Riccardo A. Audisio

Surgery, University of Liverpool, United Kingdom

Graduated in Medicine & Surgery at the University of Padua, Italy (1980)
Surgical post-graduate training completed in 1985.


Research interests:

Surgical Oncology with a prevalent interest in breast cancer, colorectal neoplasm, upper GI and liver malignancy.
Since 1990 focused on Geriatric Oncology and operative risk assessment in oncogeriatric patients, presently chair of the Surgical Task Force at SIOG.


Associations:

FECS, Board Member for ACOE (Accreditation Council of Oncology in Europe)
BASO (Brit Ass Surgical Oncology), member of the National Committee
ESSO (European Society of Surgical Oncology), member of the E&T Committee
Founder member and Steering Committee of GIOGer (Gruppo Italiano Oncologia Geriatrica).
SIOG (International Society of Geriatric Oncology), Board member.

Active member of:
SSO (Society of Surgical Oncology)
ASGBI (Association of Surgeons of GB & Ireland)
BMA (British Medical Association)
EORTC Cancer in the Elderly Study Group
ASCRS (American Society of Colon & Rectal Surgeons)
EUSOMA (European Society of Mastology)
ICEDOC (International Campaign for the Establishment & Development of Oncology Centres).

Any competing interests declared are displayed with individual evaluations.

Faculty Member: Oncology > Cancer in the Elderly (since 05 January 2006)

All recent recommendations

• 9.6
  Controversies of total mesorectal excision for rectal cancer in elderly patients.
  Recommended by Riccardo Audisio, Filippo La Torre
  
• 3.0
  The pylorus: take it or leave it? Systematic review and meta-analysis of pylorus-preserving versus standard whipple pancreaticoduodenectomy for pancreatic or periampullary cancer.
  Recommended by Riccardo Audisio
  
• 3.2
  Elderly patients with rectal cancer have a higher risk of treatment-related complications and a poorer prognosis than younger patients: a population-based study.
  Recommended by Riccardo A. Audisio, Gilbert Zulian
  
• 6.0
  Similar long-term survival of elderly patients with non-small cell lung cancer treated with lobectomy or wedge resection within the surveillance, epidemiology, and end results database.
  Recommended by Riccardo A. Audisio
  
• 6.0
  Surgery versus primary endocrine therapy for operable primary breast cancer in elderly women (70 years plus).
  Recommended by Riccardo A. Audisio
  
• 3.0
  Differences in management of older women influence breast cancer survival: results from a population-based database in Sweden.
  Recommended by Riccardo A. Audisio
  
• 6.0
  A randomized trial comparing axillary dissection to no axillary dissection in older patients with T1N0 breast cancer: results after 5 years of follow-up.
  Recommended by Riccardo A. Audisio