cancer

Goffinet, Céline, Marshall, H., Yang, Ian A., Bowman, R. V. and Fong, Kwun M. (2021). Metastases from lung cancer. Encyclopedia of respiratory medicine. (pp. 785-792) Amsterdam, Netherlands: Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/B978-0-08-102723-3.00049-4

Metastases from lung cancer

2021

Book Chapter

Differential diagnosis of mediastinal masses

Semasinghe Bandaralage, S. P., Slader, Simon, Leong, S., Yang, I. A., Bowman, R. V. and Fong, Kwun M. (2021). Differential diagnosis of mediastinal masses. Encyclopedia of respiratory medicine. (pp. 729-742) Amsterdam, Netherlands: Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/B978-0-08-102723-3.00033-0

Differential diagnosis of mediastinal masses

2021

Journal Article

E-cigarettes induce toxicity comparable to tobacco cigarettes in airway epithelium from patients with COPD

O'Farrell, Hannah E., Brown, Reece, Brown, Zac, Milijevic, Branka, Ristovski, Zoran D., Bowman, Rayleen V., Fong, Kwun M., Vaughan, Annalicia and Yang, Ian A. (2021). E-cigarettes induce toxicity comparable to tobacco cigarettes in airway epithelium from patients with COPD. Toxicology in Vitro, 75 105204, 105204. doi: 10.1016/j.tiv.2021.105204

E-cigarettes induce toxicity comparable to tobacco cigarettes in airway epithelium from patients with COPD

Current funding

  • 2024 - 2025
    Lung Cancer Screening in Queensland
    Cancer Council Queensland
    Open grant

Availability

Professor Kwun Fong is:
Available for supervision

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Supervision history

Current supervision

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Randomised pragmatic trial of comprehensive tissue sampling enabled by ultrathin bronchoscopic Radial probe EndoBronchial Ultrasound versus CT-guided TransThoracic needle aspiration/biopsy (REBUTT) for evaluation of peripheral pulmonary lesions.

    Principal Advisor

    Other advisors: Professor Ian Yang

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Precision medicine in the genomic era: emerging technologies for molecular profiling of lung cancer

    Principal Advisor

    Other advisors: Professor Ian Yang

  • Master Philosophy

    A multivariable prediction model for osteoporotic fracture and low bone density in a lung cancer screening cohort

    Associate Advisor

    Other advisors: Professor Ian Yang, Associate Professor Henry Marshall

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Biomarkers of lung cancer

    Associate Advisor

    Other advisors: Professor Ian Yang

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Combined Compressed sensing and machine learning/deep learning methods for rapid MRI

    Associate Advisor

    Other advisors: Associate Professor Henry Marshall, Dr Hongfu Sun, Professor Feng Liu

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Blood biomarkers for lung cancer screening

    Associate Advisor

    Other advisors: Professor Ian Yang, Associate Professor Henry Marshall

  • Master Philosophy

    Elastin turnover in the lung microenvironment and its significance in Lung Repair and Non-Small Cell Lung Carcinoma (NSCLC)

    Associate Advisor

    Other advisors: Professor Ian Yang

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Effectiveness of Non-invasive Ventilation for the treatment of nocturnal hypoventilation in Myotonic Dystrophy

    Associate Advisor

    Other advisors: Professor Elizabeth Coulson

Completed supervision

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