Guest lecture from international expert

Posted 27th May 2014

Dr Francesco Grossi shares his expertise in new lung cancer drug developments.

We welcomed international lung cancer specialist Dr Francesco Grossi to the Centre this week. Dr Grossi delivered an insightful lunchtime lecture to staff on the current and future thoughts on the treatment of non small cell lung cancer.

Medical Oncologist Dr Grossi is the Director of Lung Cancer Unit at the National Institute for Cancer Research in Genova, Italy. His major interests are in new drug developments.

The lecture looked at the current practices at the forefront of research particularly biologically targeted agents, targeting different molecular sub types of tumours.

The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre’s Consultant Clinical Oncologist Dr Joe Maguire chaired the guest lecture, he said: “We are extremely lucky to have a world expert such as Dr Grossi come and share his research expertise. The lecture gave a comprehensive review on current innovations in chemotherapy lung cancer treatments.”