M.D. Medicine - 1983
Xian Medical University

M.P.H Health Statistics - 1986
Xian Medical University

Dr. Xiaocheng Wu, Associate Professor, received her MD in 1983 and MPH in 1986 from Xian Medical University in Xian, China. She was working as an assistant research professor at the Chinese Academy of Preventive Medicine in Beijing from 1987 to 1990. She jointed the LSUHSC in 1991. Her research focuses mainly on population-based cancer epidemiology and using cancer registry data for cancer surveillance studies. She has published over 40 articles in peer reviewed-journals and has served as the leading editor for the annual monograph “Cancer Incidence in North America” since 2000. She actively participates in numerous national committees including the Data Use and Research Committee, Research Proposal Review Subcommittee of the North American Association of Central Cancer Registries (NAACCR), the CDC NPCR Scientific Advisory Group for Patterns of Care Studies, and Annual Report to the Nation working group. She has served as PI and Co-PI for numerous cancer epidemiology studies. Currently, she is the PI for one project funded by CDC and two projects funded by NCI and Co-PI for the Louisiana Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results program and the CDC’s NPCR program. She also serves as the Assistant Director of Louisiana Tumor Registry to assist the director in overseeing the registry daily operations. She has served as a member for thesis and dissertation committees for three graduate students. She is the director for one required course for graduate students in epidemiology.

Cancer epidemiology; cancer in minority populations; female cancers; cancer registration; descriptive epidemiology, patterns of care of cancer patients, survival analysis

LSUHSC School of Public Health Appointment, Promotion, and Tenure Committee, member, 2006-2008, Chair, 2009-2010

Chen VW, Correa P, Kurman RJ, Austin D, Eley JW, Hunter C, Redmond C, Muss H, Herman A, Wu XC, Sodhan M, Gan XG and the Blacks/White Cancer Survival Study Group, Black/white differences in tumor characteristics among breast cancer patients, Breast Cancer Res and Treat 23:156A, 1992.

Chen VW, Shiao YH, Wu XC, Scheer WD, Lehmann HP, Ruiz BA, Differences in prevalence of p53 accumulation in breast cancer between black and white patients, Breast Cancer Res and Treat 2:177, 1993.

Chen VW, Wu XC, Andrews PA, Fontham ETH, Correa P, Advanced stage at diagnosis: an explanation for higher than expected cancer death rates in Louisiana, J La State Med Soc 146:137-145, 1994.

Shiao YH, Chen VW, Scheer WD, Wu XC, Correa P, Racial disparity in the association of p53 gene alternation with breast cancer survival, Cancer Research 55:1485-1490, 1995.

Shiao YH, Chen VW, Wu XC, Scheer WD, Lehmann HP, Malcom GT, Boudreau DA, Ruiz B, Correa P, Racial comparison of p53 alternation in breast cancer: difference in prognostic value, In vivo 10: 169-174, 1996.

Chen VW, Wu XC, Andrews PA, Correa CN, Lucas HF, Highlights of cancer incidence in Louisiana, 1988-92, J La State Med Soc 149;119-124, 1997.

Chen VW, Fenoglio-Preiser CM, Wu XC, Coates RJ, Reynolds P, Wickerham DL, Adrews P, Hunter C, Stemmerman G, Jackson JS, Edward BK, and the BWCSS Group., Agressiveness of colon carcinoma in blacks and whites, Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention 6:1087-1983, 1997.

Shiao YH, Chen VW, Lehmann HP, Wu XC, Correa P, Patterns of DNA ploidy and S-phase fraction associated with breast cancer survival in blacks and whites, Clinical Cancer Research 3:587-592, 1997.

Chen VW, Andrews PA, Wu XC, Correa CN, Fontham ETH, Cancer incidence in the industrial corridor: an update, J La Med Soc 150:158-167, 1998.

Chen VW, Correa C, Andrews P, Wu. XC, et al, Louisiana Tumor Registry: New Developments and Activities, J La Med Soc 51:214-217, 1999.

Chen VW, Wu XC, Ahmed MN, Correa C, Andrews P, Cancer of the Colon and Rectum in Louisiana, J La Med Soc 51:189-197, 1999.

