Randa Tao

Randa Tao, MD

Languages spoken: English

Academic Information

Departments Adjunct - Radiation Oncology

Education History

Undergraduate University of Michigan
 BS
Professional Medical Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
 MD
Research Fellow Howard Hughes Medical Institute-National Institutes of Health
 Research Fellow
Internship University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston and M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
 Intern
Residency University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
 Resident

Selected Publications

Journal Article

  1. Torgeson A, Lloyd S, Boothe D, Tao R, Whisenant J, Garrido-Laguna I, Cannon (2017). Multi-agent Induction Chemotherapy Followed by Chemoradiation is Associated with Improved Survival in Locally Advanced Pancreatic Cancer. Cancer, 123(19), 3816-3824.
  2. Yamashita S, Koay EJ, Passot G, Raghav KP, Conrad C, Chun YS, Aloia TA, Tao R, Kaseb A, Javle M, Crane CH, Vauthey (2016). Local Therapy Reduces the Risk of Liver Failure and Improves Survival in Patients with Intrahepatic Cholangiocarcinoma: a Comprehensive Analysis of 362 Consecutive Patients. Cancer, 123(8), 1354-1362.
  3. Tao R, Ma D, Takiar V, Frank SJ, Fuller CD, Gunn GB, Beadle BM, Morrison WH, Rosenthal DI, Edson MA, Esmaeli B, Kupferman ME, Hanna EY, Garden AS, Phan (2016). Orbital carcinomas treated with adjuvant intensity-modulated radiation therapy. Head & neck, 38 Suppl 1, E580-7. (Read full article)
  4. Edson MA, Garden AS, Takiar V, Glisson BS, Fuller CD, Gunn GB, Beadle BM, Morrison WH, Frank SJ, Shah SJ, Tao R, William WN, Weber RS, Rosenthal DI, Phan (2016). Outcomes for hypopharyngeal carcinoma treated with organ-preservation therapy. Head & neck, 38 Suppl 1, E2091-9. (Read full article)
  5. Tao R, Allen PK, Rodriguez A, Shihadeh F, Pinnix CC, Arzu I, Reed VK, Oki Y, Westin JR, Fayad LE, Medeiros LJ, Dabaja (2015). Benefit of consolidative radiation therapy for primary bone diffuse large B-cell lymphoma. International journal of radiation oncology, biology, physics, 92(1), 122-9. (Read full article)
  6. Bishop AJ, Tao R, Rebueno NC, Christensen EN, Allen PK, Wang XA, Amini B, Tannir NM, Tatsui CE, Rhines LD, Li J, Chang EL, Brown PD, Ghia A (2015). Outcomes for Spine Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy and an Analysis of Predictors of Local Recurrence. International journal of radiation oncology, biology, physics, 92(5), 1016-26. (Read full article)
  7. Tao R, Bishop AJ, Brownlee Z, Allen PK, Settle SH, Chang EL, Wang X, Amini B, Tannir N, Tatsui C, Rhines LD, Brown PD, Ghia A (2016). Stereotactic radiation therapy for spinal metastases in the postoperative setting: a secondary analysis of mature phase I-II trials. International journal of radiation oncology, biology, physics, 95(5), 1405-13.
  8. Cardenas CE,* Mohamed A,* Tao R,* Wong AJ, Awan MJ, Kuruvila S, Aristophanous M, Gunn GB, Phan J, Beadle BM, Frank SJ, Garden AS, Morrison WH, Fuller CD, Rosenthal DI *Co-first author (2016). Prospective Qualitative and Quantitative Analysis of Real-time Peer Review Quality Assurance Rounds Incorporating Direct Physical Examination for Head and Neck Cancer Radiation Therapy. International journal of radiation oncology, biology, physics, 98(3), 532-540.
