Nicolo Matteo Luca Battisti
The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust
Downs Road
SM2 5PT Sutton, UNITED KINGDOM
Biography
Dr Nicolò Matteo Luca Battisti is a Consultant Medical Oncologist in the Breast Unit of The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK, where he is also Clinical Lead of the Senior Adult Oncology Programme.
He gained his medical degree at the University of Milan, Italy in 2009 and he completed his specialist training at the University of Milan and National Cancer Institute of Milan, Italy in 2015. He obtained a research degree (MD[Res]) within the Breast Cancer Research Division of the Institute of Cancer Research of London, UK in 2022 with a thesis focusing on of the management of common malignancies in older adults under the supervision of Dr Alistair Ring and Professor Stephen Johnston. Dr Battisti completed the European Society for Medical Oncology Leaders Generation Programme in 2022. Dr Battisti also gained a certificate in Health Economics and Policy at the London School of Economics and Political Science in August 2023.
He has an Italian Board Certification in Medical Oncology and is on the UK General Medical Council Specialist Register (Medical Oncology). He is also Member of the Royal College of Physicians.
He spent the last year of his specialist training working with Dr Martine Extermann and Dr Lodovico Balducci at the Senior Adult Oncology Program of the Moffitt Cancer Center of Tampa, Florida, USA. In 2016, Dr Battisti joined the Breast Unit of The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, where he currently works with Dr Alistair Ring and Professor Stephen Johnston.
Dr Battisti’s main clinical and research interests are breast oncology and geriatric oncology.
His main areas of investigation are comorbidities, comprehensive geriatric assessment, quality of life and prediction of anticancer treatment toxicity in older patients with cancer. He authored several publications and book chapters in the fields of geriatric and breast oncology.
Dr Battisti is President of the International Society of Geriatric Oncology (SIOG) and has served as Co-Chair and subsequently Chair of the Young Interest Group of SIOG. He also serves as Co-Chair of the European Cancer Organisation Inequalities Focused Topic Network.
He is a member of the Elderly Task Force of the European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer (EORTC) and member of the Cancer and Aging Research Group (CARG) Advocacy Committee and Clinical Implementation Core. He is a member of the Clinical Steering Group of the National Audit of Breast Cancer in Older Patients (NABCOP) in the UK.
Dr Battisti was presented the Arti Hurria Award at the 2019 San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium for his research on the use of chemotherapy in older patients with early breast cancer enrolled on the Bridging The Age Gap study and in 2021 he was presented the Dario Cova Award from the Italian Group of Geriatric Oncology for his contribution to the field of geriatric oncology.
Most relevant papers
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Battisti NML, De Glas N, Soto-Perez-de-Celis E, Liposits G, Bringuier M, Walko C, Lichtman SM, Aapro M, Cheung KL, Biganzoli L, Ring A, Portielje J, Wildiers H, Brain E.
Chemotherapy and gene expression profiling in older early luminal breast cancer patients: An International Society of Geriatric Oncology systematic review. Eur J Cancer. 2022 Sep;172:158-170. doi: 10.1016/j.ejca.2022.05.039. Epub 2022 Jun 28. PMID: 35777273.
Eur J Cancer. 2022 Sep;172:158-170. doi: 10.1016/j.ejca.2022.05.039. Epub 2022 Jun 28. PMID: 35777273.
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Battisti NML, Joshi K, Nasser MS, Ring A.
Systemic therapy for older patients with early breast cancer.
Cancer Treat Rev. 2021 Nov;100:102292. doi: 10.1016/j.ctrv.2021.102292. Epub 2021 Sep 11. PMID: 34536728.
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Battisti NML, Decoster L, Williams GR, Kanesvaran R, Wildiers H, Ring A.
Targeted Therapies in Older Adults With Solid Tumors.
J Clin Oncol. 2021 Jul 1;39(19):2128-2137. doi: 10.1200/JCO.21.00132. Epub 2021 May 27. PMID: 34043448; PMCID: PMC8260907.
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Battisti N. M. L., Smith I. E.
Preventing late recurrence in hormone receptor-positive early breast cancer: a review.
European Journal of Cancer 2022.
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Battisti N. M. L., Hatton M. Q., Reed M. W. R., Herbert E., Morgan J. L., Bradburn M., Simcock R., Walters S. J., Collins K. A., Ward S. E., Holmes G. R., Burton M., Lifford K. J., Edwards A., Robinson T. G., Martin C., Chater T., Pemberton K. J., Brennan A., Cheung K. L., Todd A., Audisio R. A., Wright J., Green T., Revell D., Gath J., Horgan K., Holcombe C., Winter M. C., Naik J., Parmeshwar R., Gosney M. A., Thompson A. M., Wyld L., Ring A.
Bridging the Age Gap TMG. Observational cohort study in older women with early breast cancer: Use of radiation therapy and impact on health-related quality of life and mortality.
Radiotherapy & Oncology 2021.
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Ring A., Battisti N. M. L., Reed M. W. R., Herbert E., Morgan J. L., Bradburn M., Walters S. J., Collins K. A., Ward S. E., Holmes G. R., Burton M., Lifford K., Edwards A., Robinson T. G., Martin C., Chater T., Pemberton K. J., Brennan A., Cheung K. L., Todd A., Audisio R. A., Wright J., Simcock R., Green T., Revell D., Gath J., Horgan K., Holcombe C., Winter M. C., Naik J., Parmeshwar R., Gosney M. A., Hatton M. Q., Thompson A. M., Wyld L.
Bridging The Age Gap: observational cohort study of effects of chemotherapy and trastuzumab on recurrence, survival and quality of life in older women with early breast cancer.
British Journal of Cancer 2021.
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Battisti N. M. L., Reed M. W. R., Herbert E., Morgan J. L., Collins K. A., Ward S. E., Holmes G. R., Bradburn M., Walters S. J., Burton M., Lifford K., Edwards A., Robinson T. G., Martin C., Chater T., Pemberton K. J., Shrestha A., Brennan A., Cheung K. L., Todd A., Audisio R. A., Wright J., Simcock R., Green T., Revell D., Gath J., Horgan K., Holcombe C., Winter M. C., Naik J., Parmeshwar R., Gosney M. A., Hatton M. Q., Thompson A. M., Wyld L., Ring A.
Bridging the Age Gap in breast cancer: Impact of chemotherapy on quality of life in older women with early breast cancer.
European Journal of Cancer 2020.
