Giovanni Corso
Nationality	Italian
Occupation(s)	Academic and surgeon
Academic background
Education	University of Siena, University of Porto
Academic work
Institutions	University of Milan European Cancer Prevention Organization

Giovanni Corso is an Italian academic and surgeon. He is a tenure-track researcher at University of Milan^[1] and breast cancer surgeon at the European Institute of Oncology in Milan.^[2] Corso is the current president of the European Cancer Prevention Organization^[3] and the editor-in-chief of the European Journal of Cancer Prevention.^[4] His main research activities are on hereditary diffuse gastric cancer and hereditary lobular breast cancer associated with Cadherins disfunction.^[5][6]

Biography

Corso graduated MD cum laude at the University of Siena Italy in 2002. He specialized in general surgery in 2009, and received PhD in Medicine and Molecular Oncology at the University of Porto Portugal.^[7]

Books (as editor)

• Corso, Giovanni; Roviello, Franco, eds. (August 29, 2013). "Spotlight on Familial and Hereditary Gastric Cancer". SpringerLink. doi:10.1007/978-94-007-6570-2. ISBN 978-94-007-6569-6. S2CID 34265150.
• Corso, Giovanni; Veronesi, Paolo; Roviello, Franco, eds. (2023). "Hereditary Gastric and Breast Cancer Syndrome". SpringerLink. doi:10.1007/978-3-031-21317-5. ISBN 978-3-031-21316-8. S2CID 257560473.

Awards and honours

• 2011 American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) merit award Gastrointestinal Cancer Symposium San Francisco USA^[8]
• 2023 World Top 2% list Stanford University^[9]
• 2024 Guerrieri award^[10]