  9. Kraus R, Tao (2021). To Radiate, or Not to Radiate? Implications of PET Biomarkers in Primary Mediastinal B-cell Lymphoma. International journal of radiation oncology, biology, physics, 111(3), 594.
  10. Tao R, Krishnan S, Bhosale PR, Javle MM, Aloia TA, Shroff RT, Kaseb AO, Bishop AJ, Swanick CW, Koay EJ, Thames HD, Hong TS, Das P, Crane C (2016). Ablative Radiotherapy Doses Lead to a Substantial Prolongation of Survival in Patients With Inoperable Intrahepatic Cholangiocarcinoma: A Retrospective Dose Response Analysis. Journal of clinical oncology, 34(3), 219-26. (Read full article)
  11. Sarkar V, Szegedi M, Paxton A, Nelson G, Rassiah-Szegedi P, Reddy C, Tao R, Hitchcock Y, Kokeny K, Salter (2020). Preliminary clinical experience with Calypso anchored beacons for tumor tracking in lung SBRT. Medical physics,
  12. Walker GV, Awan M, Tao R, Koay EJ, Boehling NS, Grant JD, Sittig DF, Gunn GB, Garden AS, Phan J, Morrison WH, Rosenthal DI, Mohamed AS, Fuller C (2014). Prospective randomized double-blind study of atlas-based organ-at-risk autosegmentation-assisted radiation planning in head and neck cancer. Radiotherapy and oncology, 112(3), 321-5. (Read full article)
  13. Bishop AJ, Gupta S, Cunningham MG, Tao R, Berner PA, Korpela SG, Ibbott GS, Lawyer AA, Crane C (2015). Interstitial Brachytherapy for the Treatment of Locally Recurrent Anorectal Cancer. Annals of surgical oncology, 22 Suppl 3, S596-602. (Read full article)
  14. Rosenberg NA, Tao (2008). Discordance of species trees with their most likely gene trees: the case of five taxa. Systematic biology, 57(1), 131-40. (Read full article)
  15. Tao R, Coleman MC, Pennington JD, Ozden O, Park SH, Jiang H, Kim HS, Flynn CR, Hill S, Hayes McDonald W, Olivier AK, Spitz DR, Gius (2010). Sirt3-mediated deacetylation of evolutionarily conserved lysine 122 regulates MnSOD activity in response to stress. Molecular cell, 40(6), 893-904. (Read full article)
  16. Laggis CW, Lamb A, Secrest A, Ufkes N, Halwani A, Tao R, Gaffney D, Miles RR, Florell SR, Wada (2020). Favorable outcomes in folliculotropic mycosis fungoides after multimodality treatment in a single-institution. Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology,
  17. Tao R, Leclerc J, Yildiz K, Park SH, Jung B, Gius D, Ozden (2015). Changes in gene expression in SIRT3 knockout liver cells. Turkish journal of biology = Turk biyoloji dergisi, 39(3), 380-7.
  18. Bishop AJ, Tao R, Guadagnolo BA, Allen PK, Rebueno NC, Wang XA, Amini B, Tatsui CE, Rhines LD, Li J, Chang EL, Brown PD, Ghia J (2017). Spine Stereotactic Radiosurgery for Metastatic Soft Tissue Sarcoma: Patterns of Failure and Radiation Treatment Volume Considerations. Journal of neurosurgery. Spine, 27(3), 303-311.
  19. Hoppe RT, Advani RH, Ai WZ, Ambinder RF, Aoun P, Armand P, Bello CM, Benitez CM, Bierman PJ, Chen R, Dabaja B, Dean R, Forero A, Gordon LI, Hernandez-Ilizaliturri FJ, Hochberg EP, Huang J, Johnston PB, Kaminski MS, Kenkre VP, Khan N, Maddocks K, Maloney DG, Metzger M, Moore JO, Morgan D, Moskowitz CH, Mulroney C, Rabinovitch R, Seropian S, Tao R, Winter JN, Yahalom J, Burns JL, Ogba (2018). NCCN Guidelines Insights: Hodgkin Lymphoma, Version 1.2018. Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network, 16(3), 245-254.
