Specific research areas are cancer epidemiology and etiology, cancer genetics, pathogenesis, experimental therapeutics in specific cancer types with high incident rates in china including lung cancer, stomach cancer, liver cancer, esophagus cancer, breast cancer, and colorectal cancer.

    Peking University Cancer Hospital received grants from Ministry of Science and Technology of the People′s Republic of China, including the National Key Technology R&D Program, the National High Technology Research and Development Program of China (863 Program), the National Basic Research Program (973 Program) and the International S&T Cooperation Program of China, and grants from National Natural Science Foundation of China, and grants from National Cancer Institute, etc.