Francesco Izzo
Director and Chief, Division of Abdominal Surgical Oncology
National Cancer Institute of Naples, Fondazione “G. Pascaleâ€, Italy
Italy
Biography
Dr. Francesco Izzo received his medical degree from the University of Naples, Federico II Medical School, Italy. Dr. Izzo has been on the faculty in the Department of Surgical Oncology at the National Cancer Institute of Naples, Italy since completing his fellowship. He is now Associate Professor of Surgery, Responsible and Coordinator of the Hepatobiliary Surgery and chief of Liver Tumor Study Group at the National Cancer Institute of Naples, Italy. Dr. Izzo has been a pioneer in designing new treatments for patients with liver tumors, including radiofrequency ablation, improved techniques for surgical removal of liver cancers, and several types of direct tumor injection therapy.
Research Interest
Hepatocellular cancer, gallbladder cancer, bile duct cancer, or metastases from a number of different tumor types.