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GENESIS CC is a research project developed by the Society on Sarcopenia, Cachexia and Wasting Disorders (SCWD).

The objective of this project is to assess educational needs among healthcare professionals diagnosing and managing patients with or at risk for developing cancer cachexia. It is funded by an independent educational grant provided by Pfizer.

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Advisory Board

Matti Aapro, MD

  • Clinical Oncologist
  • Dean, Multidisciplinary Oncology Institute, Genolier, Switzerland.
  • Exec Board Member, European School of Oncology (ESO)

Vickie Baracos, PhD IAB Chairperson

  • Research
  • Department of Oncology Division of Palliative Care Medicine, University of Alberta, Alberta, Canada
  • Consensus Team on Cancer Cachexia 2.0

Andreas Charalambous, PhD

  • Oncology Nursing
  • Cyprus University of Technology
  • President, European Oncology Nursing Society (EONS)
  • President-elect, European Cancer Organisation (ECCO)

Egidio del Fabbro, MD

  • Palliative Care Medicine
  • Virginia Commonwealth University Massey Cancer Center, USA
  • Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer, MASCC; Chair, Study Group, Nutrition and Cachexia

Stefan Gijssels

  • Cancer survivor, patient advocate
  • Chief Executive Officer, Member of the Board, Digestive Cancers Europe, Brussels, Belgium

Alessandro Laviano, MD, PhD

  • Director, Clinical Nutrition
  • Department of Clinical Medicine, Sapienza University, Rome, Italy
  • ESPEN Director, Lifelong Learning Programme

Mary Marian, RDN, MS

  • Dietitian-nutritionist, oncology practice
  • Dept Nutritional Science, University of Arizona, USA
  • American Society for Enteral and Parenteral Nutrition (ASPEN)

Maurizio Muscaritoli, MD

  • Internal Medicine, Clinician and Educator
  • Director, Clinical Nutrition Management, Sapienza University, Rome, Italy
  • Chairman, Special Interest Group on Cachexia-anorexia in Chronic Diseases, ESPEN

Tateaki Naito, MD

  • Thoracic Cancer Medicine
  • Shizuoka Cancer Center, Japan
  • Leader, Cachexia Study Group, Japanese Association of Supportive Care in Cancer (JASCC)
  • MASCC, Nutrition and Cancer Study Group

Hidetaka Wakabayashi, MD

  • Dept Rehabilitation Medicine, Tokyo Women’s Medical University, Japan
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Prof. Michael Roden

Prof. Dr. Sven Francque obtained his MD at the University of Antwerp, Belgium, in 1994 and was subsequently trained in internal medicine and in gastroenterology and hepatology at the Antwerp University Hospital, Belgium and at the Department of Hepatology of the Beaujon hospital, Clichy, France. He has a long-standing interest and expertise in non-alcoholic fatty liver disease and conducted basic research focusing on the vascular changes in steatosis and their contribution to disease progression and leading to his PhD in 2011. His research unit continues to study pathophysiological mechanisms of NASH. He is also conducting clinical research and his unit is partner in several research consortia supported by the European Commission. He participates in several clinical trials in the field and was/is as scientific committee member involved in the design of several phase 2 and phase 3 trials in NAFLD. He is senior clinical researcher for the Research Fund of the Flemish government. He is currently chairman of the Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology of the University Hospital Antwerp and professor of medicine at the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences of the University of Antwerp.