Professionals from the Medical Oncology Service of the University Hospital of Navarra (HUN) and Navarrabiomed have received two fellowships and an award during the annual congress of the Spanish Society of Medical Oncology (SEOM) 2023, held in Barcelona from the 19th to the 22nd of September. 

In particular, Maria Alsina Maqueda  MD PhD has received the SEOM Fellowship for Research Projects for 'Predictive biomarkers of response to RAPID scheme neoadjuvance in locally advanced rectal cancer: impact of the intestinal microbiome and the presence of circulating tumour DNA (ctDNA)’, in which several HUN services are also involved. For his part, Hugo Arasanz Esteban MD PhD has been awarded the SEOM Fellowship for Translational Research Projects in Immuno-Oncology for the project 'Circulating low density neutrophils and their role in immunotherapy resistance in non-small cell lung cancer. Potential as a predictive biomarker’. 

Both Medical Oncology specialists dedicate part of their time to research at the Oncobiona group of Navarrabiomed. Dr Alsina researches through the Navarrabiomed intensification program funded by La Caixa Foundation and Dr Arasanz thanks to the 2019 AECC Junior Clinical Fellowship, from the Spanish Association against Cancer.
 

• Further information: read the article on the Government of Navarra website