Dr. Laura Biganzoli is board certified in medical oncology and internal medicine. She received her medical degree from the University of Pavia, Italy, and completed fellowships at the National Cancer Institute of Milan, Italy, and at the Jules Bordet Institute in Brussels, Brussels. She has worked as a senior staff member at the Medical Oncology Clinic of the Jules Bordet Institute and has been a Visiting Senior Lecturer in the Division of Cancer Studies at the School of Medicine, King’s College. She is currently Director of the Breast Centre, Hospital of Prato, Prato, Italy Her current research focuses on breast cancer and geriatric oncology and she has published extensively in these fields. Prof Biganzoli was the Director of the European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer (EORTC) Investigational Drug Branch for Breast Cancer, and organisation dedicated to the conduction of early Phase II studies in advanced breast cancer. For 5 years she sat on the Board of Directors of the Breast International Group (BIG) from 1999 to 2003. She was President of the European Society of Breast Cancer Specialists (EUSOMA), Treasurer of the International Society of Geriatric Oncology (SIOG), and ESMO representative of the ESMO / SIOG Cancer in Elderly Working Group. She sat on the Board of Directors of the Breast International Group (BIG) (1999-2003) and has served as a faculty member for ESMO for Elderly (2012-2014) and for the Breast Cancer Faculty Group (2016-2018).