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A medical doctor and scientist who has always been dedicated to the fight against cancer, Umberto Veronesi is Scientific Director of the European Institute of Oncology of Milan. 

He is an expert consultant to the Italian Supreme Health Council, President of the International Sentinel Node Society (ISNS), President of the National Oncology Commission of the Italian Health Ministry and member of the Environmental Communication Committee of the Italian Ministry of the Environment and Territorial Protection.  

He is also President of Breast Surgery International (BSI), of the International Society of Cancer Chemoprevention and of the Committee of Cancer Experts of the European Commission. 

He is Director of the Scuola Italiana di Senologia (SIS), founder of the European Society of Mastology (EUSOMA), of the European School of Oncology (ESO) and of the European Society of Surgical Oncology. 

He has received numerous awards and honors in Italy and other countries, including ten honorary degrees. He is a member of the Royal Society of Medicine of London and of the American Association for Cancer Research. 

In 2003, the Fondazione Umberto Veronesi was instituted with the mission of spreading scientific culture to all levels of society and government with the intention of creating a collective awareness of the issues and choices associated with research. 

Umberto Veronesi, who was Health Minister of the Republic of Italy from April 2000 to June 2001, is the author of over 700 publications regarding his scientific work and treatises on oncology.