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Oncology Advisory Committee
We are committed to reducing cancer mortality and improving quality of life by delivering actionable recommendations rooted in the latest scientific evidence.
What we want to achieve
We believe that cancer care should be guided by the highest scientific standards and grounded in sound clinical judgment. Our work focuses on fostering collaboration among oncology professionals to ensure that treatment decisions are rooted in evidence, ethics, and shared expertise.
We strive for a future where cancer patients receive consistent, compassionate care regardless of where they seek treatment. Through thoughtful deliberation and collective wisdom, we aim to advance the core principles of oncology: clinical rigor, patient-centered approaches, and continuous improvement in therapeutic outcomes.
Focus areas
Patient education
Hematologic malignancies
Pediatric oncology
Precision medicine
Gene therapy
Committee members
Luca Bertolaccini
European Institute of Oncology
Arun Rishi
Wayne State University
Alexandre Tavartkiladze
Tbilisi State Medical University
Latest publications
Research Article
A Clinical Decision Support Tool to Predict Contralateral Breast Cancer Risk for Women with Primary Breast Cancer
We developed an easy-to-use web application that can estimate lifetime and age-conditional risks for both carriers of relatively common breast cancer-related high and moderate penetrance genes as well as for non-carriers.
By Anna Weiss et al. - Harvard Medical School, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Review Article
Revolutionizing the Fight: How Immunotherapy is Transforming Esophageal Cancer
The treatment of esophageal cancer has evolved significantly over the past decade with the emergence of immunotherapy, particularly through the use of immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) such as nivolumab and pembrolizumab.
By Mercedes Tamburelli & Javier Castillo. - Hospital Alemán
Research Article
Diagnostic strategy to distinguish non-neoplastic masses of the pancreas from pancreatic cancer
This article reviews the clinical presentation, diagnostic modalities, and differential diagnosis of pancreatic cancer and its mimicking masses.