Alexander eggermont biography
- Professor Eggermont is a.
- Professor Eggermont is a melanoma specialist and immunotherapy development specialist.
- Born in Amsterdam in 1952, the son of two language teachers, Eggermont distinguished himself at school, achieving a top school baccalaureate.
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An interview with Alexander Eggermont
Taking a “helicopter view of oncology” has become the main role of Alexander Eggermont, the first president of the newly reformed European CanCer Organisation (ECCO), who is the driving force behind a new initiative to provide European governments with a “rationale” voice on oncology.
But Eggermont, as head of the department of Surgical Oncology at the Erasmus University Medical Centre, who also holds a Chair of Experimental Surgical Oncology endowed by the Dutch Cancer Society, has done his fair share at the coal face of scientific endeavour. His multiple scientific achievements include helping to establish a TNF based isolated limb perfusion program in Europe, a significant contribution to drug development and clinical trial methodology, particularly in the fields of melanoma and sarcoma, and the establishment of a world class laboratory in tumour patho physiology. Eggermont's prodigious publication output includes 500 peer reviewed publications, book chapters and monographs.
Professor Eggermont, “Lex” to his friends, is a firm believer
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About Us
Special Interview with Professor Alexander Eggermont - Director General of Gustave Roussy Comprehensive Cancer Center
“AMC has excellent medical professionals and research infrastructure and needs to converge basic and clinical researches.”
Professor Alexander Eggermont is Full Professor of Oncology at the Paris-Sud University, Full Professor of Surgical Oncology as well as Endowed Professor of International Networking in Cancer Research at the Erasmus University Medical Center, the Director General of Gustave Roussy Comprehensive Cancer Center, the president of the European Academy of Cancer Sciences, and the Vice-President of WIN-Global Consortium for Personalized Cancer Medicine.
Professor Alexander Eggermont, the Director General of Gustave Roussy Comprehensive Cancer Center, visited AMC to attend the symposium host by AMC Cancer Institute. The Cancer Institute a symposium under the theme ‘From the Basic of Multidisciplinary Management to the Cutting-edge of the Personalized Medicine’ on August 29 and
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Alexander Eggermont is the Director General of Gustave Roussy Cancer Campus Grand Paris, Villejuif, France.
He is Professor of Oncology at the University Paris-Sud, Professor of Surgical Oncology and Professor of International Networking in Cancer Research at the Erasmus University Medical Centre in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. He obtained his PhD thesis in tumor immunology and is a fellow of the NCI Surgery Branch (Head Steven Rosenberg).
Professor Eggermont is a past President of ECCO and the EORTC and past Chair of the EORTC Melanoma Group. He is acting President of the European Academy of Cancer Sciences (2010–2015) and is Chair of the International Jury for Comprehensive Cancer Centre Program in Germany.
He (co)authored more than 600 peer reviewed publications and is Editor in Chief of the European Journal of Cancer.
Last update: January 2015
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