
Eva Tiensuu Janson
Sweden
Dr. Eva Tiensuu Janson is a senior consultant at the ERN-EURACAN and ENETS certified Center of Excellence for neuroendocrine tumors at Uppsala University Hospital. She is a Professor of Medicine at the Department of Medical Sciences, was the Dean of the Medical Faulty for six years and at present serves as deputy vice-rector for the Disciplinary domain of Medicin and Pharmacy at Uppsala University. She is the former chair for the European Neuroendocrine Tumor Society (ENETS) and servs as chair for Domain 4 in in the ERN initiative EURACAN. She is an ESMO Faculty Member with focus on neuroendocrine tumors (NET). Her translational research has rendered more than 120 publications in peer-reviewed journals. Her main research focus has been on the genetics and tumor biology of NET in the small intestine. Her main interest is understanding the genetics behind the familial subgroup of small intestinal NET (SI-NET). She has also been interested in the treatment of SI-NET with moderately high proliferation (WHO G2) and to identify new biomarkers to select treatment. Another area of interest has been the work within the Nordic NET group which has performed important studies concerning neuroendocrine carcinomas (NEC). Through the Nordic group, several papers regarding NEC have been published, both on the clinical behavior and treatment of the disease and on their tumor biology.