Titoli di Studio e Specializzazioni

Personal Details
Marta Tagliabue M.D.
Place of Birth:
Cantù, Como, Italy
Date of Birth:
26/09/1981
Citizenship:
Italian
Languages:
Italian, English, Spanish
Education and PHD/Masters/Courses
- July 2011: ENT Graduation, University of Pavia - Fondazione IRCCS Policlinico S. Matteo. Thesis title: “Developing a
predictive model for estimating probability of post-operative complications among patients with head and neck
carcinoma subjected to major surgery”. Final graduation 50/50 cum laude.
- February 2007 National Habilitation for Medical Doctors, score 60/60
- July 2006 Graduation in Medicine and Surgery ,University of Pavia, Italy.Thesis title: “Breast cancer in internal
quadrants: our proposal for a surgical oncoplastic therapy”. Final graduation 110/110 cum laude.
Clinical Activities carried out at IEO
From 2001: Medical Doctor Assistant and Researcher at ENT- Head and Neck Surgical Department, European
Institute of Oncolgy (IEO), Milan, Italy
Main tasks:
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Working in hospital ward, ambulatories and surgery rooms
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Research on HPV oropharyngeal cancer and laryngeal target therapy
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Oral cavity cancer: surgical therapy and reconstruction
2005 (July): hospital work with COE at Mbalmayo, Cameroon
2004 (September) – 2005 (June): Erasmus exchange program, Complutense University, Madrid, Spain
2002 (July): hospital work with CUAMM at Iringa-Tosamaganga, Tanzania, Africa
Research Activities carried out at IEO
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Member of the multidisciplinary task force: Tumor Virology, Europian Istitute of Oncolgy
Member of the IEO Team for the IARC study: VII European Framework on HPV-AHEAD EUROPE; role of HPV in
head and neck cancer
“HPV-related oropharyngeal cancer: salivary and blood antibodies as new tools for secondary prevention”.
Target therapy in laryngeal cancer
Researcher in an international study of chemoprevention: “Phase IIB Randomized, Placebo Controlled Trial of
Pioglitazone for Oral Premalignant Lesions: An Inter-Consortium Collaborative Study”. NCI coordinator, principal
Consortium Name: University of Texas MD Anderson Phase I/II Prevention Consortium Name of Consortium
Principal Investigator: Powel H. Brown, MD, PhD, Professor and Chair, Department of Clinical Cancer Prevention
University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center (2012-13)
Awards and other Recognitions
2011 Amplifon award for best Specialist Thesis in Otholaringology , Thesis title: “Developing a predictive model for
estimating probability of post-operative complications among patients with head and neck carcinoma subjected to
major surgery”
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Tagliabue M, Elrefaey SH, Peccatori F, Favia G, Navach V, Pignataro L, Capaccio P, Venturino M, Tredici S, Alterio
D, Calabrese L “Tongue cancer during pregnancy: surgery and more, a multidisciplinary challenge.” Acceped at
Critical Reviews in Oncology/Hematology in semptember 2015, ahead for pubblication.
Bussu F, Gallus R, Navach V, Bruschini R, Tagliabue M, Almadori G, Paludetti G, Calabrese L. Contemporary role
of pectoralis major regional flaps in head and neck surgery. Acta Otorhinolaryngol Ital. 2014 Oct; 34(5):327-341.
Ansarin M, Tagliabue M, Chu F, Zorzi S, Proh M, Preda L. Transoral Robotic Surgery in Retrostyloid
Parapharyngeal Space Schwannomas. Case Rep Otolaryngol. 2014; 2014:296025. doi: 10.1155/2014/296025
Marchisio P, Tagliabue M, Klersy C, Mira E, Pagella F, Baggi E, Fattizzo M,Esposito S, Principi N. Patterns in acute
otitis media drug prescriptions: asurvey of Italian pediatricians and otolaryngologists. Expert rev anti infectTher.
