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Anlan Cao, PhD, MBBS

Anlan.Cao@kp.org

Cao, Anlan

Anlan Cao, PhD, MBBS, is a translational research postdoctoral fellow at the Kaiser Permanente Northern California Division of Research within the Cancer Section. Her main research interests include energy balance and cancer survivorship. Her current work focuses on developing new chemotherapy dosing strategy based on body composition using statistical modeling and electronic health records (EHR). Prior to joining the Division of Research, Dr. Cao received her doctorate in epidemiology from Yale University, and her medical degree in preventive medicine from Huazhong University of Science and Technology.

Current Positions

  • Translational Research Postdoctoral Fellow

Section Affiliations

Primary Research Interests

  • Body composition
  • Cancer survivorship
  • Clinical epidemiology
  • Electronic Health Record
  • Statistical modeling

Studies

Optimizing Cancer Chemotherapy Dosing Based on Lean Body Mass

The current chemotherapy dosing based on body surface area leads to high rates and variation of chemotoxicities. Evidence on lean body mass (LBM) and cancer prognosis indicates the potential for this new metric to be incorporated into chemotherapy dosing to minimize toxicity. The proposed project will build an evidence base for exploring the potential of optimizing chemotherapy dosage based on LBM by leveraging advanced statistical modeling techniques.

Investigator: Cao, Anlan

Funder: American Cancer Society

Publications

Integrating a Shareable Artificial Intelligence Model Into Clinical Research for Cancer Recurrence in Patients With Breast and Colorectal Cancer

Authors: Cao A;Johnson KL;Fumagalli IA;Armstrong ES;Chen WY;Giovannucci E;Kehl KL;Meyerhardt JA;Quesenberry C;Rosenthal MH;Cespedes Feliciano EM

JCO Clin Cancer Inform. 2025 Nov;9:e2500143. Epub 2025-11-03.

PubMed abstract

Association between thoracic adiposity and survival in non-metastatic breast cancer

Authors: Cao A;Fumagalli IA;Chen WY;Llanos AAM;Quesenberry CP;Caan BJ;Cespedes Feliciano EM

Breast Cancer Res. 2025 Oct 14;27(1):176. Epub 2025-10-14.

PubMed abstract

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