  20. Tao R, Lloyd S, Burt L, Whisenant J, Garrido-Laguna I, Das (2017). Pelvic Reirradiation for the Treatment of Locally Recurrent Rectal Cancer. Current colorectal cancer reports, 13, 175-182.
  21. Tao R, Ager B, Lloyd S, Torgeson A, Denney M, Gaffney D, Kharofa J, Lin SH, Koong AC, Anzai Y, Hoffman J (2018). Hypoxia Imaging in Upper Gastrointestinal Tumors and Application to Radiation Therapy. Journal of gastrointestinal oncology, 9(6), 1044-1058.
  22. Coffman A, Tao R, Cohan J, Huang L, Pickron B, Torgeson A, Lloyd (2021). Factors Associated with the Refusal of Surgery and the Associated Impact on Survival in Patients with Rectal Cancer using the National Cancer Database. Journal of gastrointestinal oncology, 12(4), 1482-1497.
  23. Swanick CW, Allen PK, Tao R, Olanrewaju AM, Sutton JR, Lin SH, Welsh J, Das P, Chang JY, Crane CH, Gomez (2016). Incidence and Predictors of Chest Wall Toxicity after High-Dose Radiation Therapy in 15 Fractions. Practical radiation oncology, S1879-8500(16),
  24. Kokeny KE, Francis S, Tao R, Hitchcock Y (2018). Adjuvant therapy for resected pN2 non-small cell lung cancer: sequence is not all that matters. Journal of thoracic disease, 10(17), S2097-S2099.
  25. Prayongrat A, Tao R, Allen PK, Guha N, Rao G, Zhao Z, Li J, Brown PD, McGovern S (2018). Outcomes of stereotactic radiosurgery of brain metastases from neuroendocrine tumors. Neuro-oncology practice, 009,
  26. Jensen G,* Tao R,* Eng C, Skibber JM, Rodriguez-Bigas M, Chang GJ, You YN, Bednarski BK, Minsky BD, Koay E, Taniguchi C, Krishnan S, Das P *Co-first author (2018). Treatment of primary rectal adenocarcinoma after prior pelvic radiation: the role of hyperfrationated accelerated reirradiation. Advances in radiation oncology, 3(4), 595-600.
  27. Odell DW, Albrechtsen RD, Sindt JE, Gole R, Brown S, Parsons MW, Paxton AB, Sarkar V, Lloyd S, Brogan SE, Tao (2021). The Effect of Measured Radiotherapy Dose on Intrathecal Drug Delivery System Function. Neuromodulation, 24(7), 1204-1208. (Read full article)
  28. Parsons M, Lloyd S, Johnson S, Scaife C, Varghese T, Glasgow R, Garrido-Laguna I, Tao (2021). Refusal of Local Therapy in Esophageal Cancer and Impact on Overall Survival. Annals of surgical oncology, 28(2), 663-675. (Read full article)
  29. Parsons M, Tao (2020). ASO Author Reflections: The Impact of Local Therapy on Non-metastatic Esophageal Cancer. Annals of surgical oncology, 27(Suppl 3), 818-819. (Read full article)
  30. Hendrickson PG, Luo Y, Kohlmann W, Schiffman J, Maese L, Bishop AJ, Lloyd S, Kokeny KE, Hitchcock YJ, Poppe MM, Gaffney DK, Tao (2020). Radiation therapy and secondary malignancy in Li-Fraumeni syndrome: A hereditary cancer registry study. Cancer medicine, 9(21), 7954-7963. (Read full article)
  31. Sarkar V, Szegedi M, Paxton A, Nelson G, Rassiah-Szegedi P, Reddy CB, Tao R, Hitchcock YJ, Kokeny KE, Salter B (2020). Preliminary clinical experience with Calypso anchored beacons for tumor tracking in lung SBRT. Medical physics, 47(9), 4407-4415. (Read full article)
  32. Wells SM, Boothe D, Ager BJ, Tao R, Gilcrease GW 3rd, Lloyd (2020). Analysis of Nonsurgical Treatment Options for Metastatic Rectal Cancer. Clinical colorectal cancer, 19(2), 91-99.e1. (Read full article)
