Zoltán Szállási
Project leader
clinical sciences
MTA-SE
Hungary
Biography
Zoltán Szállási is a project leader in 2nd Department of Pathology, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary
Research Interest
Next generation sequencing of tumor brain metastases, whole exome sequencing, whole genome sequencing. In this project we establish a brain metastasis biobank in lung-, colorectal-, breast cancers and malignant melanoma as the most frequent causes. Sources will be collection of samples from brain metastasis surgeries (from collaborating Neurosurgery Departments), authopsies (from collaborating Pathology Departments) and from our own retrospective pathology archives. We will analyse the genomic evolution of brain metastasis of lung-, breast-, colorectal cancers and malignant melanoma. Next generation sequencing will be used to compare brain metastases to the primary tumor of the four cancer types in order to identify the genetic mechanisms enabling various tumors to establish brain metastasis.
