Jian-Yong Shao, M.D., Ph.D, is professor of oncology and director of Department of Molecular Diagnostics at Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center. He received his medical doctoral training at Sun Yat-Sen University Cancer Center and Karolinska Institute in Sweden. He also served as director of Tumor Gene Diagnostic Center in South China at Sun Yat-Sen University Cancer Center. Besides his clinical activities, he is appointed as vice-chairman of Chemotherapy Anti-Cancer Association in Guangzhou China, committee member of Molecular Pathology Quality Control Center, committee member of Lung Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment Quality Control Center of Ministry of Health in China. He has been editorial board member of Cancer Biology, American Journal of Translational Research, Chinese Journal of Cancer, World Journal of Oncology and World Journal of Clinical Oncology. His main scientific interests are development of molecular classification and molecular target therapy of cancer, including using molecular biological methods to identify new molecular signature for various cancers, establish molecular marker-based risk prediction for cancer treatment, and bring basic scientific discoveries into clinical practice.