Overview
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
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.
Works
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2016
Journal Article
Screen-detected subsolid pulmonary nodules: long-term follow-up and application of the PanCan lung cancer risk prediction model
Zhao, Henry, Marshall, Henry M., Yang, Ian A., Bowman, Rayleen V., Ayres, John, Crossin, Jane, Lau, Melanie, Slaughter, Richard E., Redmond, Stanley, Passmore, Linda, McCaul, Elizabeth, Courtney, Deborah, Leong, Steven C., Windsor, Morgan, Zimmerman, Paul V. and Fong, Kwun M. (2016). Screen-detected subsolid pulmonary nodules: long-term follow-up and application of the PanCan lung cancer risk prediction model. British Journal of Radiology, 89 (1060) 20160016, 20160016. doi: 10.1259/bjr.20160016
2016
Journal Article
A survey of lung cancer in rural and remote Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities in Queensland: health views that impact on early diagnosis and treatment
Page, B. J., Bowman, R. V., Yang, I. A. and Fong, K. M. (2016). A survey of lung cancer in rural and remote Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities in Queensland: health views that impact on early diagnosis and treatment. Internal Medicine Journal, 46 (2), 171-176. doi: 10.1111/imj.12948
2016
Journal Article
Lung cancer screening in Australia: progress or procrastination?: There is progress internationally with lung cancer screening but far slower headway in Australia
Brims, Fraser, McWilliams, Annette and Fong, Kwun (2016). Lung cancer screening in Australia: progress or procrastination?: There is progress internationally with lung cancer screening but far slower headway in Australia. Medical Journal of Australia, 204 (1), 4-4.e1. doi: 10.5694/mja15.01109
2016
Conference Publication
Detection of Microbial Pathogens Using a Multiple Target Quantitative Polymerase Chain Reaction (Qpcr) Array in Patients with Acute Exacerbations of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
O'Farrell, H., Shaw, J., Goh, F., Bowman, R., Fong, K. and Yang, I. (2016). Detection of Microbial Pathogens Using a Multiple Target Quantitative Polymerase Chain Reaction (Qpcr) Array in Patients with Acute Exacerbations of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease. 21st Congress of the APSR 2016, Bangkok, Thailand, 12–15 November 2016. Richmond, VIC Australia: Wiley-Blackwell. doi: 10.1111/resp.12939_14
2016
Conference Publication
Intratumoral genomic heterogeneity of primary pulmonary adenocarcinoma in never smokers
Daniels, Marissa G., Krause, Lutz, Ellis, Jonathan J., Yang, Ian A., Bowman, Rayleen V., Relan, Vandana, Chee, Kelly, Goh, Felicia, Parris, Brielle, Morrison, Leanne, Martins, Maria, Passmore, Linda, McCaul, Elizabeth, Courtney, Deborah, Duhig, Edwina, Windsor, Morgan, Naidoo, Rishendran and Fong, Kwun M. (2016). Intratumoral genomic heterogeneity of primary pulmonary adenocarcinoma in never smokers. Meeting of the American-Association-for-Cancer-Research (AACR) Precision Medicine Series - Integrating Clinical Genomics and Cancer Therapy, Salt Lake City, UT, United States, 13-16 June 2015. Philadelphia, PA, United States: Elsevier. doi: 10.1158/1557-3265.PMSCLINGEN15-24
2016
Conference Publication
Factors differentiating transient versus persistent subsolid pulmonary nodules in an Australian lung cancer screening cohort
Zhao, H., Marshall, H. M., Yang, I. A., Bowman, R. V., Ayres, J., Crossin, J., Lau, M., Slaughter, R. E., Redmond, S., Passmore, L., McCaul, E., Courtney, D., Leong, S. C., Windsor, M., Zimmerman, P. V. and Fong, K. M. (2016). Factors differentiating transient versus persistent subsolid pulmonary nodules in an Australian lung cancer screening cohort. 6th Australian Lung Cancer Conference (ALCC), Melbourne, Australia, 18-20 August 2016.
2016
Conference Publication
Patients' experiences during bronchoscopy with "cautious" sedation and analgesia; a Qualitative Study
Saxon, C., Fulbrook, P., Fong, K. and Ski, C. (2016). Patients' experiences during bronchoscopy with "cautious" sedation and analgesia; a Qualitative Study. 21st Congress of the APSR 2016, Bangkok, Thailand, 12–15 November 2016. Richmond, VIC, Australia: Wiley-Blackwell.
