The fellow needs to be board certified for medical oncology. Since the fellowship opportunities will include partial or complete interaction with patients, the ability to communicate in Spanish and /or Catalan is required.
The Department of Medical Oncology at ICO- Badalona (at Hospital Universitari Germans Trias i Pujol) provides patient care on vanguard scientific and basic research. The professionals of this department are devoted to cancer research and treatment, and cover all the disciplines including but not limited to lung cancer, breast cancer, colorectal cancer, CNS neoplasms, GU tumors… The interaction between the clinic and laboratory represent a good opportunity for new clinical and research projects.
At the Department of Medical Oncology of ICO-Badalona both basic and clinical researchers work together to offer new therapeutic opportunities to cancer patients. The availability of a significant number of clinical trials, including early clinical studies with novel combinations of targeted therapies and biomarker-based studies, represents the main interest of the different units that conforms the department.
ICO Badalona is located in the Hospital Universitari Germans Trias I Pujol. The different tumor-specific units at the department of Medical Oncology develop their own clinical research and trials programs. They work closely with the Pathology Department, Molecular Pathology and Molecular Biology Laboratory (Dr Rosell Molecular Biology of Cancer Lab) for the specific translational Research Fellowship.