Chen VW, Correa P, Kurman RJ, Wu XC, Eley JW, Austin D, Muss H, Hunter C, Redmond C, Sobhan M, Coates R, Reynolds P, Herman AA, Edward BK, Histology characteristics of breast carcinoma in blacks and whites, Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers and Prevention 3:1-9, 1999.

Ahmed M, Andrews P, VW Chen, Wu XC, et al, Incidence, Trends, and Mortality Rate of Prostate Cancer in Louisiana, J La Med Soc 152;195-203, 2000.

Huebner W, Chen VW, Wu XC, et al, Incidence of lymphohematopoietic malignancies in a petrochemical industry Cohort: 1983-94 follow-up, Occup Environ Med 57:605-614., 2000.

Ahmed MN, Andrews PA, Wu XC, Schimdt BA, Correa CN, Chen VW, Occupation and industry information in death certificates and state-wide cancer registry database, J Registry Management 27(4):132-135, 2000.

Chen VW, Andrews PA, Wu XC, Correa CN, Fontham ETH, Cancer incidence in the industrial corridor: an update, J La Med Soc 152;195-203, 2000.

Wu XC, Correa C, Andrews P, Schmidt B, Ahmed M, Chen VW, Fontham E, Stage of Disease at Diagnosis and Survival Estimates for Cancer of the Colon and Rectum in Louisiana, J La Med Soc 152:171-180, 2000.

Wingo PA, Luke El., O’Brien K, Brogan DJ, Chen VW, Wu XC, et al, Population-based patterns of care studies: Collaboration among State Cancer Registries, The American College of Surgeons, and The American Cancer Society, J Registry Management 28(1):5-16, 2001.

Wu XC, Chen VW, Steele B, et al, Subsite-specific incidence rate and stage of disease in colorectal cancer by race, gender and age group in the United States, 1992-1997, Cancer 92;2547-54, 2001.

Wu XC, Andrews PA, Correa CN, et al, Breast cancer: incidence, mortality, and early detection in Louisiana, 1988-1997, J La Med Soc 153:198-209, 2001.

Chen VW, Schmidt BA, Wu XC, Correa CN, et al, Childhood cancer in Louisiana, 1988-1996, J La Med Soc 154:91-99, 2002.

MacLennan PA, Delzall E, Sathiakumar N, Myers SL, Cheng H, Grizzle W, Chen VW, Wu XC, Cancer incidence among triazine herbicide manufacturing workers, Med. J Occup Environ Med 44(11):1048-58, 2002.

Wu XC, Chen VW, Ruiz B, Andrew PA, Hsieh MC, et al, Patterns of treatment for ducatal carcinoma in situ of the breast in Louisiana, 1988-1999, J La Med Soc 155:206-213, 2003.

Young JL, Wu XC, Roffers SD, Howe HL, Correa CN, Weinstein R, Ovarian cancer in children and young adults in the United States, 1992-1997, Cancer 97:2694-2700, 2003.

Roffers SD, Wu XC, Johson CH, Correa CN, Incidence of extraovarian primary cancers in the United States, 1992-1997, Cancer 2003;97(10):2643-2647, 2003.

Chen VW, Ruiz B, Killeen JL, Cote TR, Wu XC, Correa CN, Pathology and classification, Cancer 97(10):2631-2642, 2003.

Wu XC, Chen VW, Steele B, Roffers S, Klotz JB, Correa CN, Cancer incidence in adolescents and young adults in the United States, 1992-1997, J Adolesc Health 32(6):405-415., 2003.

Goodman MT, Correa CN, Tung KH, Roffers SD, Wu XC, Young JL, Wilkens LR, Carney ME, Howe HL, Stage disease of ovarian cancer in the United States, 1992-1997, Cancer 97(10):2648-2659, 2003.

Jemal A, Clegg LX, Ward E, Ries LAG, Wu XC, Jamison PM, Wingo PA, Howe PA,, Annual report to the nation on the status of cancer, 1975-, Cancer 101(1): 1-25, 2004.

