Adel K. El-Naggar

Adel K. El-Naggar is a Senior Professor at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, specializing in oncology, tumor biology, and head and neck pathology. His research focuses on HPV-driven oropharyngeal carcinogenesis, oncogenic host gene fusions, and circulating tumor HPV DNA assays for cancer detection. He has led pivotal clinical trials, including a phase 3 comparison of proton versus photon radiotherapy for oropharyngeal cancer and investigations of postoperative radiotherapy with cetuximab for intermediate-risk head and neck cancer. His recent work also explores FOXM1-specific TCR-engineered T cells for non-small cell lung cancer and Notch inhibitors in adenoid cystic carcinoma.