Review paper challenging chemoresistant metastatic colorectal cancer: therapeutic strategies
Review paper challenging chemoresistant metastatic colorectal cancer: therapeutic strategies
Assoc. Prof. Gerald Prager, Prof. Andrea Sartore-Bianchi, Dr. Guillem Argilés
GI CONNECT members authored the paper 'Challenging chemoresistant metastatic colorectal cancer: therapeutic strategies from the clinic and from the laboratory' in Annals of Oncology. View the slides for the key highlightsAssoc. Prof. Gerald Prager
Medical Oncologist
Medical University of Vienna
Austria
Dr. Gerald Prager is an Associate Professor of Medicine, Board Certified for Internal Medicine Board and Certified for Haematology and Medical Oncology. In 2009, he received his M.D. from the University of Vienna. Currently, Dr. Prager is Director of the Colorectal Cancer Unit of the Department of Medical Oncology at the Medical University of Vienna. He is also a member of the ESMO 2014 Scientific Committee. The research interest of his lab focuses on (tumour-) angiogenesis via regulation of endothelial cell survival and migration by cell / extracellular-matrix interaction. Through his clinical training in haemato-oncology, he became a member of the sought-after group of medical researches. He achieved his expertise in international renowned labs at University of California, San Diego, the Norris Cancer Center, Los Angeles and the Department of Vascular Biology, Mississippi University for Women (MUW). His work is honoured by 19 international awards and resulted in publications in international highly renowned journals. Dr Prager’s young research group is embedded in an international cancer research campus associated with Medical University of Vienna (MUV).
Assoc. Prof. Gerald Prager has received financial support/sponsorship for research support, consultation, or speaker fees from the following companies:
Amgen, AstraZeneca, Bayer, BMS, Lilly, Merck, Pierre-Fabre, Roche and Servier
Prof. Andrea Sartore-Bianchi
Medical Oncologist
Niguarda Cancer Center
Italy
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.
Prof. Andrea Sartore-Bianchi has received financial support/sponsorship for research support, consultation, or speaker fees from the following companies:
Amgen, Bayer, Sanofi and Servier Pharmaceuticals.
Dr. Guillem Argilés
Medical Oncologist
Vall d'Hebron University Hospital
Spain
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2015
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