Medical School Baylor College of Medicine Graduated: 1995
Procedures:
Chemotherapy
Conditions:
Gastric Cancer Malignant Neoplasm of Esophagus Pancreatic Cancer Rectal, Abdomen, Small Intestines, or Colon Cancer
Description:
Dr. Yao graduated from the Baylor College of Medicine in 1995. He works in Houston, TX and specializes in Medical Oncology. Dr. Yao is affiliated with Memorial Hermann Texas Medical Center and University Of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center.
Patients taking sunitinib survived disease-free for a median of 11.4 months, compared with 5.5 months for those on placebo, according to Eric Raymond, MD, PhD, of Hopital Beaujon in Clichy, France, and colleagues, while those on everolimus had a median progression-free survival of 11 months compared with 4.6 months for placebo patients, according to James Yao, MD, of MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston (P
Date: Feb 09, 2011
Category: Health
Source: Google
2 Experimental Drugs Show Promise for Rare Pancreatic Cancer
SOURCES: James Yao, M.D., associate professor and deputy chair, gastrointestinal medical oncology, University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston; Bhoomi Mehrotra, M.D., section head, medical oncology and stem cell transplantation program, North Shore-Long Island Jewish Medical Center, New Hyde Park, N.Y.; Feb. 10, 2011, New England Journal of Medicine
Date: Feb 09, 2011
Category: Health
Source: Google
2 Experimental Drugs Show Promise for Rare Pancreatic Cancer
"I had a pretty good feeling about the study," said Dr. James Yao, lead author of the everolimus research and deputy chair of gastrointestinal medical oncology at the University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center. "This is certainly what we were hoping for. I think the magnitude of the treatment difference was very good to us."