Ort: Großer Rektoratssaal, BT 88, Spitalgasse 23, 1090 Wien
Fortunato Ciardiello, MD, PhD is full Professor of Medical Oncology, Head of the Laboratory of Experimental Therapeutics, Head of the Division of Medical Oncology, Director of the Dipartimento Medico-Chirurgico di Internistica Clinica e Sperimentale, Member of the Academic Senate, Seconda Università di Napoli in Naples, Italy. He is heading the Specialty Programme in Medical Oncology.
Professor Ciardiello’s research interests include the role of growth factors and their specific receptors in neoplastic transformation and the development of novel therapeutic strategies. Currently, Professor Ciardiello leads a team of medical oncologists who are dedicated in a broad translational research programme to the preclinical development and to the transfer to patients of novel and more effective molecular targeted approaches for the medical treatment of colorectal and non-small cell lung cancer. In his Grand Rounds on 17.12.2014 he will focus on “Optimizing treatment with anti-epidermal growth factor receptor inhibitors in metastatic colorectal cancer”.
Die Veranstaltung ist im Rahmen des DFP-Fortbildungsprogramms mit einem freien DFP-Punkt akkreditiert und findet in Kooperation mit der Ärztekammer Wien statt.