Locoregional Tumor Therapy

Thomas Vogl
, MD, PhD is a Professor of Radiology and Head of the Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology at Frankfurt University Hospital in Germany where he is also appointed Chairman of the Frankfurt Klinikallianz. Prof. Vogl graduated from Ludwig-Maximilian University of Munich with a doctorate degree. In 1988 he obtained the degree of Assistant Professor at the University of Munich, in 1992 Associate and Full Professor of the Free University of Berlin, and in 1995 Professor of the Humboldt University Berlin. From 1991-1997 he worked as Senior Faculty Diagnostic Radiologist at the Virchow Clinics in Berlin. He has been Head of the Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology at the University of Frankfurt for 18 years. Prof. Vogl is recipient of several honorary awards and a member of multiple national and international radiological and oncological societes and editorial board of journals. Prof. Vogl is the author/co-author of more than 150 peer-reviewed publications and numerous chapters and review articles focused on oncology and oncologic imaging. He serves as a reviewer for multiple radiological and clinical oncological publications.





Alberto Sobrero, MD,
 is the head of the Medical Oncology Unit at Ospedale San Martino in Genova, Italy. After his MD at the University of Genova, he took up the position of Postdoctoral Associate in Medical Oncology at Yale University, Connecticut. Before returning to Genova in 1985, he completed a residency in Internal Medicine at the Yale Affiliated Norwalk Hospital.  From 2002 to 2006, Professor Sobrero was the chairman of the EORTC Protocol Review Committee and was a member of the of the ASCO-FECS Clinical Research faculty at Flims for 7 years. He served on the editorial board of the 
Journal of Clinical Oncology
 2004-2006 , was part of the ASCO Scientific Committee (2007-2008) and the ESMO Educational Committee (2008-2014), chair of the GI Committee (2012-2016)  and president of the ESMO Nominating Committee. He received the ESMO award in 2016. His main research interests include gastrointestinal cancer treatment and design and interpretation of clinical oncology trials.





Franco Orsi, MD
, is the Chief of the clinical Division of Interventional Radiology at the European Institute of Oncology in Milan, Italy. After graduation, he completed the school of Radiology at the University of Rome “ La Sapienza”, directed by Prof. Plinio Rossi.  In 1992 he attended the Interventional Radiology Department and the Robert Steiner MR Centre at the Institute of Radiology of the Hammersmith Hospital of London (Royal Postgraduate Medical School), directed by Prof. D.J. Allison. In 1994 he attended the “Radiologic Pathology Course” at AFIP (Armed Force Institute of Pathology) of the Walter Reed Hospital on Washington DC, USA. From 1994 as Tutor and from 1999 as Professor at the Residency School of Radiation Therapy at the University “La Statale” in Milan. Active Fellow of the European Society of Interventional Radiology, founded the Italian-European Society of Interventional Radiology in 2014. Is author and co-author of more than 100 peer-reviewed publications and chapters focused on interventional radiology and interventional oncology.

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