Meet the Professor


Professor Emel Canbay: treatment of peritoneal metastasis of gastric cancer

Silvia L. Zhou

Abstract

Prof. Emel Canbay (Figure 1) is a general surgeon with expertise in breast and gastrointestinal surgery, minimally invasive laparoscopic surgery and cytoreductive surgery with peritonectomy procedures for peritoneal metastases of gastrointestinal cancers as gastric cancer, appendiceal neoplasms and colorectal cancers and gynecologic cancers. She also performs intraperitoneal chemotherapy applications, such as neoadjuvant intraperitoneal chemotherapy, laparascopic hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy, hyperthermic intraoperative intraperitoneal chemotherapy (HIPEC) and early postoperative intraperitoneal chemotherapy applications. Prof. Canbay has been educated and underwent advanced fellowships in Italy, United Kingdom, Japan, Korea and United States to improve her technical and scientific skills. Prof. Canbay has published numerous articles, such as “Multidisciplinary approach for the treatment of gastric cancer” published in book “Gastric Cancer” in Chinese and English.