Giannoula Klement

Biography

Dr. Giannoula Klement, an internationally recognized expert on tumor angiogenesis and antiangiogenic therapy, worked with Judah Folkman elucidating the role of platelets in angiogenesis and their possible role as biomarkers in the early detection of cancer and tumor recurrence. Because the majority of angiogenesis regulatory factors appear to be sequestered in platelets, which possess the ability to selectively accumulate these factors in patients with cancer, they have the potential to detect tumor growth before it is clinically apparent.

Research Interest

Dr. Klement trained with another angiogenesis pioneer, Dr. Robert Kerbel, and with him co-authored a number of papers on antiangiogenic therapy for cancer and the mechanisms of tumor escape from these agents. Dr. Klement received her M.D. from McMaster University, Canada, and did her residency at the Hospital for Sick Children at the University of Toronto, Canada. She is the author of numerous papers and textbook chapters on tumor angiogenesis, and was the recipient of the Tisdall Award for Excellence in Research, General Pediatric Section in 1994, and the National Cancer Institute of Canada Terry Fox Postgraduate Research Fellowship from 1997-2000.