The European Institute of Oncology – IEO
http://www.ieo.it
The European Institute of Oncology, IEO, is a comprehensive cancer centre located in Milan, Italy. The institute strives for excellence in the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of cancer by developing clinical and scientific research coupled with innovative organisation and management, in a context that pays constant attention to the quality of the service offered to patients. The research laboratories of the Institute (the Department of Experimental Oncology, located at IFOM-IEO Campus) are consistently developing and applying genomic research to the field of oncology, providing a substantial contribution to the quick translation of the emerging scientific knowledge into new strategies for the prevention and treatment of tumors. The IFOM-IEO Campus represents one of the largest centres for cancer research in Europe.
Professor Umberto Veronesi MD
Prof Veronesi is the Scientific Director of the IEO and is known as the pioneer of breast-conserving surgery. His introduction of quadrantectomy challenged the idea that cancers could be treated only with aggressive surgery. Since then, he has supported and promoted scientific research aimed to advance surgical techniques resulting in the improvement of sentinel lymph node biopsy.
Doctor Linda Cairns
Linda Cairns is the scientific communications writer at the IEO. After a period of post-doctoral research at the National Institutes of Health (Bethesda, USA) she moved to Italy where she continued to work on stem cell biology at the University of Milan. In 2002 she moved to the European Institute of Oncology where she worked in the Department of Experimental Oncology.