# Quynh-Thu Le

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## TL;DR

Chairs NRG Oncology, the largest US radiotherapy cooperative group, and leads head and neck de-escalation trials.

## Summary

Quynh-Thu Le is group chair of NRG Oncology, which runs the national radiotherapy-based trials in the United States, and has led NRG head and neck studies including HN002 and HN005 on de-escalating radiotherapy for HPV-positive oropharyngeal cancer. Her laboratory studies tumour hypoxia and galectin-1 as targets and biomarkers, and she chairs radiation oncology at Stanford.

## Fields

- Kind: Person
- Last checked: 2026-09-10
- Tags: radiotherapy; head-and-neck; nrg-oncology
- Role: Katharine Dexter McCormick and Stanley McCormick Memorial Professor and Chair of Radiation Oncology, Stanford University; Group Chair, NRG Oncology
- Specialisms: Head and neck radiotherapy; Tumour hypoxia; Cooperative-group leadership; Biomarkers

## Sources

- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quynh-Thu_Le
- PubMed: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/?term=Le%20QT%5BAuthor%5D%20head%20neck%20radiotherapy%20hypoxia

## Connected records

- cancers: [Head and neck squamous cell carcinoma](https://onco.cc/cancers/head-and-neck/)
- technologies: [IMRT / IGRT (modern external beam)](https://onco.cc/technologies/imrt-igrt/)
- institutions: [Stanford Health Care / Stanford Cancer Institute](https://onco.cc/institutions/stanford/)
- trials: [NRG-HN002 & NRG-HN005 (HPV+ de-escalation)](https://onco.cc/trials/nrg-hn002-hn005/)

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