Chao Cao

🦶 Guidelines recommend clinicians provide lifestyle advice to #cancer survivors, but most aren’t getting any on weight, #diet or #exercise. Those who do have significantly higher odds of healthy living. 🗨️ “We need more effort,” @ChaoCCao @DanaFarber vist.ly/54v6c

Our new paper @JAMAOnc shows that only ~1/3 of US cancer survivors received advice on weight, sodium, or calorie/fat intake, and less than half received advice on exercise. Lifestyle is a missed opportunity in oncology. @DanaFarberZakim @DFCI_BreastOnc jamanetwork.com/journals/jamao…

Honored to write a commentary in @JAMANetworkOpen showing cancer mortality benefits of physical activity in survivors with less studied cancer types. The message is simple and clear: ⬆️ Be active⬇️ Sit less⬆️👣 Move more jamanetwork.com/journals/jaman… @DFCI_BreastOnc @DanaFarberZakim

Behavioral weight loss interventions gain the spotlight in the GLP-1 era. Honored to receive the #SABCS Coltman Scholar Award to present real-world weight loss trajectories from @fitbit scales in the BWEL trial, revealing distinct response patterns. @ALLIANCE_org

Our Komen-funded study led by @ChaoCCao shared new BWEL trial data: women in the weight-loss program lost ~6% of their weight by 40 wks & researchers found 3 clear patterns in how weight changed over time. A key step toward more personalized support after breast cancer. #SABCS25

@DanaFarber's Dr. Chao Cao (@ChaoCCao) presented new data on weight trajectories in the #BreastCancer Weight Loss (#BWEL) Trial in the #SABCS25 poster session on obesity and #GLP1 therapies.

Join Dr. Chao Cao (@ChaoCCao) as he presents in the Poster Spotlight Session 8 on "Weight Trajectories in the #BreastCancer Weight Loss (#BWEL) Trial" during the #SABCS25 session on weight and #GLP1 therapies. 🗓️ Thurs Dec. 11 ⏰ 7:00 - 8:30 am CST (8:00 - 9:30 am EST) 📍 221 ABC

For cancer survivors, a sedentary lifestyle may be associated with a higher risk of all-cause and cancer-specific mortality. JAMA Oncology Editor in Chief Mary L. (Nora) Disis, MD, explains the clinical impact of exercise.

📰Check out the study design for #THRIVE65, a TeleHealth #ResistanceExercise intervention to preserve dose intensity and vitality in elder #BreastCancer patients. ❓The trial is poised to answer a crucial scientific question: Can exercise and nutrition support improve chemotherapy tolerance among older breast cancer patients? 🔓pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40947050/ @K_BasenEngquist @ChaoCCao @ShawnaDoerksen #JenniferLigibel #OlderAdultsWithBreastCancer #GeriOnc #ExerciseOncology

New research in @JAMAOnc from @DanaFarber’s Jennifer Ligibel, MD, shows a remote weight loss intervention helped breast cancer survivors significantly reduce their weight. Investigators will now evaluate if weight loss can help prevent breast cancer recurrence. Critical support provided by @SusanGKomen bit.ly/4mBlHEw

Our latest piece highlighted the roles and future directions of all members of multidisciplinary exercise oncology team to ensure that cancer patients and survivors receive appropriate exercise training when, where and how they need it. @DFCI_BreastOnc academic.oup.com/jncimono/artic…

Great opportunity to have a free personal trainer for 12 weeks and possibly reduce your risk of developing breast cancer.

@WeiWei_Stanford @longlabstanford @JudithSimcox @UWBiochem @uwmadisonipib So huge! Big bet on you!

The Wei Lab is officially up and running👏 @longlabstanford @JudithSimcox @UWBiochem @uwmadisonipib

Personalized molecular signatures of insulin resistance and type 2 diabetes. Great collaboration with @AnnaKrook_KI & @atul_deshmukh1 and teams! A comprehensive clinically focused study of insulin signaling in skeletal muscle. 💪 Online @CellCellPress sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Too much, too little, or just right? Read this new editorial by @ChaoCCao and Dr. Jennifer A. Ligibel of @DanaFarber on exercise triage pathways for patients with cancer: acsjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/cn… @OncoAlert #ExerciseOncology

@WeiWei_Stanford @UWBiochem @uwmadisonipib Congrats!

I'm beyond thrilled to announce that I will be joining the Biochemistry Department at the University of Wisconsin–Madison this fall as an Assistant Professor. My lab will focus on deorphanizing biochemical pathways that regulate nutrient metabolism @UWBiochem @uwmadisonipib

DFCI Young Adult Research Team What a Dream Team!! ❤️🔥 @AnnPartridgeMD @GuiNaderMarta @DFCI_BreastOnc @DrKateDibble @MeganTesch

#SABCS24 POSTER SESSION | P3-06-15 | Trajectories of Daily Step Counts in #BreastCancer Survivors in the Breast Cancer Weight Loss (BWEL) Trial. @ChaoCCao @olwenhahn @DrDawnHershman @elmayermd @VeredStearns @DrAnnaWeiss @CliffordHudis @DrEricWiner @AnnPartridgeMD @DrLisaCarey #JenniferLigibel

What an amazing breast oncology group! I feel very lucky to be surrounded by such incredible colleagues @DFCI_BreastOnc !

This week, we have an interesting article in @JAMA_current which finds that adding three biomarkers that are clearly associated with cardiovascular disease to an existing risk equation does NOT improve the predictive ability of that equation. How does this happen? 🧵