{"entity":{"id":"ma-jun","kind":"person","name":"Jun Ma","aka":[],"tldr":"Jun Ma is the world's leading nasopharyngeal carcinoma trialist, whose randomised studies define induction chemotherapy and immunotherapy for the disease.","summary":"Jun Ma is Professor of Radiation Oncology and leads the nasopharyngeal carcinoma programme at Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center in Guangzhou. He is the world's leading nasopharyngeal carcinoma trialist, and his randomised studies established gemcitabine plus cisplatin induction chemotherapy, defined the role of Epstein-Barr virus DNA in risk stratification and, with colleagues in JUPITER-02, tested PD-1 blockade in the disease. His publications include the trial of gemcitabine and cisplatin induction chemotherapy in nasopharyngeal carcinoma. His work, built on modern intensity-modulated radiotherapy, shapes international guidelines for this cancer.","asOf":"2026-09-08","links":[{"label":"Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center","url":"https://www.sysucc.org.cn"},{"label":"PubMed author search","url":"https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/?term=Ma%20J%5BAuthor%5D%20nasopharyngeal%20carcinoma%20Sun%20Yat-sen"}],"tags":[],"related":[],"cancers":["head-and-neck"],"sections":[],"technologies":["imrt-igrt"],"targets":[],"drugs":[],"companies":[],"institutions":["sysucc"],"pathways":[],"terms":[],"trials":["jupiter-02"],"people":[],"bottlenecks":[],"keyPapers":[],"journals":[],"dependsOn":[],"notes":[],"role":"Professor of Radiation Oncology; nasopharyngeal carcinoma programme, Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center","institutionId":"sysucc","specialisms":["Nasopharyngeal carcinoma","Radiation oncology","Induction chemotherapy","EBV DNA"],"profiles":[{"label":"Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center","url":"https://www.sysucc.org.cn"},{"label":"PubMed author search","url":"https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/?term=Ma%20J%5BAuthor%5D%20nasopharyngeal%20carcinoma%20Sun%20Yat-sen"}],"papers":[{"title":"Gemcitabine and cisplatin induction chemotherapy in nasopharyngeal carcinoma","journal":"NEJM","year":2019,"doi":"10.1056/NEJMoa1905287"}]},"route":"/people/ma-jun/","neighbours":{"cancer":[{"id":"head-and-neck","kind":"cancer","name":"Head and neck squamous cell carcinoma","route":"/cancers/head-and-neck/"}],"technology":[{"id":"imrt-igrt","kind":"technology","name":"IMRT / IGRT (modern external beam)","route":"/technologies/imrt-igrt/"}],"institution":[{"id":"sysucc","kind":"institution","name":"Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center","route":"/institutions/sysucc/"}],"trial":[{"id":"jupiter-02","kind":"trial","name":"JUPITER-02","route":"/trials/jupiter-02/"}]}}