Joan Brunet

Joan Brunet is a medical oncologist with a conviction that genetics is the best way to prevent cancer. He got the Accreditation of Excellence in Hereditary Cancer of the Spanish Society of Medical Oncology. He has published more than 100 papers related to cancer genetics. He is currently the Head of the Medical Oncology Department at the Catalan Institute of Oncology (ICO) in Girona and the Corporate Director of Cancer Clinical Genetics. He shares his interest in cancer genetics with teaching as Assistant Professor of Bioethics and Critical Appraisal at the School of Medicine at the University of Girona. He pioneered the settlement of cancer genetic counselling units in Spain and founded the Hereditary Cancer Working Group of the Spanish Society of Medical Oncology. His research is focused on the clinical translation of multi-gene panel testing for hereditary cancer. He is also involved in many projects related to Hereditary Breast and Ovarian Cancer and Lynch syndrome, such as the role of microbiota and the development of a genetic screening test for gynaecological cancer. He is also promoting clinical trials on hereditary cancer prevention. He participates of international consortia and research groups and he is a member of the European Reference Networks (ERN) Genturis (Genetic Tumour Risk). He is very proud of being part of such an enthusiastic, multidisciplinary and highly competitive group that is the Hereditary Cancer Program of the Catalan Cancer Network.