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The European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO) bestowed its ESMO Award upon Alberto Sobrero, MD, at the European Cancer Congress in Copenhagen, Denmark, on October 7. The award honors his outstanding contributions to the understanding and treatment of colorectal cancer—he has authored more than 200 articles on the disease—as well as his scholarship related to the design and interpretation of clinical trials. Sobrero heads the medical oncology unit at IRCCS San Martino IST in Genova, Italy, a role he has held since 2001.

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