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ESTRO AWARDS
REGAUD AWARD AND JENS OVERGAARD LEGACY AWARD
Jean Bourhis
Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois
Lausanne, Switzerland
Prof Jean Bourhis graduated in Paris as a Medical Doctor (MD) and
was board certified in radiation oncology. From 2002 to 2012 he
served as Chair of the Radiation Oncology Department at the Institute
Gustave Roussy (Villejuif, France), which is one of the most prominent
Cancer Centres in Europe. His clinical activity has been focused
on radiation oncology and he is also well versed in head and neck
oncology. He has been principal investigator of about 15 multicentric
randomised trials in this field. He also coordinated several large-scale
international collaborative meta-analyses in head and neck oncology,
the contributions of which have been recognised worldwide. He is
Chair of the GORTEC, one of the major cooperative group conducting
clinical trials in head and neck oncology. Besides his clinical activities,
Prof Bourhis has a major interest in promoting translational research
in radiation oncology. He obtained a PhD in Molecular Oncology at the
University of Paris and for the last 15 years been director of a laboratory
dedicated to experimental research in radiation oncology. He has
authored about 300 peer-reviewed scientific papers, now associated
with an H factor over 50. In 2012 Jean Bourhis moved to the Swiss
Cancer Centre Lausanne where he was appointed Professor and Chair
of Radiation Oncology at the University Hospital. Prof Bourhis was
also very honoured to serve as President of ESTRO and of the ESTRO
Cancer Foundation.
Jean Bourhis