Professor Spano is currently the Head of the Medical Oncology Department at the Pitie-Salpetriere Hospital in Paris, France. He is the President (Honorary) of the Association of fellows in Oncology (AERIO) in France, which he founded in 1996, and is also a member of several well-known oncology societies, including the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR), the European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO), the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO), and the International Society of Geriatric Oncology (SIOG). He is also active in the ESMO working group dedicated to ESMO examination and belongs to the ESMO breast cancer medical board. He also belongs to the editorial board of JCO, and he was also the Editor for the French edition of JCO as well as an official reviewer for many international journals dedicated to the the fields of oncology and HIV infection. Professor Spano has published over 190 papers in haematology and oncology, with a focus on breast cancer, GI malignancies, and HIV malignancies. He has made several oral presentations at medical congresses and is a very active poster presenter at the aforementioned medical societies. He is currently the Head of the Department of early phase clinical trials, entitled CLIP² Galilée, which is dedicated to “Rare Cancer patients” especially immune-compromised cancer patients, in relation with the IUC/Sorbonne University.