Xin Shelley Wang, MD, Assistant Professor
Dr. Wang practiced medical oncology in Beijing, China, before moving to the United States to pursue a research career in symptom control. Currently, she is an assistant professor and conducts research on the relief of pain, fatigue, and other symptoms of cancer patients. As Medical Coordinator of the World Health Organization/Pan American Health Organization Collaborating Center in Supportive Cancer Care, she also develops research and training programs on cancer symptoms and palliative care in Asia and Latin America.
- MD, Capital University of Medical Sciences, Beijing, Peoples Republic of China
Selected References:
Wang XS, Mendoza TR, Gao SZ, Cleeland CS. The Chinese version of the Brief Pain Inventory (BPI-C): its development and use in a study of cancer pain. Pain 1996;67:407-416.
Mendoza TR, Wang XS, Cleeland CS, Morrissey M, Johnson BA, Wendt JK. The rapid assessment of fatigue severity in cancer patients: use of the Brief Fatigue Inventory. Cancer 1999;85:1186-96.
Wang XS, Cleeland CS, Mendoza TR, Engstrom MC, Liu S, Xu G, Hao X, Wang Y, Ren XS. "The effects of pain severity on health-related quality of life: a study with Chinese cancer patients." Cancer. In press 1999.
E-mail address: swong@mdanderson.org