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associate professor and senior consultant in medical oncologist, chief of the soft tissue and bone sarcoma unit and rare gynecological tumors
Hospital Universitario San Carlos, Spain
Education & Employment:
1983 MD degree in Surgery and Medicine from the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
1985-1988 Training in Medical Oncology: Hospital Universitario San Carlos, Madrid Speciality in Medical Oncology
2001- 2008 Advanced Studies Diploma (ASD). "Randomized study of two dosage levels of megestrol acetate versus placebo for the treatment of anorexia and cachexia in advanced cancer”. Mark obtained: Excellent. Doctoral thesis on anorexia and cancer: Cum Laude (February 2008), Universidad Complutense, Madrid.
1989-present Medical Oncology Service of the San Carlos University Teaching Hospital in Madrid.
2002-present Member of the “Soft tissue and bone sarcoma group of the EORTC”
Member of GEIS (Spanish Group for Research and Treatment of Sarcomas) since 1996 to the present
2017 to the present: member of CSUR sarcomas. Hospital Universitario Clínico San Carlos was nominated national referral centre in Spain for patients with soft tissue sarcomas and bone sarcomas.
2021 to present - Member of ERN/EURACAN domains G1 and G2 (rare gynaecological tumors and sarcomas)
2005-to present - Associate professor, Faculty of Medicine, Universidad Complutense de Madrid
Research: Participation in many clinical and basic research projects on gynaecological cancers (1992 to present), breast cancer (1989-2006), soft tissue and bone sarcomas (national and international phase I, II and III clinical trials, 1996 to present), cancer of unknown origin and thyroid cancers.
Publications: More than 165 papers co-authored and published in English language international Journals.