2016
Journal Article
The IASLC lung cancer staging project: Proposals for revision of the TNM stage groupings in the forthcoming (eighth) edition of the TNM Classification for lung cancer
Goldstraw, Peter, Chansky, Kari, Crowley, John, Rami-Porta, Ramon, Asamura, Hisao, Eberhardt, Wilfried E. E., Nicholson, Andrew G., Groome, Patti, Mitchell, Alan, Bolejack, Vanessa, Ball, David, Beer, David G., Beyruti, Ricardo, Detterbeck, Frank, Edwards, John, Galateau-Sallé, Françoise, Giroux, Dorothy, Gleeson, Fergus, Huang, James, Kennedy, Catherine, Kim, Jhingook, Kim, Young Tae, Kingsbury, Laura, Kondo, Haruhiko, Krasnik, Mark, Kubota, Kaoru, Lerut, Antoon, Lyons, Gustavo, Marino, Mirella ... Yokoi, K. (2016). The IASLC lung cancer staging project: Proposals for revision of the TNM stage groupings in the forthcoming (eighth) edition of the TNM Classification for lung cancer. Journal of Thoracic Oncology, 11 (1), 39-51. doi: 10.1016/j.jtho.2015.09.009
2016
Conference Publication
N-acetyl cysteine (NAC) intervention attenuates the effects of diesel and biodiesel emission exposure on human bronchial epithelial cells, 16HBE, at air-liquid interface
Vaughan, Annalicia, Stevanovic, Svetlana, Rahman, Mostafizur, Zare, Ali, Miljevic, Branka, Ristovski, Zoran, Bowman, Rayleen, Fong, Kwun and Yang, Ian (2016). N-acetyl cysteine (NAC) intervention attenuates the effects of diesel and biodiesel emission exposure on human bronchial epithelial cells, 16HBE, at air-liquid interface. ERS International Congress 2016, London, United Kingdom, 3-7 September 2016. European Respiratory Society. doi: 10.1183/13993003.congress-2016.pa4002
2016
Conference Publication
The lung cancer database map in Australia: overview of a descriptive study protocol
Stone, E., Rankin, N., Phillips, J., Fong, K. and Shaw, T. (2016). The lung cancer database map in Australia: overview of a descriptive study protocol. 21st Congress of the APSR 2016, Bangkok, Thailand, 12–15 November 2016. HOBOKEN: WILEY-BLACKWELL.
2016
Conference Publication
MDT data consensus in lung cancer: a new strategy
Stone, E., Rankin, N., Phillips, J., Fong, K. and Shaw, T. (2016). MDT data consensus in lung cancer: a new strategy. Thoracic Society of Australia & New Zealand and the Australian & New Zealand Society of Respiratory Science, Annual Scientific Meeting, Perth, WA, Australia, 1–6 April 2016. Richmond, VIC, Australia: Wiley-Blackwell .
2015
Journal Article
Psychological distress and quality of life in lung cancer: the role of health-related stigma, illness appraisals and social constraints
Chambers, Suzanne K., Baade, Peter, Youl, Philippa, Aitken, Joanne, Occhipinti, Stefano, Vinod, Shalini, Valery, Patricia C., Garvey, Garvey, Fong, Kwun M., Ball, David, Zorbas, Helen, Dunn, Jeff and O'Connell, Dianne L. (2015). Psychological distress and quality of life in lung cancer: the role of health-related stigma, illness appraisals and social constraints. Psycho-Oncology, 24 (11), 1569-1577. doi: 10.1002/pon.3829
2015
Journal Article
Platinum versus non-platinum chemotherapy regimens for small cell lung cancer
Amarasena, Isuru U., Chatterjee, Saion, Walters, Julia A.E., Wood-Baker, Richard and Fong, Kwun M. (2015). Platinum versus non-platinum chemotherapy regimens for small cell lung cancer. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 2015 (8) CD006849. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD006849.pub3
2015
Journal Article
The effectiveness of lung cancer MDT and the role of respiratory physicians
Prabhakar, Charles N, Fong, Kwun M, Peake, Michael D, Lam, David C and Barnes, David J (2015). The effectiveness of lung cancer MDT and the role of respiratory physicians. Respirology, 20 (6), 884-888. doi: 10.1111/resp.12520
2015
Journal Article
Lung cancer screening feasibility in Australia
Marshall, Henry M., Bowman, Rayleen V., Ayres, John, Crossin, Jane, Lau, Melanie, Slaughter, Richard E., Redmond, Stanley, Passmore, Linda, McCaul, Elizabeth, Courtney, Deborah, Leong, Steven C., Windsor, Morgan, Zimmerman, Paul V., Yang, Ian A. and Fong, Kwun M. (2015). Lung cancer screening feasibility in Australia. European Respiratory Journal, 45 (6), 1734-1737. doi: 10.1183/09031936.00208714
2015
Journal Article
Mitosis trumps T stage and proposed international association for the study of lung cancer/American thoracic society/european respiratory society classification for prognostic value in resected stage 1 lung adenocarcinoma
Duhig, Edwina Elizabeth, Dettrick, Andrew, Godbolt, David Burleigh, Pauli, John, van Zwieten, Anthony, Hansen, Aaron Richard, Yang, Ian Anthony, Fong, Kwun Meng, Clarke, Belinda E. and Bowman, Rayleen V. (2015). Mitosis trumps T stage and proposed international association for the study of lung cancer/American thoracic society/european respiratory society classification for prognostic value in resected stage 1 lung adenocarcinoma. Journal of Thoracic Oncology, 10 (4), 673-681. doi: 10.1097/JTO.0000000000000446
2015
Journal Article
Update in lung cancer: Prologue to a modern review series
Van Zandwijk, Nico and Fong, Kwun M. (2015). Update in lung cancer: Prologue to a modern review series. Respirology, 20 (2), 183-184. doi: 10.1111/resp.12457
2015
Journal Article
Ethnicity affects EGFR and KRAS gene alterations of lung adenocarcinoma
Soh, Junichi, Toyooka, Shinichi, Matsuo, Keitaro, Yamamoto, Hiromasa, Wistuba, Ignacio I., Lam, Stephen, Fong, Kwun M., Gazdar, Adi F. and Miyoshi, Shinichiro (2015). Ethnicity affects EGFR and KRAS gene alterations of lung adenocarcinoma. Oncology Letters, 10 (3), 1775-1782. doi: 10.3892/ol.2015.3414
2015
Journal Article
The current and future roles of genomics
Fong, Kwun M., Daniels, Marissa, Goh, Felicia, Yang, Ian A. and Bowman, Rayleen V. (2015). The current and future roles of genomics. ERS Monograph, 2015, 79-94. doi: 10.1183/2312508X.10009614
2015
Conference Publication
Organic content of diesel emission particles and human bronchial epithelial cell responses to primary and aged diesel emissions
