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George Astras

Clinical Associate Professor, Oncology

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School of Medicine

Clinical Faculty

Academic Qualifications

Qualification Year Awarding Institution Department Thesis title (Optional Entry)
MSC 2011 UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE ONCOLOGY PERSONALISED ONCOLOGY
MD 2001 SEMMELWEIS UNIVERSITY MEDICINE CHOLINOMIMETIC TREATMENT IN ALZHEIMERS

Employment History

Period of employment Employer Location Position
From To
2020 Today PMC NICOSIA, CYPRUS MEDICAL ONCOLOGIST
2012 Today AMC NICOSIA, CYPRUS LEAD MEDICAL ONCOLOGIST
2013 Today St.George & Blue Cross Clinic PAPHOS, CYPRUS LEAD MEDICAL ONCOLOGIST
2017 2018 GERMAN ONCOLOGY CENTER LIMASSOL, CYPRUS LEAD MEDICAL ONCOLOGIST
2011 2012 ROYAL  BOURNEMOUTH HOSPITAL UNITED KINGDOM MEDICAL ONCOLOGIST

Publications

Year Title Other authors Journal and Publisher / Conference Vol. Pages
2020 Pharmacogenomic testing to guide personalized cancer medicine decisions in private oncology practice: a case study. Astras, G. et al. Front. Oncol. 10 521
2017 Irreversible electroporation (Nanoknife® treatment) in the field of hepatobiliary surgery: Current status and future perspectives Georgios Kourounis Patrick Paul Tabet Demetrios Moris Alexandros Papalambros Evangelos Felekouras Fanourios Georgiades Athanasios Petrou JBUON 2017 22(1) 141-149
2016 Primary Paraganglioma of the Thyroid Gland: Clinical and Immunohistological analysis with a literature review Marios Loizou Julien Fengaly Giannis Panayiotou EMJ. 2016 1[2] 101-106
2015 Diagnosis and management of isolated pituitary metastasis from adenocarcinoma of unknown origin presenting as loss of libido. Julien Fengaly BMJ 2015 Mar 31;2015. Epub 2015 Mar 31.
2011 Isolated CNS relapse in human epidermal growth factor receptor 2-positive esophagogastric cancer: effective treatment with trastuzumab after failure of surgery and radiotherapy. Tom Geldhart J Clin Oncol 2011 Aug 6 29(23) e664-5 Epub 2011 Jun 6
2009 Glucose intolerance during adjuvant chemotherapy for breast cancer. Tamas Hickish David Kerr Peter Thomas J Natl Cancer Inst 2009 Apr 24. 101(7) 537 Epub 2009 Mar 24.

Exhibitions

Research Projects

Date Title Funded by Project Role*
2018 - 2020 Pharmacogenomic testing for personalized cancer OncoDNA, Belgium & C.A.Papaellinas Investigator
2019 - 2020 Non-invasive diagnostics via liquid biopsy NIPD Genetics Investigator

Academic Consulting Services/Councils/Boards/Editorial Committees

Period Organization Title of Position or Service Key Activities
2020 - today Royal McDonald House Charity Cyprus Oncology Consultant Advisor and committee member
2019 - today The Cyprus Brain Tumour Association Vice president Advisor and committee member
2017-2019 Cyprus Anticancer Society Scientific Member Advisor and committee member
2018 Novartis Oncology Consultant Advisory Board on Adjuvant Melanoma

Awards/International Recognition

Other Achievements