Professor Marialuisa Appetecchia is currently the Chief of the Oncological Endocrinology Unit of the Regina Elena National Cancer Institute-I.F.O. in Rome 00144, Via Elio Chianesi 53, Italy. She received her Masters degree in Medicine and Surgery (summa cum laude) in 1984 at the Sapienza University of Rome, and specialized in Endocrinology (summa cum laude) at the Sapienza University of Rome in 1987, and in Oncology (summa cum laude) at the Sapienza University of Rome in 1994. In 1987, she joined the Service of Endocrinology, Regina Elena National Cancer Institute, Rome. From 1993 to 2000 she worked as a senior staff member, and from 2001 to present, as Chief of the Endocrinology Unit, Regina Elena National Cancer Institute in Rome. From 1997, she has been the Contract Professor in “Endocrinology” at the Nursing University Degree, Sapienza University of Rome. From 2003, she has been the Contract Professor in “Oncological Endocrinology” at the Endocrinology School, School of Medicine, Sapienza University of Rome, as well as the Coordinator of the I.F.O. National Cancer Institute Regina Elena for the “Scuola Medica Ospedaliera”, in Rome.