Vaughan, A., Stevanovic, S., Morrison, L., Pourkhesalian, A., Rahman, M., Zare, A., Miljevic, B., Ristovski, Z., Goh, F., Relan, V, Bowman, R., Fong, K. and Yang, I (2015). Organic content of diesel emission particles and human bronchial epithelial cell responses to primary and aged diesel emissions. Thoracic Society of Australia & New Zealand and the Australian & New Zealand Society of Respiratory Science, Annual Scientific Meeting 2015, Gold Coast, Australia, 27 March – 1 April 2015. HOBOKEN: WILEY-BLACKWELL. doi: 10.1111/resp.12495_3
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Supervision
Availability
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Supervision history
Current supervision
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Doctor Philosophy
Precision medicine in the genomic era: emerging technologies for molecular profiling of lung cancer
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Ian Yang
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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
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Master Philosophy
A multivariable prediction model for osteoporotic fracture in a lung cancer screening cohort
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Ian Yang, Associate Professor Henry Marshall
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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
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Doctor Philosophy
Effectiveness of Non-invasive Ventilation for the treatment of nocturnal hypoventilation in Myotonic Dystrophy
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Elizabeth Coulson
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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
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Doctor Philosophy
Blood biomarkers for lung cancer screening
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Ian Yang, Associate Professor Henry Marshall
Completed supervision
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2024
Doctor Philosophy
Screening For Biomarkers in Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Ian Yang
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2021
Doctor Philosophy
Evaluating NanoString Technology to Enhance the Molecular Characterisation of Lung Cancer
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Ian Yang
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2021
Doctor Philosophy
Retrospective cohort studies on the lung cancer secondary care diagnostic pathway: Factors that influence waiting time intervals and patient experience
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Ian Yang
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2015
Master Philosophy
Lung cancer in rural and remote Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities in Queensland: Awareness and identifying health needs in a cultural context.
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Ian Yang
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2015
Doctor Philosophy
The Queensland Lung Cancer Screening Study
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Ian Yang, Associate Professor Paul Zimmerman
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2014
Doctor Philosophy
MOLECULAR MECHANISMS UNDERLYING PROGRESSION OF CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE (COPD)
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Ian Yang
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2014
Doctor Philosophy
Genomic characterisation of asbestos-related lung cancer
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Ian Yang
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2013
Doctor Philosophy
MOLECULAR BIOMARKERS IN THORACIC ONCOLOGY
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Ian Yang
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2013
Doctor Philosophy
Aberrant microRNA Expression in Lung Cancer
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Ian Yang
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Doctor Philosophy
GENOMIC PROFILING OF TUMOR RECURRENCE IN NON-SMALL-CELL LUNG CARCINOMA
Principal Advisor
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2022
Doctor Philosophy
Evaluation of Pleural Fluid Extracellular Vesicles for Diagnostic Utility in Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Ian Yang
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2021
Master Philosophy
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
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Ian Yang
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2021
Doctor Philosophy
Diagnostic, prognostic and therapeutic applications of extracellular vesicles in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and lung cancer
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Ian Yang
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2019
Master Philosophy
Cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) for patients with chronic lung disease and psychological comorbidities undergoing pulmonary rehabilitation
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Ian Yang
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2018
Doctor Philosophy
The response of human bronchial epithelial cells to outdoor air pollution: Interventions to protect the diseased lung against diesel emission exposure
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Ian Yang
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2017
Doctor Philosophy
The Role of Exhaled Breath Analysis in the Diagnosis and Monitoring of Lung Diseases
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor David Fielding, Professor Ian Yang, Associate Professor Paul Zimmerman
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2012
Master Philosophy
Genetic influences on right ventricular systolic pressure (RVSP) in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Ian Yang, Associate Professor Paul Zimmerman
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2002
Doctor Philosophy
MOLECULAR INFLUENCES ON AIRWAYS DISEASE PATHOGENESIS, SUSCEPTIBILITY AND TREATMENT.
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Paul Zimmerman
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