2014 Sep;12(9):1159-63.
Giugliano G, Proh M, Gibelli B, Grosso E, Tagliabue M, De Fiori E, Maffini F, Chiesa F, Ansarin M. Central neck
dissection in differentiated thyroid cancer: technical notes. Acta Otorhinolaryngol Ital. 2014 Feb;34(1):9-14
Santoro L, Tagliabue M, Massaro MA, Ansarin M, Calabrese L, Giugliano G,Alterio D, Rocca MC, Grosso E,
Plànicka M, Benazzo M, Chiesa F. An algorithm to predict postoperative complications in oropharyngeal and oral
cavity carcinoma. Head Neck. 2014 Feb 20. doi: 10.1002/hed.23637.
Ansarin M, Zorzi S, Massaro MA, Tagliabue M, Proh M, Giugliano G, Calabrese L,Chiesa F. Transoral robotic
surgery vs transoral laser microsurgery for resection of supraglottic cancer: a pilot surgery. Int J Med Robot. 2014
Mar;10(1):107-12.
Calabrese L, Tagliabue M, Maffini F, Massaro MM, Santoro L “From wide excision to a compartmental approach
in tongue tumors: what is going on?” Curr Opin Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2013 Apr;21(2):112-7. doi:
10.1097/MOO.0b013e32835e28d2. Review
Fumanti C, Berardi A, Bertino G, Occhini A, Mura F, Tagliabue M, Scelsi DB, Mevio N, Benazzo M.
Elettrochemioterapia (ECT) nei tumori testa e collo : un' alternativa ai trattamenti convenzionali nelle forme
avanzate. Bollettino Societá medico chirurgica di Pavia, 2011:24(2):245-8
Berardi A, Fumanti C, Bertino G, Occhini A, Mura F, Tagliabue M, Scelsi DB, Mevio N, Benazzo M. Un tumore
raro della ghiandola parotide: il carcinoma epiteliale-mioepiteliale. Presentazione dei casi clinici e revisine della
letteratura. Bollettino Societá medico chirurgica di Pavia, 2011:24(1):227-30
Mevio N, Bertino G, Occhini A, Scelsi D, Tagliabue M, Mura F, Benazzo M “Electrochemotherapy for the
treatment of recurrent head and neck cancers: preliminary results”. Tumori. 2012 May; 98(3):308-13
Benazzo M, Tagliabue M, Bertino G, Occhini A, Mevio N, Mura F, Scelsi D, “I lembi ricostruttivi nelle perdite
di sostanza”; Complicanze ascessuali delle flogosi del distretto testa-collo. AOOI Quaderno monografic0,
2010
Marchisio P, Mira E, Klersy C, Pagella F,Esposito S, Bianchini S, Di Mauro G, Fusi M, Nazzari E, Tagliabue M,
Bellussi L, Principi N “Medical education and attitudes about acute otitis media guidlines: a survery of italian
pediatricians
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otolaryngologists”
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Pediatr
Infect
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2009
Jan;28(1):1-4.
doi:
10.1097/INF.0b013e318184ef02
Pagella F, Matti E, Mannarini L, Colombo A, Canzi P, Tagliabue M, Giorgos G. Discinesie ciliari e malattie
respiratorie croniche del bambino: dalla diagnosi differenziale alla qualitá della vita, Azienda ospedaliera pisana,
quaderno monografico, 61-62, 2008
Congresses
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5th Hands on dissection advanced course: “From removal to reconstruction in head and neck cancers” Paris, June
2015
EPIGENomics and Health Care Policy: Challenges and Opportunities”, Milan, 01- 03 December 2014.“Role of
Infection in human Cancer” Summer school program, IARC, Gandhi Centre for Biotechnilogy, University of
Triruvananthapuram Kerala, India, 2012
8th and 5th edition: “Surgical Anatomy in Head & Neck Cancers Procedures”2013- 2010
1st and 2nd Course “Diagnostica endoscopica della voce e della deglutizione” 2011-2010