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Yin Cao

Researcher at Washington University in St. Louis

Publications -  236
Citations -  8292

Yin Cao is an academic researcher from Washington University in St. Louis. The author has contributed to research in topics: Medicine & Internal medicine. The author has an hindex of 35, co-authored 141 publications receiving 5171 citations. Previous affiliations of Yin Cao include Harvard University & Columbia University.

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Body mass index, prostate cancer-specific mortality, and biochemical recurrence: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

TL;DR: A random-effects meta-analysis used to assess the relative risks of prostate cancer-specific mortality and biochemical recurrence associated with a 5 kg/m2 increase in BMI found Elevated BMI is associated with risk of prostate Cancer–specific mortality in prospective cohort studies and biochemicalRecurrence in prostate cancer patients.
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Aspirin and colorectal cancer: the promise of precision chemoprevention

TL;DR: Given the known hazards of long-term aspirin use, larger-scale adoption of an aspirin chemoprevention strategy is likely to require improved identification of individuals for whom the protective benefits outweigh the harms, and a precision medicine approach may emerge through further clarification of aspirin's mechanism of action.
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Trends in Sedentary Behavior Among the US Population, 2001-2016

TL;DR: A serial, cross-sectional analysis of the US nationally representative data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) among children aged 5 through 11 years, adolescents, 12 through 19 years, and adults, 20 years or older from 2001 through 2016 to evaluate patterns and temporal trends in sedentary behaviors and sociodemographic and lifestyle correlates in the US population.