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Stefanos Labropoulos

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Stefanos Labropoulos

Clinical Specialties

  • Medical Oncology
  • Hematology

Current Title

  • Associate Director, 3rd Oncology Department Hygeia Hospital Athens Greece
  • Co-founder, Contemporary Oncology Team, Athens Greece

  • MD National University of Athens Medical School Graduated magna cum laude, Greece, 1988
  • Residency in Internal Medicine at University of Illinois at Chicago, 1992 – 1995
  • Fellowship in Hematology Oncology and Transplantation at University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, 1995 – 1998
  • Fellowship in Hematology and Medical Oncology at Virginia Commonwealth University / Massey Cancer Center Virginia, 1998 – 1999

  • Greek Ministry of Public Health,1999
  • American Board of Internal Medicine, 1995
  • American Board of Internal Medicine, Hematology & Medical Oncology Boards, 1998. Recertified Medical Oncology, 2014
  • European Medical Oncology Board, 2003 and 2014

  • Full medical license in Greece (ISA),1988
  • State of Illinois, 1995
  • Commonwealth of Virginia, 2001

  • Greece
    • Athens Medical Association
    • Hellenic Society of Medical Oncology
  • European Union
    • European Society for Medical Oncology
  • United States of America
    • American College of Physicians
    • American Society of Hematology
    • American Society of Clinical Oncology

  • Good Clinical Practice for Investigational Site Staff training, 2015
  • Sub-Investigator in Phase II-IV Clinical Studies


Dr. Labropoulos is the principal or co-author of over 18 publications in peer review / high impact academic and professional publications. He is also the author of four chapters in textbooks and specialized edited books.

A complete list of Publications

  • A modified mutagenic PCR-RFLP method for K-ras codon 12 and 13 mutations detection in NSCL patients. Molecular and Cellular Probes 2001, Vol 15, pp 243-247
  • Continuation of Trastuzumab beyond disease progression is feasible and safe in patients with metastatic breast cancer: A prospective analysis of 80 cases by the Hellenic Cooperative Oncology Group: Clinical Breast Cancer 2003; 4, pp 120-5
  • Gefitinib as treatment for non-small cell lung cancer. BJC 2003 ;89 Suppl 2, pp532
  • Characterization of a novel large deletion and single point mutations in the BRCA1 gene in a Greek cohort of families with suspected hereditary breast cancer. BMC Cancer. 2004 Sep 7;4:61.
  • Sustained complete remission of metastatic dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans with imatinib mesylate. Anti-Cancer Drugs 2005,16 pp 461-6
  • Treatment of non-small cell lung cancer with gefitinib (Iressa ZD 1839): the Greek experience with a compassionate –use program. Anti-Cancer Drugs 2005 Feb ;16 pp 91-198
  • Paclitaxel and carboplatin as first-line chemotherapy combined with gefitinib (IRESSA) in patients with advanced breast cancer: a phase I/II study conducted by the Hellenic Cooperative Oncology Group. Breast Cancer Res Treat. 2005 Jul; 92(1):1-9.
  • Mutational and methylation analysis of the cyclin-dependent kinase 4 inhibitor (p16INK4A) gene in chronic lymphocytic leukemia. Eur J Haematol. 2006 Mar; 76(3):230-6.
  • Hypermethylation of the p15INK4B gene promoter in B-chronic lymphocytic leukemia. Am J Hematol. 2007 Sep;82(9):824-5.
  • Imatinib in the treatment of dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans. Biologics 2007 Dec;1 (4):347-53
  • Elucidation of the transmission of a novel mutation in BRCA 1 (1125 del CT) in a family with multiple cases of breast cancer. Cancer Genomics Proteomics 2009 Jul-Aug; 6:215-7
  • Phase II study of neoadjuvant imatinib in glioblastoma: evaluation of clinical and molecular effects of the treatment. Clin Cancer Res 2009 Oct ;15 :6258-66
  • MBD2 contributes to developmental silencing of the human ε-globin gene. Blood Cells Mol Dis. 2011 Mar 15; 46(3):212-9. doi: 10.1016/j.bcmd.2011.01.001. Epub 2011 Feb 4.
  • Breast cancer chapter in: Advancements in Internal Medicine publication ZHTA. 2001 and 2006 (in Greek)
  • Geriatric Oncology in: Basic principles of Cancer Treatment, edition 2006 (Greek)
  • Geriatric treatment of Breast cancer in: Breast Cancer, edition 2007 (Greek)
  • Immunologic therapy of cancer in: Pathology of the Lymphatic System, Athens 2011

Scientific Interests

  • Epigenetics

Volunteering

  • Ethiopia, 2007

Awards

  • Scientific resident of the year, annual awards University of Illinois, Chicago
  • Award by the University of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia for voluntary work in May 2007

Languages

Dr. Labropoulos speaks English and French besides Greek.