Angela Mastronuzzi: Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Glioma Awareness Day

Angela Mastronuzzi shared on LinkedIn:

“Today is DIPG Awareness Day, which occurs annually on May 17th, during Brain Tumor Awareness Month.

This day allows us to honor our patients diagnosed with diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma (DIPG), an aggressive high-grade brain tumor that accounts for 10-20% of all brain tumors in children, and to stress the importance of clinical research.”

Source: Angela Mastronuzzi/LinkedIn

Angela Mastronuzzi is pediatric hematologist-oncologist and the Head of Neuro-Oncology Unit at Bambino Gesù Children’s Hospital (Italy). She is also a professor at the UniCamillus International Medical University, and a Board Member of AIEOP (Associazione Italiana Ematologia Oncologia Pediatrica). Her main fields of interest are CNS tumors and innovative therapies. She is the author of more than 180 scientific publications in peer-reviewed international journals.