  33. Torgeson A, Lloyd S, Boothe D, Cannon G, Garrido-Laguna I, Whisenant J, Lewis M, Kim R, Scaife C, Tao (2017). Chemoradiation Therapy for Unresected Extrahepatic Cholangiocarcinoma: A Propensity Score-Matched Analysis. Annals of surgical oncology, 24(13), 4001-4008. (Read full article)
  34. Torgeson A, Garrido-Laguna I, Tao R, Cannon GM, Scaife CL, Lloyd (2018). Value of surgical resection and timing of therapy in patients with pancreatic cancer at high risk for positive margins. ESMO open, 3(1), e000282. (Read full article)
  35. Francis S, Orton A, Stoddard G, Tao R, Hitchcock YJ, Akerley W, Kokeny K (2018). Sequencing of Postoperative Radiotherapy and Chemotherapy for Locally Advanced or Incompletely Resected Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer. Journal of clinical oncology, 36(4), 333-341. (Read full article)
  36. Sarkar V, Lloyd S, Paxton A, Huang L, Su FC, Tao R, Tward J, Zhao H, Salter (2018). Daily breathing inconsistency in pancreas SBRT: a 4DCT study. Journal of gastrointestinal oncology, 9(6), 989-995. (Read full article)
  37. Nevala-Plagemann C, Francis S, Cavalieri C, Tao R, Whisenant J, Glasgow R, Scaife C, Lloyd S, Garrido-Laguna (2018). Benefit of adjuvant chemotherapy based on lymph node involvement for oesophageal cancer following trimodality therapy. ESMO open, 3(5), e000386. (Read full article)
  38. Lloyd S, Baraghoshi D, Tao R, Garrido-Laguna I, Gilcrease GW 3rd, Whisenant J, Weis JR, Scaife C, Pickron TB, Huang LC, Monroe MM, Abdelaziz S, Fraser AM, Smith KR, Deshmukh V, Newman M, Rowe KG, Snyder J, Samadder NJ, Hashibe (2019). Mental Health Disorders are More Common in Colorectal Cancer Survivors and Associated With Decreased Overall Survival. American journal of clinical oncology, 42(4), 355-362. (Read full article)
  39. Ager BJ, Wells SM, Gruhl JD, Stoddard GJ, Tao R, Kokeny KE, Hitchcock Y (2019). Stereotactic body radiotherapy versus percutaneous local tumor ablation for early-stage non-small cell lung cancer. Lung cancer (Amsterdam, Netherlands), 138, 6-12. (Read full article)
  40. Hashibe M, Wei M, Lee C, Tao R, Koric A, Wang J, Daud A, Tay D, Shen J, Lee Y, Chang C (2023). Incident Cardiovascular Disease Risk Among Older Asian, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander Breast Cancer Survivors . Cancer epidemiology, biomarkers & prevention,
  41. Wu T, Smith CP, Li JS, Burton J, Jackson NJ, Tao R, Ludmir EB, Raldow A (2023). A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Pathologic Complete Response Rates for Patients with Cholangiocarcinoma treated on Liver Transplant Protocols. Journal of surgical oncology,
  42. Ermann D, Vardell V, Shah H, Fitzgerald L, Tao R, Gaffney D, Stephens D, Hu (2023). Survival Outcomes of Limited-Stage Diffuse Large B-cell Lymphoma Treated with Radiation Therapy. Clinical lymphoma, myeloma & leukemia,
  43. Parsons MW, Rock C, Chipman JJ, Shah HR, Hu B, Stephens DM, Tao R, Tward JD, Gaffney D (2023). Secondary malignancies in non-Hodgkin lymphoma survivors: 40¿years of follow-up assessed by treatment modality. Cancer medicine, 12(3), 2624-2636. (Read full article)
  44. Fenlon JB, Hutten RJ, Johnson SB, Hu B, Shah H, Stephens DM, Maity A, Gaffney DK, Tao (2023). Evaluating patterns of care for early-stage low-grade follicular lymphoma in the rituximab era. Leukemia & lymphoma, 64(2), 356-363. (Read full article)
