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Che-Kai Tsao

  • ASSISTANT PROFESSOR Medicine, Hematology and Medical Oncology
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Specialty

Certifications

  • Hematology

  • Medical Oncology

  • American Board of Internal Medicine

Education

  • MD, SUNY Downstate Medical Center

  • Residency, Internal Medicine
    Long Island Jewish Medical Center

  • Fellowship, Hematology/Oncology
    Mount Sinai Hospital

Biography

    Che-Kai Tsao, MD is an Assistant Professor of Medicine, Hematology and Medical Oncology at the Tisch Cancer Institute, Mount Sinai Medical Center.

    Dr. Tsao's primary research interest is the development of novel therapies in the treatment of genitourinary cancers, including prostate, bladder, and kidney malignancies.

Awards

  • 2012 -
    Physician of the Year, Fellow Award
    Mount Sinai Hospital

  • 2012 -
    Merit Award
    American Society of Clinical Oncology

  • 2012 -
    GU Cancers Merit Award
    American Society of Clinical Oncology

  • 2011 -
    Oncology Trainee Travel Award
    American Society of Clinical Oncology

  • 2011 -
    Workshop on Methods in Clinical Cancer Research
    ASCO/AACR

Research

Genitourinary Cancers

Prostate Cancer, Kidney Cancer, Bladder Cancer, Testicular Cancer, and Adrenal Cancer.

Publications

Tsao CK, Galsky MD, Oh WK. Is Metastatic Prostate Cancer Changing, and How Will We Know It? It's Time for Standard Nomenclature for Nonosseous Metastases in Clinical Trials of Patients with Metastatic Castration Resistant Prostate Cancer. European urology 2014 Jan;.

Seng S, Liu Z, Chiu SK, Proverbs-Singh T, Sonpavde G, Choueiri TK, Tsao CK, Yu M, Hahn NM, Oh WK, Galsky MD. Risk of venous thromboembolism in patients with cancer treated with Cisplatin: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Journal of clinical oncology : official journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology 2012 Dec; 30(35).

Proverbs-Singh T, Chiu SK, Liu Z, Seng S, Sonpavde G, Choueiri TK, Tsao CK, Yu M, Hahn NM, Oh WK, Galsky MD. Arterial thromboembolism in cancer patients treated with cisplatin: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Journal of the National Cancer Institute 2012 Dec; 104(23).

Tsao CK, Oh WK. Urological cancer: Enzalutamide in metastatic CRPC-old dog, new tricks. Nature reviews. Clinical oncology 2012 Nov; 9(11).

Small AC, Tsao CK, Moshier EL, Gartrell BA, Wisnivesky JP, Godbold JH, Smith CB, Sonpavde G, Oh WK, Galsky MD. Prevalence and characteristics of patients with metastatic cancer who receive no anticancer therapy. Cancer 2012 Jun;.

Tsao CK, Small AC, Galsky MD, Oh WK. Overcoming castration resistance in prostate cancer. Current opinion in urology 2012 May; 22(3).

Tsao C, Galsky MD, Small AC, Yee T, Oh WK. Targeting the Androgen Receptor Signaling Axis in Castration Resistant Prostate Cancer. British Journal of Urology-International;.

Tsao CK, Moshier E, Seng SM, Godbold J, Grossman S, Winston J, Oh WK, Galsky MD. Impact of the CKD-EPI equation for estimating renal function on eligibility for cisplatin-based chemotherapy in patients with urothelial cancer. Clinical genitourinary cancer 2012 Mar; 10(1).

Tsao CK, Oh WK. Selective cell death mediated by small conditional RNAs: a novel therapeutic approach to cancer therapy. Asian journal of andrology 2011 Mar; 13(2).

Industry Relationships

Physicians and scientists on the faculty of the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai often interact with pharmaceutical, device and biotechnology companies to improve patient care, develop new therapies and achieve scientific breakthroughs. In order to promote an ethical and transparent environment for conducting research, providing clinical care and teaching, Mount Sinai requires that salaried faculty inform the School of their relationships with such companies.

Below are financial relationships with industry reported by Dr. Tsao during 2014 and/or 2015. Please note that this information may differ from information posted on corporate sites due to timing or classification differences.

Scientific Advisory Board:

  • Amgen Inc.

Mount Sinai's faculty policies relating to faculty collaboration with industry are posted on our website at http://icahn.mssm.edu/about-us/services-and-resources/faculty-resources/handbooks-and-policies/faculty-handbook. Patients may wish to ask their physician about the activities they perform for companies.

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