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Professor Giovanni de Manzoni
Department of Surgery, Upper GI Surgery Division, University of Verona, Italy
Professor Giovanni De Manzoni is Professor of Surgery
and Consultant Surgeon at the Department of Surgery,
University of Verona and is currently serving as President
of the International Gastric Cancer Association (IGCA).
From 1986 to 1991 he was a Surgical Fellow at the
Department of Surgery, University of Verona and in
1987 he became Visiting Surgeon at the National Cancer
Center of Tokyo in Japan. While in Japan he trained in
endoscopic ultrasonography at Jichi Medical School,
Tochigi. In 1995 he practised WHO training of surgery
for gastric cancer at the Surgical Oncology Division at
the National Cancer Center East.
In 1989 he became Consultant at the First Aid
Department, General Hospital Verona and in 1992 he
then became Consultant of General Surgery. In 2004 he
became Associated Professor of General Surgery, at the
University of Verona and this followed in 2006 with Full
Professor of General Surgery at the University.
Other activities include:
Member of the International Gastric Cancer Association;
Member of the Advisory Board of Brazilian Gastric
Cancer Association; Coordinator and General Secretary
of the “Italian Research Group for Gastric Cancer”;
Member of the Editorial Board of “Gastric Cancer” official
Journal of the International Gastric Cancer Association;
President of the International Gastric Cancer Association
for years 2013-2015
Research activity includes:
Surgical oncology for solid tumors (GI Tract, Lung);
Extended Lymphadenectomy in Upper GI Cancer,
Locoregional treatments for solid tumors (intraoperative
intraperitoneal chemohyperthermia). Tumor prognostic
factors and Tumor Staging. Adjuvant, multimodal therapy
and clinical trials (Phase II-III studies) in oncology.
Author of: 4 Books: “Staging and treatment of gastric
cancer. Piccin Editore, Padova 1991”; “Il Trattamento
del carcinoma gastrico”. Collana Monografica della
Società Italiana di Chirurgia; Vol 6, 1996; “Surgery in
Multimodal Treatment of Gastric Cancer Springer Verlag,
2012”; “ Treatment of Esophageal and Hypopharingeal
Squamous Cell Carcinoma Cancer Springer Verlag,
2012”; 172 articles in PubMed cited journals (Impact
Factor 278.492), 17 Chapters of Surgical Books.
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