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Elizabeth Demicco is a Professor in the Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology at the University of Toronto and a Staff Pathologist at Mount Sinai Hospital. She earned her MD and PhD from Boston University and completed her residency training at Massachusetts General Hospital, followed by fellowships in Selective Pathology, with a focus on Soft Tissue and Cancer Biomarkers, at the University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center. Her research is centered on understanding rare tumors, particularly soft tissue sarcomas. She has contributed to the field through extensive work in characterizing these tumors with a combination of immunohistochemical and molecular studies, aiming to integrate clinical and morphologic data to predict tumor behavior. Demicco's involvement in the Cancer Genome Atlas as a co-chair of the Sarcoma working group underscores her commitment to advancing knowledge in cancer genomics and tumor interactions. She is currently engaged with the Clinical Proteomic Tumor Analysis Consortium, focusing on solitary fibrous tumors and their underlying molecular events, utilizing advanced methodologies such as methylation profiling and exome sequencing. Her work aims to refine risk stratification schemes and develop insights into tumor heterogeneity and potential immunotherapy avenues.
Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology, University of Toronto • Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Teaching and conducting research in the field of pathology, specializing in rare tumors, particularly sarcomas.
Mount Sinai Hospital, Sinai Health • Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Providing pathology expertise and engaging in clinical practice focused on diagnosing and researching rare tumors.
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