Supporting research means helping medical teams engaged in the fight against rare peritoneal tumors! For the fifth year of its call for projects, AMARAPE awarded two research grants at its general meeting on Saturday, March 16, 2019, thanks to donations.
Dr. Vahan KEPENEKIAN is the first winner of the 2017 call for projects for his work on malignant peritoneal mesothelioma. He received a grant of €10,000.
Lyon South Oncology Surgery Department
Research title: MESO SCREEN
Research objectives:
To characterize the genetic, germline, and tumor profiles of a cohort of patients with malignant peritoneal mesothelioma.
To analyze the genotype/phenotype relationship.