Prof. Maria Cristina Curia is an Associate Professor at the Department of Medical, Oral, and Biotechnological Sciences, University G. d’Annunzio of Chieti-Pescara, Chieti, Italy. She graduated with a degree in Biological Sciences cum laude from the University of L’Aquila, Italy. She served as a Visiting Scientist at the National Cancer Institute, NIH, Bethesda, Maryland, USA, and obtained her Ph.D. degree in Experimental Medicine from La Sapienza University, Rome. She has been working at G. d’Annunzio University of Chieti, Italy, since 1996 and has successively served as a University Researcher, Academic Senator, President of the Bachelor Course of Midwifery, and Departmental Delegate for Orientation. She has been a Guest Editor in Cancers and Cells Special Issues, a member of the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) since 1995, a member of the Italian Association of Cancer since 1998, a member of the Italian Association of Familial and Hereditary Gastrointestinal Tumors since 2002, a member of the Italian Society of Pathology and Translational Medicine (SIPMet) since 2016, and a member of the Italian Odontostomatological Cenacle since 2022.