Eduardo Cazap, MD

2008-2009 BCRF Project:
This new project from SLACOM researchers is a continuation of three years of work. The compilation of the data allowed them to learn about breast cancer in the region in a systematic manner, allowing the development and implementation of recommendations for the diagnosis and treatment of the disease, which will promote a remarkable improvement in breast cancer care in Latin American developing countries.

The main conclusions from the network of experts are that prevention and research are the critical needs in Latin America to be faced in our next programs. Based on these conclusions, a new research project is proposed to systematically review the data from Latin-American patients with diagnosis of invasive breast cancer from the databases of the main cancer centers of several countries of the region. This will provide the researchers with knowledge of diagnostic characteristics, prognostic factors, patterns of recurrence and survival of the disease. Dr. Cazap and the entire group of researchers are confident that this effort will continue to improve breast cancer care in their countries, most of them of low and middle income. Dr. Cazap and the entire group of researchers working together (including leaders in the field from Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Mexico, Peru and Uruguay) are confident that this effort will continue to improve breast cancer care in their countries, most of them of low and middle income.

Mid-year Progress Report:
The main conclusions from the network of experts are that prevention and research are critical needs in Latin America to be faced in our next programs. Based on these conclusions, a new research project has been initiated, reviewing the data from 2,000 Latin-American patients with diagnosis of invasive breast cancer from the databases of the main cancer centers from Argentina, Brazil and Peru, followed for more than 20 years. This will lead to knowledge about diagnostic characteristics, prognostic factors, and patterns of recurrence and survival of the disease in women suffering from breast cancer in the region, data that until today have not been studied. Dr. Cazap and his colleagues are confident that this effort will continue the improvement of breast cancer care in Latin American countries, most of them representing low and middle income patients.

Bio:
Eduardo Cazap became the president of the Latin American & Caribbean Society of Medical Oncology (SLACOM) in 2004 and has since become the Chairman Elect of the International Affairs Committee for the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO).

After graduating in 1972 as a medical doctor from the University of Buenos Aires in his native city, Dr. Cazap went on to work as a specialist in medical oncology at The Universidad del Salvador and also to complete fellowships at Strong Memorial Hospital, Rochester, New York, the Lombardi Cancer Center at Georgetown University, Washington, D.C. and the American Cancer Society. Following his role as Principal Investigator of the Collaborative Cancer Research Treatment Program in 1984 he became a Professor of Clinical Oncology at the Universidad del Salvador (1984-98) and then a Professor of Medical Oncology at the Universidad Católica Argentina (1988-2000).

As well as having published over 150 papers, Dr. Cazap has held many prominent positions in the medical arena, including the Directorship of the Instituto Dr. Estevez, Buenos Aires (1985-99) and representing Latin America and Argentina at the European Society of Medical Oncology, Lugano, Switzerland and the International Union Against Cancer, Geneva, Switzerland, respectively. He was president of The Argentine Association of Medical Oncology in 1996-98 and 2000-02. In 2000, he founded the Charter of Paris against Cancer, and he was a member of the Developed Countries Task Force for ESMO in 2002. Dr. Cazap was a member of the 2006 and 2008 UICC World Congress Program Planning Executive Committee, the International Union against Cancer and the American Cancer Society. During the General Assembly held in Geneva on August 27, 2008, he was elected President of UICC. He was also recently elected member of the Board of Directors of ASCO.