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Yin Cao

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Yin Cao

Associate Professor of Surgery, Associate Professor of Medicine

 https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9835-7662

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    20102026

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    Dr. Cao’s research group specializes in systems and translational cancer epidemiology with an overarching goal to develop precision-based cancer prevention/control strategies. Our current projects incorporate novel high-throughput technologies (genomics, microbiome, proteomics, accelerometers) into large-scale collaborative population-based/clinical studies to address provocative questions in gastrointestinal cancer prevention, including but not limited to the etiology of sporadic cancers among younger adults, the biological basis for cancer disparity, and the role of host-microbial interactions in carcinogenesis. 

    Available to Mentor:

    • Post-Baccalaureate Students
    • PhD Students
    • Health Professions (Medical, OT, PT, Dental, Audiology, etc.) Students
    • Postdocs
    • Residents and Fellows

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    • Accelerating discovery of cancer causes for prevention in the era of rising early-onset cancers

      Shi, M., Patti, G. J., Gunter, M. J., Govindan, R., Lansdorp-Vogelaar, I., Wang, T., Townsend, J. P., Colditz, G. A., Belkaid, Y. & Cao, Y., Apr 16 2026, In: Cell. 189, 8, p. 2232-2253 22 p.

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    • Alcohol consumption and molecular subtypes of colorectal cancer: pooled observational and Mendelian randomization analyses

      Chalitsios, C. V., Chan, W. C., Markozannes, G., Aglago, E. K., Berndt, S. I., Buchanan, D. D., Campbell, P. T., Cao, Y., Dimou, N., Drew, D. A., French, A. J., Gallinger, S., Georgeson, P., Giannakis, M., Gruber, S. B., Gunter, M. J., Harrison, T. A., Brenner, H., Hoffmeister, M. & Urruchúa-Rodríguez, M. J. & 27 others, Hsu, L., Huang, W. Y., Hullar, M. A. J., Huyghe, J. R., Jenkins, M. A., Jayasekara, H., Moreno, V., Newton, C. C., Nowak, J. A., Obón-Santacana, M., Ogino, S., Pellatt, A. J., Peoples, A., Qu, C., Schmit, S. L., Steinfelder, R. S., Sun, W., Thomas, C. E., Toland, A. E., Trinh, Q. M., Ugai, T., Um, C. Y., Van Guelpen, B., Zaidi, S. H., Peters, U., Phipps, A. I. & Tsilidis, K. K., Jun 2026, In: American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 123, 6, 101308.

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    • Approach Toward Early Detection and Prevention of Early-Onset Colorectal Cancer

      Fritz, C. D. L., George, M., Carethers, J. M. & Cao, Y., 2026, In: Annual review of medicine. 77, 1, p. 147-159 13 p.

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      8   Link opens in a new tab Scopus citations

    • Association of germline variants with KRAS-mutation status in colorectal cancer

      Tjader, N. P., Ramroop, J., Gandhi, T., Dauch, C., Meadows, O., Stevens, P., Pearlman, R., Hampel, H., Aglago, E. K., Berndt, S. I., Bloomer, A., Brenner, H., Buchanan, D. D., Campbell, P. T., Cao, Y., Chan, A. T., Cheng, I., Dimou, N., Drew, D. A. & French, A. J. & 36 others, Georgeson, P., Giannakis, M., Giles, G. G., Gomez, M., Gruber, S. B., Hoffmeister, M., Huang, W. Y., Hullar, M. A. J., Huyghe, J. R., Loroña, N., Moreno, V., Newton, C. C., Nowak, J. A., Obón-Santacana, M., Ogino, S., Pellatt, A., Peoples, A. R., Permuth, J. B., Schmit, S. L., Schoen, R. E., Siegel, E. M., Steinfelder, R. S., Sun, W., Teer, J. K., Thomas, C. E., Trinh, Q. M., Tsilidis, K., Ugai, T., Um, C. Y., Van Guelpen, B., Zaidi, S. H., Figueiredo, J., Peters, U., Phipps, A. I., McElroy, J. P. & Toland, A. E., Dec 2026, In: Scientific reports. 16, 1, 8839.

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    • Biological aging and generational shifts in early-onset cancer risk

      Tian, R., Zong, X., Ren, D., Tica, S., Hong, D., Oduyale, O., Buenrostro, J. D., Govindan, R. & Cao, Y., Aug 2026, In: Nature medicine. 32, 8, p. 2983-2990 8 p.

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