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Song Yao

Associate Professor
Department of Cancer Prevention and Control
Roswell Park Cancer Institute
United States of America

Professor Oncology
Biography

Dr. Song Yao received his PhD in molecular epidemiology from RPCI in 2009, and continued his cancer research work at RPCI as a postdoctoral fellow afterwards. In 2012, he was appointed to a faculty position as an Assistant Member in the Department of Cancer Prevention and Control, and in 2014, promoted to Associate Member. Dr. Yao’s research interests are using epidemiological tools to understand molecular and genetic mechanisms of cancer etiology, progression, health disparities, prognosis, and treatment prediction, and discovering and developing cancer biomarkers with potential clinical utility.

Research Intrest

molecular and genetic factors related to cancer occurrence, progression, prognosis, response to treatment, as well as health disparities.

List of Publications
Yao S , Hayes DF , Hortobagyi GN , Abeloff M , Osborne CK, et al. (2010) Gene polymorphisms in cyclophosphamide metabolism pathway,treatment-related toxicity, and disease-free survival in SWOG 8897 clinical trial for breast cancer.Clinical cancer research 16: 6169-6176
Yao S , Hayes DF , Hortobagyi GN , Abeloff MD , Kent Osborne C , et al. (2010) Manganese superoxide dismutase polymorphism, treatment-related toxicity and disease-free survival in SWOG 8897 clinical trial for breast cancer. Breast cancer research and treatment 124: 433-439
Yao S, Smiley SL, West K, Lamonica D, Battiwalla M, et al. (2010) Accelerated bone mineral density loss occurs with similar incidence and severity, but with different risk factors, after autologous versus allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation. Biology of blood and marrow transplantation 16: 1130-1137
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