May-Lin Tao, MD, MS

May Lin Tao, MD MSHS, is a Clinical Associate Professor of Radiation Oncology (Practitioner) at the Keck School of Medicine. She serves as co-medical director of the Keck Medicine of USC/Henry Mayo Cancer Center in Santa Clarita and is lead physician for its state-of-the-art Radiation Oncology clinic. She specializes in the treatment of diverse cancers with radiation therapy, including breast, prostate, brain, lung, rectal, head and neck and skin cancers and is skilled in advanced techniques like Volumetric Arc Therapy and Stereotactic Ablative Radiation therapy.A graduate of Yale, Dr. Tao received her medical degree at New York University School of Medicine and was inducted into the Alpha Omega Honor Medical Society. She completed her residency at Harvard Medical School’s Joint Center for Radiation Therapy and earned a master’s degree in Health Service Research at UCLA School of Public Health. For her work on quality of life and survivorship in pediatric and breast cancer patients, she is the recipient of several grant and fellowship awards from the American Society for Radiation, American Society of Clinical Oncology, Radiological Society of North America, and the American Cancer Society.Dedicated to advancing the field, Dr. Tao has run numerous clinical trials, consulted for RAND Corporation, and published dozens of scientific articles. She is a sought-after medical spokesperson, moderator and workshop leader at community and professional events for advances in cancer treatment and cancer-related quality of life. Foremost a clinician and passionate patient advocate, Dr Tao strives to deliver the latest evidence-based care through an approach that is both sensitive and personalized to her patients’ needs and desires.

• Physician and Software Assessed Cosmetic Outcomes Following Whole Breast or Partial Breast Radiation Therapy for Breast Cancer. Clin Breast Cancer. 2025 Jul 08.. View in PubMed
• Can patient comorbidities be included in clinical performance measures for radiation oncology? J Oncol Pract. 2014 May; 10(3):e175-81.. View in PubMed
• Inflammatory biomarkers and fatigue during radiation therapy for breast and prostate cancer. Clin Cancer Res. 2009 Sep 01; 15(17):5534-40.. View in PubMed
• Treatment recommendations for locally advanced, non-small-cell lung cancer: the influence of physician and patient factors. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2009 Aug 01; 74(5):1376-84.. View in PubMed
• Variation in physician-patient discussion of breast reconstruction. J Gen Intern Med. 2009 Jan; 24(1):99-104.. View in PubMed
• BRCA mutations and the risk of angiosarcoma after breast cancer treatment. Clin Breast Cancer. 2008 Dec; 8(6):533-7.. View in PubMed
• Symptoms after breast cancer treatment: are they influenced by patient characteristics? Breast Cancer Res Treat. 2008 Mar; 108(2):153-65.. View in PubMed
• Symptom management after breast cancer treatment: is it influenced by patient characteristics? Breast Cancer Res Treat. 2008 Mar; 108(1):69-77.. View in PubMed
• National survey of perspectives of palliative radiation therapy: role, barriers, and needs. Cancer J. 2007 Mar-Apr; 13(2):130-7.. View in PubMed
• Long-term outcomes after breast conservation therapy for early stage breast cancer in a community setting. Breast J. 2006 Mar-Apr; 12(2):138-44.. View in PubMed
• Multiagent chemotherapy and deferred radiotherapy in infants with malignant brain tumors: a report from the Children’s Cancer Group. J Clin Oncol. 2005 Oct 20; 23(30):7621-31.. View in PubMed
• Quality-of-life assessment in pediatric brain tumor patients and survivors: lessons learned and challenges to face. J Clin Oncol. 2005 Aug 20; 23(24):5424-6.. View in PubMed
• Treatment outcomes of three-dimensional conformal radiotherapy for localized prostate carcinoma: a large community-based experience. Cancer. 2004 Dec 01; 101(11):2693-700.. View in PubMed
• Breast-conserving therapy with adjuvant paclitaxel and radiation therapy: feasibility of concurrent treatment. Breast J. 2003 Mar-Apr; 9(2):74-8.. View in PubMed

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