Yao Kai
Associate Professor
Oncology
Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center
China
Biography
Doctor Yao is specialized in treating patients with genitourinary system cancers, including bladder, kidney, prostate, adrenal gland, ureter, urethra, testis, epididymis, spermatic cord, and penis and so on. He is good at various kinds of urological operations, especially radical inguinal lymphadenectomy. Doctor Yao perform laparscopic and open procedures to treat these cancers, often in a multi-disciplinary team approach with the integration of expertise by medical oncology and/or radiation oncology. He also pursued technical innovations which have transformed the management of these cancers including open inguinal lymphadenectomy, laparoscopic retroperitoneal lymph node dissection, open/ laparoscopic radical nephrectomy and laparoscopic radical prostatectomy. He also has unique expertise in managing rare urologic cancers and salvage procedures for recurrent cancers of the penis and kidney that have failed initial therapy with surgery or other treatments.
Research Interest
Cancer