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Dr Yung Kao
MBBS, MRCP, FAMS, FRACP, FAANMS, Nuclear Medicine Physician
Languages spoken
English, Mandarin
Overview
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Dr Kao is a world-leading Nuclear Medicine Physician who is internationally renowned for his special expertise in predictive dosimetry for radiopharmaceutical therapy.
His pioneering work on personalised tomographic radiation prescription has been widely adopted around the world as standard-of-care, transforming radiopharmaceutical cancer therapy from a palliative treatment into one of today's curative modalities.
Dr Kao's extensive publications in peer-reviewed medical journals on the technical methods of radiopharmaceutical prescription have formed the scientific framework for modern Theranostics practice.
Dr Kao continues his cutting-edge clinical research to shape the future of personalised cancer therapy.
Publications
Kao, Y. H. (2025). Direct Correlation of Tumor Absorbed Dose with Overall Survival in Metastatic Castration-Resistant Prostate Cancer Treated with 177Lu Prostate-Specific Membrane Antigen. Journal of Nuclear Medicine Technology. doi: 10.2967/jnmt.125.269658.
Kao, Y. H., Falzone, N., Pearson, M., & Sivaratnam, D. (2024). First-Strike Rapid Predictive Dosimetry and Dose Response for 177Lu-PSMA Therapy in Metastatic Castration-Resistant Prostate Cancer. Journal of Nuclear Medicine Technology, 52(3), 212-218. doi: 10.2967/jnmt.123.267067.
Kao, Y. H., Tan, A. E. H., Burgmans, M. C., Irani, F. G., Khoo, L. S., Lo, R. H. G., ... & Goh, A. S. W. (2012). Image-guided personalized predictive dosimetry by artery-specific SPECT/CT partition modeling for safe and effective 90Y radioembolization. Journal of Nuclear Medicine, 53(4), 559-566. doi: 10.2967/jnumed.111.097469.
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