Dr. Alan Tan
Oncologist
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Dr. Alan Tan is a medical oncologist practicing at Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center in Nashville, Tennessee.
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Episode # 287 • 30 Jan 2026
Urothelial Carcinoma: Understanding ctDNA & Precision Medicine
Is the era of cisplatin over, or are we simply becoming more precise about who benefits from it? As perioperative strategies in bladder cancer continue to evolve, emerging tools like circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA) are playing a bigger role in how clinicians assess recurrence risk and tailor treatment. In this episode of BackTable Tumor Board, host Alan Tan, medical oncologist at Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center, is joined by bladder cancer experts Dr. Amanda Nizam and Dr. Brad McGregor to discuss recent advances in the diagnosis and treatment of urothelial carcinoma.
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Alan Tan, MD, is a genitourinary oncology and melanoma specialist at Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center (VICC) and Assistant Professor of Medicine in the Division of Hematology and Oncology at Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC), where he leads the bladder cancer clinical research initiatives. His research activities have led to numerous publications and abstracts in genitourinary oncology. Dr. Tan also has interest in biomarker development and testing novel immunotherapy combinations.
Dr. Tan also leads the genitourinary committee as the executive officer for the National Clinical Trials Network cooperative group, Alliance for Clinical Trials in Oncology. He is a member of ASCO, Bladder Cancer Advocacy Network (BCAN), Kidney Cancer Association (KCA), Society of Immunotherapy of Cancer (SITC), and European Society of Medical Oncology (ESMO). Prior to joining VUMC in 2024, Dr. Tan was director of genitourinary oncology and precision medicine at Rush University in Chicago.
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