Antonio Mazzocca received an MD degree from the University of Bari School of Medicine, Italy, in 1994 and a Ph.D. from the University of Florence, Florence, Italy, in 2000. He conducted his post-doctoral research in the laboratory of Prof. Alex Toker (http://www.tokerlab.com/People.html) in the Department of Pathology, BIDMC, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, directed by Harold Dvorak. Next, he moved to the Department of Pathology at Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN. Back in Italy, he was appointed as Assistant Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine at the University of Bari Medical School and then promoted to Professor of General Pathology in 2016 (ASN).
Other Activities:
• Associate Editor, Journal of Gastrointestinal Cancer
• Editorial Board, Archives of Pathology and Clinical Research, International Journal of Chronic Diseases, BioMed Research International (Hepatology), Hepatoma Research, Frontiers in Gastrointestinal Cancers
Pathobiology of Hepatocellular Carcinoma and Clinical Impact
Hepatocellular Carcinoma: Diagnosis and Treatment
The Systemic-Evolutionary Theory of the Origin of Cancer (SETOC)
The Systemic-Evolutionary Theory of the Origin of Cancer (SETOC)
Theories of Cancer Book (Teorie del Cancro)
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Contribution of regenerative and fibrotic processes to cancer formation
Plasticity & Heterogeneity in liver cancer
Cellular adaptation and malignant transformation in
response to changes in the microenvironment
Identification of molecular therapeutic targets and development of new drugs
EDUCATION
2007 – 2009
Vanderbilt University
2001 – 2003
Harvard University
1996 – 2000
University of Florence
1988 – 1994
University of Bari