Wu XC, Chen VW, Martin HJ, et al, Subsite Specific Colorectal Cancer Incidence Rates and Stage Distributions among Asians/Pacific Islanders in the United States, 1995-1999, Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 13(7):1215-22, 2004.

Tsai SP, Chen VW, Fox EE, Wendt JK, Wu XC, et al, Cancer Incidence among Refinery and Petrochemical Employees in Louisiana, 1983-1999, Ann Epidemiol 14:722-730, 2004.

Wu XC, Chen VW, Andrews PA, et al., Treatment Patterns for Stage III Colon Cancer and Factors Related to Receipt of Postoperative Chemotherapy in Louisiana, J La Med Soc 156:255-261, 2004.

Wu XC, Chen VW, Andrews PA, Chen LS, Hsieh MC, Ahmed MN, Fontham ETH, Initial treatment patterns for clinically localized prostate cancer and factors associated with the treatment in Louisiana, J La Med Soc 157:188-194, 2005.

Edward BK, Brown ML, Wingo PA, Howe HL, Ward E, Ries LAG, Schrag D, Jamison PM, Jenal A, Wu XC, Frieman C, Harlan L, Warren J, Anderson RN, Pickle LW, Annual Report to the Nation on the Status of Cancer, 1975-2002, Featuring Population-Based Trends in Cancer Treatment, J Natl Cancer Inst 97(9):1407-27, 2005.

Wu XC, Hotes JL, Fulton JP, et al(eds), Cancer in North America, 1995-1999, North American Association of Central Cancer Registries Volume One Incidence, 2005.

Hotes JL, Wu XC, Mclaughlin C, et al (eds)., Cancer in North America, 1992-2002, Association of Central Cancer Registries Volume One: Incidence, 2005.

Jemal A, Ward E, Wu XC, Martin HJ, McLaughlin CC, Thun MJ, Geographic patterns of prostate cancer mortality and variations in access to medical care in the United States, Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 14:590-5, 2005.

McLaughlin CC, Wu XC, Jemal A, Martin HJ, Roche LM, Chen VW, Incidence of noncutaneous melanomas in the U.S., Cancer 103:1000-7, 2005.

Wu XC, Groves FD, McLaughlin CC, Jemal A, Martin HJ, Chen VW, Cancer incidence patterns among adolescents and young adults in selected U.S. areas, Cancer Causes & Control 16(3), 2005.

Adelman AS, McLaughlin, Wu XC, Chen VW, Goves FD, Urbanization and incidence of acute lymphocytic leukemia among United States children ages 0-4, Br J Cancer 92:2084-2088, 2005.

Wu XC, Cokkinides V, Chen WV, Nadel M, Ren Y, Martin J, Ellison GL, Association of Subsite-specific Colorectal Cancer Incidence Rates and Stage at Diagnosis with County Poverty Levels, by Race and Sex, 1998–2001, Cancer 107 (5 suppl):1121-7. September 1, 2006.

Mather F, Chen VW, Morgan LH, Correa CN, Shaffer JG, Srivastav SK, Rice JC, Blount G, Swalm CM, Wu XC, Scribner RA, Hierarchical modeling and other spatial analysis in prostate cancer incidence data, Am J Prev Med 30 (2S):S88-S100, February, 2006.

Howe HL, Wu XC, Edwards BK, Ahmed F, Jemal A, Cokkinides V, Ries AG, Williams M, Ward E, Wingo PA, Miller B, Ramirez A, Annual Report to the Nation on the Status of Cancer, 1975-2003, Featuring Cancer among U.S. Hispanic/Latino Populations, Cancer 2006;107:1711-42. Oct 15, 2006.

Wu XC, Chen VW, Ruiz B, Andrews PA, Su JL, Correa P, Incidence of esophageal and gastric cancers among American Asians/Pacific Islanders, Whites, and Blacks, Subsites and Histology Difference, Cancer 106:683-92, Feb 1, 2006.

Ahmed F, Goodman MT, Kosary C, Ruiz B, Wu XC, Chen VW, Correa CN, Excess risk of subsequent primary cancers among colorectal carcinoma survivors, 1975-2001, Cancer 107 (5 suppl): 1162-71. September 1, 2006.

