Dr. Christopher D Lao MD
Oncologist | Medical Oncology
1500 East Medical Center Dr B1 Floor Cancer Recp Ann Arbor MI, 48109Rating
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Dr. Christopher Lao received his medical degree from Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York and completed internal medicine residency training at the University of Alabama-Birmingham. Dr. Lao also ...
Education and Training
Mt Sinai Sch of Med of The City Univ of Ny, New York Ny 1998
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai 1998
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM- Medical Oncology
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Targeting events in melanoma carcinogenesis for the prevention of melanoma.
- V559A and N822I double KIT mutant melanoma with predictable response to imatinib?
- Effects of contiguous scars in dermatoscopic evaluation of clinically atypical melanocytic nevi.
- Phase II trial of sorafenib in combination with carboplatin and paclitaxel in patients with metastatic uveal melanoma: SWOG S0512.
- Ipilimumab and radiation therapy for melanoma brain metastases.
- Concurrent whole brain radiotherapy and RRx-001 for melanoma brain metastases.
- Whole Brain Radiotherapy and RRx-001: Two Partial Responses in Radioresistant Melanoma Brain Metastases from a Phase I/II Clinical Trial: A TITE-CRM Phase I/II Clinical Trial.
- Management of Adverse Events Following Treatment With Anti-Programmed Death-1 Agents.
- Metastatic Merkel cell carcinoma response to nivolumab.
- Erratum to: Metastatic Merkel cell carcinoma response to nivolumab.
- Overall Survival in Patients With Advanced Melanoma Who Received Nivolumab Versus Investigator's Choice Chemotherapy in CheckMate 037: A Randomized, Controlled, Open-Label Phase III Trial.
- Efficacy and Safety Outcomes in Patients With Advanced Melanoma Who Discontinued Treatment With Nivolumab and Ipilimumab Because of Adverse Events: A Pooled Analysis of Randomized Phase II and III Trials.
Clinical Trials
Treatments
- Melanoma
- Skin Cancer
Fellowships
- Hematology/Medical Oncology, University of Michigan Health System 2004
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