GI CONNECT Update from ECC 2015: cancers of the upper GI tract

Hans Prenen obtained his medical degree and PhD at the Catholic University Leuven. He is currently the head of the Medical Oncology Department at the University Hospital Antwerp and director of the Oncology Clinical Trial Unit. He is member of several scientific organisations including the Belgian Society of Medical Oncology (board member since 2015) and the European Society of Medical oncology (scientific committee). He is a recognised international expert in the field of cancer and is regularly invited to national and international meetings and has published more than 160 peer reviewed scientific papers. He is principal investigator of several clinical trials with a focus on phase 1 and basket trials. His research interests relate to translational studies on targeted therapies, new anticancer therapies and understanding the molecular changes induced by anticancer therapy.