Provider Profile:
Yusra Shao, M.D.

• Bladder Cancer
• Kidney (Renal Cell) Cancer
• Melanoma
• Merkel Cell Carcinoma
• Prostate Cancer
• Skin Cancer
• Testicular Cancer

School

• The Ohio State University

Residency

• The Cleveland Clinic

Fellowships

• Karmanos Cancer Institute/Wayne State University

• Shao YF, DeBenedictis M, Yeaney G, Singh AD. Germ line BAP1 Mutation in Patients with Uveal Melanoma (UM) and Renal Cell Carcinoma (RCC). Ocular Oncology and Pathology 2021; 7:340–345 PMID: 34722490

• Shao YF, Echegaray JJ, Singh N, Singh AD. Variability of Bad Prognosis in Uveal Melanoma. Ophthalmology Retina 2019

• 186–193. PMID: 31014770 3. Brewington BY, Shao YF, Davidorf FH, Cebulla CM. Brachytherapy for Patients with Uveal Melanoma: Historical Perspectives and Future Treatment Directions. Clinical Ophthalmology 2018; 12, 925–934. PMID: 29844657

• Nagasaka M, Al-Share B, Shao YF, Sexton R, Al Hallak MN, Azmi AS, Sukari A. The Gut Microbiome and Cancer: A Comprehensive Review of Melanoma, Lung, Head and Neck and Gastrointestinal Tumors. Reference Collection in Food Science (planned for publication in the Comprehensive Gut Microbiota) Elsevier. Equal contribution as first author

• Shao YF, Echegaray JJ, Singh AD. Metastatic Tumors of the Uvea. Intraocular Tumors 179–185 (Springer Singapore, 2019)

  Kanayama M., Colomba E., Shao Y., Nielsen S.M., Esplin E.D., Lu C., Isaacs W.B., Henegan J.C., Heath E.I., Luo J., Marlin R., and Antonarakis E.S. A case series explores hormonal sensitivity in prostate cancer patients with the germline African-ancestry HOXB13 X285K variant. Prostate Cancer and Prostatic Diseases. Published June 21, 2025. DOI: 10.1038/s41391-025-00994-5. PMID: 40542273.
  
  Shao Y.F., Baca Y., Hinton A., Xiu J., VanderWalde A., Hadfield M., Park S.J., Darabi S., Sato T., and Moser J.C. Immune profiling of uveal melanoma liver metastases and response to checkpoint inhibitors. Journal of Immunotherapy. June 1, 2025; Vol. 48, No. 5, pp. 189–195. DOI: 10.1097/CJI.0000000000000558. PMID: 40231356.
  
  Khan F.H., Reza M.J., Shao Y.F., Perwez A., Zahra H., Dowlati A., and Abbas A. A comprehensive look at exosomes in lung cancer, from immunomodulation to theragnostic applications. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta Reviews on Cancer. September 2022; Vol. 1877, Issue 5: Article 188776. DOI: 10.1016/j.bbcan.2022.188776. PMID: 35961620.
  
  Shao Y.F., DeBenedictis M., Yeaney G., and Singh A.D. Study links germline BAP1 mutation with uveal melanoma and renal cell carcinoma. Ocular Oncology and Pathology. October 2021; Vol. 7, No. 5, pp. 340–345. DOI: 10.1159/000516695. PMID: 34722490.
  
  Shao Y.F., Echegaray J.J., Singh N., and Singh A.D. Examining variability in prognosis of uveal melanoma. Ophthalmology Retina. February 2019; Vol. 3, No. 2, pp. 186–193. DOI: 10.1016/j.oret.2018.09.007. PMID: 31014770.
  
  Brewington B.Y., Shao Y.F., Davidorf F.H., and Cebulla C.M. Brachytherapy in uveal melanoma: a historical and future-focused review. Clinical Ophthalmology. May 17, 2018; Vol. 12, pp. 925–934. DOI: 10.2147/OPTH.S129645. PMID: 29844657