Education
- Degree in Medicine and Surgery, Catholic University, Rome
- Residency in General Surgery, “A. Gemelli” University Hospital, Catholic University, Rome
Academic Appointments
- 2023 – present: Appointed Associate Professor of Surgery, Humanitas University
- 2018 – 2022: Appointed Assistant Professor of Surgery, Humanitas University
Other
- 2013: Joined the IRCCS – Humanitas Research Hospital, serving as surgical oncologist in the Sarcoma, Melanoma and Rare Tumors Surgery Unit
- 2012 – 2013: Clinical fellow to the Upper Gastrointestinal, Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery Unit, The Royal Marsden Hospital, London, UK
His clinical and translational research activity is focused on surgical oncology especially on retroperitoneal, limb and trunk soft tissue sarcoma, gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GIST) and gastric cancer. He is author/co-author of more than 130 scientific publications including papers, book chapters and congress abstracts. He is member of the Connective Tissue Oncology Society (CTOS), European Society of Surgical Oncology (ESSO), Transatlantic Australasian Retroperitoneal Sarcoma Working Group (TARPSWG), Italian Society of Surgery (SIC), Italian Society of Surgical Oncology (SICO), Italian Sarcoma Group (ISG), and Italian Research Group on Gastric Cancer (GIRCG).
- Ruspi L, Cananzi FCM, Aymerito F, et al. Measuring the impact of complications after surgery for retroperitoneal sarcoma: Is comprehensive complication index better than Clavien-Dindo Classification?. Eur J Surg Oncol. 2022;48(5):978-984
- – Magrini E, Di Marco S, Mapelli SN, et al. Complement activation promoted by the lectin pathway mediates C3aR-dependent sarcoma progression and immunosuppression. Nat Cancer. 2021;2(2):218-232
- – Cananzi FCM, Ruspi L, Fiore M, Sicoli F, Quagliuolo V, Gronchi A. Major vascular resection in retroperitoneal sarcoma surgery. Surgery. 2021;170(3):848-856
- – Ponzetta A, Carriero R, Carnevale S, et al. Neutrophils Driving Unconventional T Cells Mediate Resistance against Murine Sarcomas and Selected Human Tumors. Cell. 2019;178(2):346-360.e24
- – Cananzi FCM, Ruspi L, Sicoli F, Minerva EM, Quagliuolo V. Did outcomes improve in retroperitoneal sarcoma surgery?. Surg Oncol. 2019;28:96-102