Albert C. Koong

Albert C. Koong is a Division Head and Chair of the Department of Radiation Oncology at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, where he holds the Sheikh Khalifa Bin Zayed Al Nahyan Distinguished University Chair in Cancer Research. His research focuses on radiation oncology, pancreatic cancer, and the metabolic mechanisms of treatment resistance, particularly cuproptosis and ferroptosis. His recent work includes pioneering studies on radiotherapy synergizing with cuproptosis inducers to overcome radioresistance, the phase II EXTEND trial on metastasis-directed therapy for oligometastatic tumors, and a multicentre phase 3 trial comparing proton versus photon radiotherapy for oropharyngeal cancer. He has also contributed to clinicogenomic analyses of intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma and AI/ML data transparency standards.