Joseph D, Wingo P, King J, Pollack L, Richardson L, Chen VW, Wu XC, Rogers D, Cook J, Use of State Cancer Surveillance Data to Estimate the Cancer Burden in Disaster-Affected Areas: Hurricane Katrina, 2005, Prehospital and Disaster Medicine 2007; 22(4):282-90. Jul-Aug, 2007.

Wu XC, Chen VW, Andrews PA, Ruiz B, Correa P, ncidence of esophageal and gastric cancers among Hispanics, non-Hispanic whites, and non-Hispanic blacks in the United States: subsite and histology differences, Cancer Causes Control 2007;18:585-593, August, 2007.

Espey DK, Wu XC, Swan J, Wiggins C, Jim M, Ward E, Wingo PA, Howe HL, Ries LAG, Miller BA, Jemal A, Ahmed F, Cobb N, Kaur JS, Edwards BK, Annual Report to the Nation on the Status of Cancer, 1975-2004, Featuring Cancer in American Indians and Alaska Natives, 2007;110(10):2119-52. Nov, 2007.

Wu XC, Matanoski G, Chen VW, Saraiya M, Coughlin C, King J, Tao XG, Descriptive epidemiology of vaginal cancer incidence and survival by race, ethnicity, and age in the United States, Cancer 2008;223(10 suppl): 2873-82. Nov., 2008.

Jemal A, Thun MJ, Ries, LAG, Howe H, Weir HK, Center MM, Ward, E, Wu, XC, Eheman C, Anderson R, Ajani UA, Kohler B, Edwards, BK, Annual report to the nation on the status of cancer, 1975-2005, featuring trends in lung cancer, tobacco use, and tobacco control, J Natl Cancer Inst 2008; 100:1-23. Nov, 2008.

Wu XC, Richardson LC, Kahn AR, Fulton JP, Cress RD, Shen TF, Wolf HJ, Bolick-Aldrich S, Chen VW, Survival Difference between Non-Hispanic Black and Non-Hispanic White Women with Localized Breast Cancer: The Impact of Guideline-Concordant Therapy in the U.S., J Natl Med Assoc 2008;100(5):490-498, May, 2008.

Joseph DA, Miller JW, Wu XC, Chen VW, Morris CR, Goodman MT, Villalon-Gomez JM, Williams MA, Cress RD, Understanding the burden of HPV-associated anal cancers in the United States, Cancer 2008;223 (10 suppl): 2892-900. Nov, 2008.

Saraiya M, Watson M, Wu XC, King J, Chen, VW, Smith JS, Giuliano AR, Incidence of in situ and invasive vulvar cancer in the United States, 1998–2003, Cancer 2008;223 (10 suppl): 2865-72. Nov, 2008.

Ryerson AB, Peters ES, Coughlin SS, Chen VW, Gillison ML,Reichman ME, Wu XC, Chaturvedi AK, Kawaoka K, Burden of Potentially HPV-Associated Cancers of the Oropharynx and Oral Cavity in the United States, 1998–2003, Cancer 2008;223 (10 suppl): 2901-9. Nov, 2008.

Cress RD, Sabatino SA, Wu XC, et al, Adjuvant Chemotherapy for Patients with Stage III Colon Cancer: Results from a CDC-NPCR Patterns of Care Study, Clinical Medicine: Oncology 2009;3:107-119. Nov, 2009.

Wu XC, Andrews PA, Chen VW, Goves FD, Incidence of Extranodal Non-Hodgkin lymphomas among Whites, Blacks, and Asians/Pacific Islanders in the United States: Anatomic Site and Histology Differences, Cancer Epidemiol 2009;33:337-346. Nov, 2009.

Watson M, Saraiya M, and Wu XC, Update of HPV-Associated Female genital Cancers in the United States, 1999-2004, J of Women’s Health 18:1731-38, 2009.

Reichman ME, Altekruse E, Li CI, Chen VW, Deapen D, Potts M, Wu XC, Morrell D, Hafterson J, Phipps AI, Harlan LC, Ries LAG, and Edwards BK, Feasibility Study for Collection of HER2 Data by National Cancer Institute (NCI) Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) Program Central Cancer Registries, Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 19:144-147, 2010.