  45. Weil CR, Parsons MJ, Hutten RJ, Lew FH, Johnson SB, Gaffney DK, Tao (2022). Patterns of care and outcomes of early stage I-II Hodgkin lymphoma treated with or without radiation therapy. Leukemia & lymphoma, 63(12), 2847-2857. (Read full article)
  46. Rock CB, Chipman JJ, Parsons MW, Weil CR, Hutten RJ, Tao R, Tward JD, Shah HR, Hu B, Stephens DM, Gaffney D (2022). Second Primary Malignancies in Diffuse Large B-cell Lymphoma Survivors with 40 Years of Follow Up: Influence of Chemotherapy and Radiation Therapy. Advances in radiation oncology, 7(6), 101035. (Read full article)
  47. Hutten RJ, Nelson G, Sarkar V, Johnson SB, Tao R, Hitchcock Y, Chan J, Schroeder J, Kokeny (2022). Feasibility and Clinical Utility of a Workflow Interfacing Radiation Oncology Lung Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy Treatment Planning and Diagnostic Radiology. Practical radiation oncology, 12(6), e512-e516. (Read full article)
  48. Tao R, Chen Y, Kim S, Ocier K, Lloyd S, Poppe MM, Lee CJ, Glenn MJ, Smith KR, Fraser A, Deshmukh V, Newman MG, Snyder J, Rowe KG, Gaffney DK, Haaland B, Hashibe (2022). Mental health disorders are more common in patients with Hodgkin lymphoma and may negatively impact overall survival. Cancer, 128(19), 3564-3572. (Read full article)
  49. Parsons MW, Wada DA, Halwani AS, Tao R, Gaffney D (2022). Improved overall survival over time in advanced stage mycosis fungoides: a cross-sectional study. Leukemia & lymphoma, 63(10), 2428-2435. (Read full article)
  50. Parsons M, Lloyd S, Johnson S, Scaife C, Soares H, Kim R, Kim R, Garrido-Laguna I, Tao (2022). The Implications of Treatment Delays in Adjuvant Therapy for Resected Cholangiocarcinoma Patients. Journal of gastrointestinal cancer, 54(2), 1-9. (Read full article)
  51. Hoppe RT, Advani RH, Ai WZ, Ambinder RF, Armand P, Bello CM, Benitez CM, Chen W, Dabaja B, Daly ME, Gordon LI, Hansen N, Herrera AF, Hochberg EP, Johnston PB, Kaminski MS, Kelsey CR, Kenkre VP, Khan N, Lynch RC, Maddocks K, McConathy J, Metzger M, Morgan D, Mulroney C, Pullarkat ST, Rabinovitch R, Rosenspire KC, Seropian S, Tao R, Torka P, Winter JN, Yahalom J, Yang JC, Burns JL, Campbell M, Sundar (2022). NCCN Guidelines® Insights: Hodgkin Lymphoma, Version 2.2022. Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network, 20(4), 322-334. (Read full article)
  52. Hu B, Patel JL, Tao R, Cannon RB, Monroe M, Goyal (2022). Near Complete Response to Trametinib Treatment in Histiocytic Sarcoma Harboring a Somatic KRAS Mutation. Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network, 20(6), 618-621. (Read full article)
  53. Wen P, Dayyani F, Tao R, Zhong (2022). Screening and verification of potential gene targets in esophageal carcinoma by bioinformatics analysis and immunohistochemistry. Annals of translational medicine, 10(2), 70. (Read full article)
  54. Bishop AJ, Livingston JA, Ning MS, Valdez ID, Wages CA, McAleer MF, Paulino AC, Grosshans DR, Woodhouse KD, Tao R, Roth ME, Gunn GB, McGovern S (2021). Young Adult Populations Face Yet Another Barrier to Care With Insurers: Limited Access to Proton Therapy. International journal of radiation oncology, biology, physics, 110(5), 1496-1504. (Read full article)
