Marisa Santos
MD, PhD
Centro Hospitalar Universitário de Santo António (CHUdSA)
Hospital Santo António (HSA)
Research group
Oncology Research
PhD in Medical Sciences; Medical Docteur,
Member of UnIO – Oncology Research Group. Integrated PhD Researcher
Other positions – Head of the Colorectal Surgery Unit of CHUPorto; Coordinator of Rectal Cancer Reference Center; Head of Emergency Team, General Surgical Department, CHUPorto; Associate Professor, ICBAS – University of Porto;
Current Research Interests – Tumor biomarkers, Tumor biology; Tumor response to therapy; Tumor resistance to therapeutics
Research Area – Cancer, Carcinogenesis, Tumor biomarkers in Colorectal Cancer, Biomarkers of chronic inflammation, Metabolic abnormalities in rectal tumor cells, Rectal tumor response to neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy