Anne S. Tsao, MD
Department of Thoracic Head and Neck Medical Oncology, Division of Cancer Medicine
Present Title & Affiliation
Primary Appointment
Professor, Department of Thoracic/Head and Neck Medical Oncology, Division of Cancer Medicine, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
Education & Training
Degree-Granting Education
| 1998 | University of Chicago, Pritzker School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, USA, MD, Medicine |
| 1994 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA, BS, Molecular Biology |
Postgraduate Training
| 2001-2004 | Fellowship, Medical Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX |
| 1998-2001 | Internal Medicine, Internal Medicine, Indiana University Department of Internal Medicine, Indianapolis, IN |
Board Certifications
| 2014 | American Board of Internal Medicine - Board Certified for Medical Oncology Specialty |
| 2004 | American Board of Internal Medicine - Board Certified for Medical Oncology Specialty |
Experience & Service
Academic Appointments
Associate Professor, Department of Thoracic/Head and Neck Medical Oncology, Division of Cancer Medicine, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, 2010 - 2016
Selected Publications
Peer-Reviewed Articles
- Kim ES, Herbst RS, Wistuba II, Lee JJ, Blumenschein GR, Tsao A, Stewart DJ, Hicks ME, Erasmus J, Gupta S, Alden CM, Liu S, Tang X, Khuri FR, Tran HT, Johnson BE, Heymach JV, Mao L, Fossella F, Kies MS, Papadimitrakopoulou V, Davis SE, Lippman SM, Hong WK The Battle Trial: Personalizing Therapy for Lung Cancer Cancer Discov 1 (1) :44-53, 2011. PMID: 22586319
- Garland L, Flores R, Tsao A Individualizing mesothelioma treatment: small steps into a brighter future. Clin Lung Cancer 11 (6) :371-3, 2010. PMID: 21062727
- Tsao AS, Roth JA, Herbst RS Future directions in multimodality therapy for III A NSCLC: Intergroup Trial 0139. Nat Rev Clin Oncol 7 (1) :10-12, 2010. PMID: 20029443
- Dayyani F, Etzel C, Liu M, Ho Chung-Han, Lippman S, Tsao A Meta-anlysis of the impact of human papilomavirus (HPV) on cancer risk and overall survival in head and neck squamous cell carcinomas (HNSCC) Head and Neck Oncology 2 (15) , 2010
- Carbone DP, Salmon JS, Billheimer D, Chen H, Sandler A, Roder H, Roder J, Tsypin M, Herbst RS, Tsao AS, Tran HT, Dang TP VeriStrat classifier for survival and time to progression in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients treated with erlotinib and bevacizumab. Lung Cancer 69 (3) :337-40, 2010. PMID: 20036440
- Tsao AS, Liu D, Martin J, Tang XM, Lee JJ, El-Naggar AK, Wistuba I, Culotta KS, Mao L, Gillenwater A, Sagesaka YM, Hong WK, Papadimitrakopoulou V Phase II randomized, placebo-controlled trial of green tea extract in patients with high-risk oral premalignant lesions Cancer Prev Res (Phila) 2 (11) :931-941, 2009. PMID: 19892663
- Ivanova AV, Ivanov SV, Prudkin L, Nonaka D, Liu Z, Tsao A, Wistuba I, Roth J, Pass HI Mechanisms of FUS1/TUSC2 deficiency in mesothelioma and its tumorigenic transcriptional effects. Mol Cancer 8:91, 2009. e-Pub 2009. PMID: 19852844
- Tsao AS, He D, Saigal B, Liu S, Lee JJ, Bakkannagari S, Ordonez NG, Hong WK, Wistuba I, Johnson FM Inhibition of c-Src expression and activation in malignant pleural mesothelioma tissues leads to apoptosis, cell cycle arrest, and decreased migration and invasion Mol Cancer Ther 6 (7) :1962-1970, 2007. PMID: 17620427
- Thomas SK, Fossella FV, Liu D, Schaerer R, Tsao AS, Kies MS, Pisters KM, Blumenschein GR, Glisson BS, Lee JJ, Herbst RS, Zinner RG Asian ethnicity as a predictor of response in patients with non-small cell lung cancer treated with gefitinib on an expanded access program Clin Lung Cancer 7 (5) :326-331, 2006. PMID: 16640804
- Tsao AS, Tang XM, Sabloff B, Xiao L, Shigematsu H, Roth J, Spitz M, Hong WK, Gazdar A, Wistuba I Clinical-Pathological Characteristics of the EGFR Gene Mutation in Non-small Cell Lung Cancer J Thorac Oncol 1 (3) :231-239, 2006. PMID: 17409862
- Karp DD, Tsao AS, Kim ES Nonsmall-cell lung cancer: chemoprevention studies. Semin Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 15 (4) :405-20, 2003. PMID: 14710383
- Tsao AS, Wistuba I, Roth JA, Kindler HL Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma J Clin Oncol 27 (12) :2081-90. PMID: 19255316
- McAleer MF, Tsao AS, Liao Z Radiotherapy in malignant pleural mesothelioma Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 75 (2) :326-37. PMID: 19735859