Bladder Cancer

I’m Dr. George J. Netto, a bladder cancer researcher in our team of urologic pathologists. I received my MD in 1985 far away from here, from the University of Damascus in Syria. Upon moving to the US, I did my residency training in Anatomic and Clinical Pathology at Baylor University Med. Ctr in Dallas. Subsequently, I received my subspecialty training in Oncologic Pathology and Urologic Pathology at Barnes Hospital in St. Louis and Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Ctr in NY city. I am also boarded in Molecular Genetic Pathology a new pathology discipline focusing on the development of molecular (DNA/RNA) based tests for cancer diagnosis and prognosis.

My current research is focused on the evaluation and development of molecular diagnostic applications with potential role in screening, early detection and the investigation of molecular biomarkers that can serve as potential prognosticators and therapeutic targets in the management of urologic malignancies. These studies are facilitated by the construction of Tissue Micro Arrays (representing hundreds of tumor samples on a single slide to be compared side by side). Our studies are supported by several philanthropic and NIH/NCI sponsored grants including a PO1 program award.

Our team currently includes five hard working Urologic Pathology Post Doctoral pathology trained fellows who will also be taking part in this blog. We hope to be keeping you posted on new developments in the field of bladder cancer research. Your feedback is crucial to the site, so we hope to hear from you all….