Paolo Veronesi

Paolo Veronesi is Director of Breast Surgery at IEO, the European Institute of Oncology, in Milan and Professor at the University of Milan. His specialisms are breast surgery, sentinel node biopsy and surgical de-escalation. He leads the programme founded by Umberto Veronesi, the pioneer of breast conservation, continuing the institute's tradition of de-escalation from quadrantectomy to sentinel node biopsy and axillary sparing. His papers include the long-term follow-up of the IBCSG 23-01 trial of axillary dissection versus no dissection in patients with sentinel-node micrometastases, a historical perspective on axillary surgery in breast cancer, and a ten-year follow-up of sentinel node biopsy after neoadjuvant treatment. His publications are listed on PubMed.