D. Lisa Licitra

Biography

Lisa Licitra is Board-certified in medical oncology, with special expertise in the treatment of head and neck cancers. She is currently assistant physician in charge of the Head and Neck Cancer Medical Oncology Unit at the Istituto Nazionale Tumori in Milan, Italy. Dr. Licitra is Free-contract Professor at State University of Milan, a member of the Clinical Editorial Board of the Journal of Clinical Oncology, Editor of START - State-of-the-Art Oncology in Europe (www.startoncology.net) a project of Alleanza Contro il Cancro – Ministry of Health - Italy, a reviewer of the PDQ Summaries on head and neck cancers, a Board Member of EORTC and European Organization for the Research and Treatment of Cancer and Elected Chair of Head and Neck Cancer Cooperative Group of EORTC, co-founder and member of IGEO - Italian Group for the Evaluation of Outcomes in Oncology, Member of The Educational Committee of ESMO (European Society for Medical Oncology), Chair of the Head and Neck Faculty of ESMO, Co-founder and member, as medical oncologist, for the European Head and Neck Cancer Society, a member of the American Society for Clinical Oncology (ASCO), a member of the Italian Association for Medical Oncology (AIOM) and honorary member of the European Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology (ESTRO). Recently Awarded with the “Guido Venosta” Prize of the Italian Foundation for Cancer Research.

Research Interest

Her main fields of interest are head and neck neoplasms, evidence-based medicine, clinical methodology in oncology, and quality of life.