GI CONNECT has summarised the highlights of the American Society of Clinical Oncology 2016 (ASCO) in Chicago and the ESMO World Congress on Gastrointestinal Cancer 2016 (WCGIC) for you.
Cancers of the upper GI tract by Dr. Andrea Sartore Bianchi
GI CONNECT has summarised the highlights of the American Society of Clinical Oncology 2016 (ASCO) in Chicago and the ESMO World Congress on Gastrointestinal Cancer 2016 (WCGIC) for you.
Cancers of the upper GI tract by Dr. Andrea Sartore Bianchi
Dr Andrea Sartore-Bianchi is head of Clinical Molecular Oncology at the Department of Hematology & Oncology, Niguarda Cancer Center, Milano, Italy. He completed his medical degree at the University of Pavia in 1999, and undertook specialist training at IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo. After completing his doctoral studies, he conducted preclinical research at the Division of Clinical Pharmacology and Experimental Cancer Therapeutics in the Department of Medicine at Brown University, Rhode Island, USA. Dr Sartore-Bianchi’s main clinical and research interests include the treatment of gastrointestinal cancers, particularly colorectal carcinomas, focusing on biomarkers of sensitivity/resistance to molecular-targeted therapies and on the epidermal growth factor receptor signal transduction pathway. He is principal and co-investigator in Phase I-II-III clinical trials for gastrointestinal malignancies, and first author of research articles in the Journal of Clinical Oncology, Cancer Research, Clinical Cancer Research and PLoS One. Currently, he is adjunct Professor for the School of Specialization in Oncology and Pharmacology at the University of Milano. He has been listed among the top 30 authors of primary research papers on cancer.
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