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ESTRO AWARDS
HONORARY PHYSICS AWARD
Vincenzo Valentini
Gemelli ART – Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A.Gemelli – Università Cattolica S. Cuore
Rome, Italy
Vincenzo Valentini is a full professor in radiation oncology. He is also
Chair of both the Oncology and Haematology Department as well as
the Radiation Oncology Department – Gemelli ART, at the Università
Cattolica S. Cuore of Rome. He had graduated from the latter as
Medical Doctor in 1979 and became a specialist in radiation oncology,
radiology, and oncology.
His main field of interest was the optimisation of radiation treatments
by using different imaging techniques for the definition of target
volumes; integration between radiotherapy and surgery, in which he
collaborated for the conduction of pre-operative and intra-operative
programmes; integration between radiotherapy and chemotherapy,
in which he applied different schedules for the treatment of locally
advanced neoplasm especially in gastro-intestinal, genitourinary, lung
and head and neck.
He also directed his interest to computer applications in the fields
of health care, research and teaching. He promoted tutorials for
delineation of target volume (TIGER and FALCON by ESTRO);
and the on line dissemination of ESTRO knowledge repository
(DOVE, EAGLE). He recently opened two knowledge based oncology
laboratories for research in large data base data mining and radiomics.
Vincenzo was the general secretary of ISIORT (International Society of
Intraoperative Radiotherapy) from 2000 to 2011; member of the Core
group of the ESTRO Educational and Training Committee; and served
as President of ESTRO from 2011 to 2014.
Vincenzo has authored more than 350 publications in peer-reviewed
journals as well as many review articles, book chapters, books on
computer applications in teaching, and books on different neoplasms.
He is a member of Editorial Boards of different radiotherapy and
oncology international journals.
Vincenzo Valentini