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Dirk Arnold, MD PhD

Asklepios Tumorzentrum Hamburg
Hamburg, Germany

Dirk Arnold is serving as Director of Asklepios Tumorzentrum Hamburg, a large network cancer centre, and chairman of the Department for Oncology, Hematology and Rheumatology at AK Altona, Hamburg.
His main research interests include the treatment of gastrointestinal and genitourinary cancers, specifically in molecular-targeted therapies, immunotherapy, multimodal treatment strategies and early drug developments. He is also interested in research network structures and methodology of clinical research and benefit evaluation procedures, as well as in palliative and supportive care.
Professor Arnold served as Chairman of the Colorectal Cancer Study Group of the Working Group for Internal Oncology (Arbeitsgemeinschaft Internistische Onkologie [AIO]). He initiated the Central Trial Office at the German Cancer Society (Deutsche Krebsgesellschaft), which he ran as CEO for several years, He is a key member of several German and other international cancer societies, including the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) and European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO), where he serves as Executive Council member. Within the ESMO Faculty, he served Section Editor for Gastrointestinal Cancers in the Guideline Committee until 2018, and (continued) for Annals of Oncology. He is also a member of the Task Force on Colorectal Cancer at the Gastrointestinal Cancer Study Group of the EORTC

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