Good Diagnostic Practices for Sarcoma and Early Referral to Specialised Centres

Piotr Rutkowsky is is Professor of Surgical Oncology and currently heads the Department of Soft Tissue/Bone Sarcoma and Melanoma at Maria Sklodowska-Curie Institute – Oncology Center in Warsaw, where he acts also as Plenipotentiary of Head Director for Clinical Trials and VicePresident of Scientific Council. He obtained his medical degree from the Medical University of Lodz, Poland and received his PhD, in 2001, from the Maria Sklodowska-Curie Memorial Cancer Center and Institute of Oncology for his work on cytokine levels in patients with soft tissue and bone sarcomas. Prof Rutkowski is vice President of the Sarcoma Subdomain of EUROCAN (European network for Rare adult solid Cancer) and an active member of the EORTC Soft Tissue and Bone Sarcoma Group, where he chaired the Local Treatment Subcommittee and the Membership Committee of the EORTC Board. He is a former member of Board of Directors of the Connective Tissue Oncology Society (CTOS). Dr Rutkowski has authored or co-authored over 140 scientific papers in Polish and international journals, and is co-author of national and international recommendations for sarcoma and melanoma.