Research interests
The clinical work as consultant oncologist has always been accompanied with research, enriching my life.
My main research interests have been a combination of clinical and basic cancer research (translational), including biomarkers for early detection of cancer, predictive and prognostic biomarkers, genome-wide analysis and mechanisms of treatment resistance.
The research has focused on mesothelioma, an asbestos-related cancer, but recently also lung and gastric cancer. I have published papers on biomarkers in serum and tissue of mesothelioma and gastric cancer in international peer-reviewed journals as Lung Cancer, PlosOne, Clinical Cancer Research and Gut. Collabora...