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Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences

Hepatocarcinoma O.U. Semeiotics

Areas: Internal Medicine and Specialties

TOPICS

The group conducts scientific research in the field of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), focusing in particular on the following areas:

  • epidemiology
  • surveillance of at-risk patients
  • tumor diagnosis, with particular emphasis on radiological imaging and biomarkers
    staging
  • treatment

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  • Franco Trevisani

    Professor at the University of Bologna until

    Dipartimento di Scienze Mediche e Chirurgiche

    Via Massarenti 9

    Bologna (BO)

    franco.trevisani@unibo.it

    Tel: +39 051 2142923

    Fax: +39 051 636 2 930

Members

Francesca Garuti (Specializzanda in Medicina Interna)

Andrea Neri (Specializzando in Medicina Interna)

Valentina Santi (Dirigente medico AOSP)

National and international collaborations

  • International collaborations 2018-19:

Department of Surgery & Cancer, Imperial College London, UK (Dr. David Pinato).

  • National collaborations:

Since 1996, Prof. Trevisani has been the coordinator and president of the non-profit scientific association ITA.LI.CA (Italian Liver Cancer), which brings together researchers from 27 Italian universities and hospitals. The aims of the Association are:

  • to collect epidemiological and clinical data on patients with hepatocellular carcinoma, observed since 1987 in affiliated centers, through an electronic database on the Progettoitalica website (http://www.progettoitalica.it)
  • formulating shared management strategy programs for this cancer
  • creating synergies for clinical trials
  • drafting scientific articles (as of July 2019: 56 full-length articles and 8 letters published in international peer-reviewed journals)
  • organizing scientific events
  • raising funds for projects and scholarships.