Carmen Belli
Dr. Carmen Belli (MD., PhD.) is an oncologist working at San Raffaele Hospital in Milan, Italy. She has been actively involved in the clinical research with particular focus on mesothelioma, lung cancer, pancreatic and breast cancer. She collaborated with Italian Mesothelioma Group (Gi.Me) and had been an advisor to Buzzi Foundation in drafting research projects and clinical trials on malignant mesothelioma. She also wrote a chapter titled 'Mesotelioma Pleurico (Pleural Mesothelioma)” in the book \Medicina Interna Sistematica\ of Claudio Rugarli (Elsevier/Masson, 6th Ed.), a standard text-book for the students of Internal Medicine in Italy. Recently, she is more focused on pancreatic cancer and is particularly involved in studying the role of diabetic condition and hyperinsulinism in progression of pancreatic tumors. She is also following several clinical trials testing new drugs in pancreatic cancer, alone or in combination with chemotherapy.