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Josep Baselga, pioneer of cancer treatments and oncology, dies at 61
Catalan doctor revolutionised molecular mechanism understanding, saving countless lives
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Chief medical officer at world's top cancer center resigns
Catalan Dr Josep Baselga steps down over undisclosed relationship with pharmaceutical and biotech companies
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Two Catalans to lead New York’s Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Centre
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Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center appoints the Catalan Josep Baselga as its new Physician-in-Chief
The New York-based centre is considered the world’s best hospital in the fight against cancer. Dr. Baselga will direct a team of 834 doctors attending more than 123,000 patients per year. The Catalan doctor is currently Chief of the Division of Hematology/Oncology at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH), Associate Director of the MGH Cancer Center, and Scientific Director of the Vall d’Hebron Institute of Oncology (VHIO) in Barcelona. Furthermore, Dr. Baselga holds a Chair of Medicine at the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB). The Catalan doctor will combine his new job in New York, which will start on January 1st, with his position in Barcelona’s centre.
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Barcelona to offer cancer treatment 'on demand'
The new Research Unit for Molecular Therapy at the Vall d'Hebron Hospital will be able to treat 400 patients a year. It will study each particular tumour differently, on a case per case basis, and analyse it?s genome.