  55. De B, Ng SP, Liu AY, Avila S, Tao R, Holliday EB, Brownlee Z, Kaseb A, Lee S, Raghav K, Vauthey JN, Minsky BD, Herman JM, Das P, Smith GL, Taniguchi CM, Krishnan S, Crane CH, Grassberger C, Hong TS, Lin SH, Koong AC, Mohan R, Koay E (2021). Radiation-Associated Lymphopenia and Outcomes of Patients with Unresectable Hepatocellular Carcinoma Treated with Radiotherapy. Journal of hepatocellular carcinoma, 8, 57-69. (Read full article)
  56. Hoppe RT, Advani RH, Ai WZ, Ambinder RF, Armand P, Bello CM, Benitez CM, Bierman PJ, Boughan KM, Dabaja B, Gordon LI, Hernandez-Ilizaliturri FJ, Herrera AF, Hochberg EP, Huang J, Johnston PB, Kaminski MS, Kenkre VP, Khan N, Lynch RC, Maddocks K, McConathy J, McKinney M, Metzger M, Morgan D, Mulroney C, Rabinovitch R, Rosenspire KC, Seropian S, Tao R, Winter JN, Yahalom J, Burns JL, Ogba (2020). Hodgkin Lymphoma, Version 2.2020, NCCN Clinical Practice Guidelines in Oncology. Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network, 18(6), 755-781. (Read full article)
  57. Gruhl JD, Garrido-Laguna I, Francis SR, Affolter K, Tao R, Lloyd (2020). The impact of squamous cell carcinoma histology on outcomes in nonmetastatic pancreatic cancer. Cancer medicine, 9(5), 1703-1711. (Read full article)
  58. Baron MK, Osborn JD, Tao R, Lee C (2020). Haploidentical hematopoietic cell transplantation for mycosis fungoides/Sezary syndrome. Leukemia & lymphoma, 61(1), 231-233. (Read full article)
  59. Holliday EB, Tao R, Brownlee Z, Das P, Krishnan S, Taniguchi C, Minsky BD, Herman JM, Kaseb A, Raghav K, Conrad C, Vauthey JN, Aloia TA, Chun YS, Crane CH, Koay E (2017). Definitive radiation therapy for hepatocellular carcinoma with portal vein tumor thrombus. Clinical and translational radiation oncology, 4, 39-45. (Read full article)
  60. Tao R, Tsai CJ, Jensen G, Eng C, Kopetz S, Overman MJ, Skibber JM, Rodriguez-Bigas M, Chang GJ, You YN, Bednarski BK, Minsky BD, Delclos ME, Koay E, Krishnan S, Crane CH, Das (2017). Hyperfractionated accelerated reirradiation for rectal cancer: An analysis of outcomes and toxicity. Radiotherapy and oncology, 122(1), 146-151. (Read full article)
  61. Keltner SJ, Hallemeier C, Wang K, Tao R, Shah S, Heimbach J, Kharofa J (2023). Neoadjuvant Therapy Regimens for Hilar Cholangiocarcinoma Before Liver Transplant. American journal of clinical oncology, (Read full article)

Review

  1. Yang TJ, Tao R, Elkhuizen PH, van Vliet-Vroegindeweij C, Li G, Powell S (2013). Tumor bed delineation for external beam accelerated partial breast irradiation: a systematic review. Radiotherapy and oncology, 108(2), 181-9. (Read full article)
  2. Tao R, Vassilopoulos A, Parisiadou L, Yan Y, Gius (2014). Regulation of MnSOD enzymatic activity by Sirt3 connects the mitochondrial acetylome signaling networks to aging and carcinogenesis. Antioxidants & redox signaling, 20(10), 1646-54. (Read full article)
  3. Torgeson A, Tao R, Garrido-Laguna I, Willen B, Dursteler A, Lloyd (2018). Large database utilization in health outcomes research in pancreatic cancer: an update. Journal of gastrointestinal oncology, 9(6), 996-1004. (Read full article)

Book Chapter

  1. Tao (2014). Orbital and Intraocular Primary Eye Lymphomas.
  2. Tao (2014). Ewing Sarcoma.
  3. Tao (2014). Thyroid Ophthalmopathy.
  4. Tao (2014). Orbital Pseudotumor.
  5. Tao R, Yang TJ, Rhines LD, Brown PB, Settle S (2013). Postoperative Spine Radiosurgery.