Jean-Yves Blay

Dr. Jean-Yves Blay is Professor of Medicine at the Université Claude Bernard in Lyon, France, and the Scientific Director of the Canceropole Lyon Rhône Alpes, a network of more than 1500 researchers and physicians working in the field of cancer. He is President of the Executive Committee of the EORTC (European Organization for the Research and Treatment of Cancer), Chairman of the French Sarcoma Group, and Director in the Conticanet Network (Conticanet.eu), a Network of excellence funded by the 6th FrameWork Program of the European Commission.

His research interests focus on clinical and basic research in sarcomas, the biology of breast carcinoma and relation between tumor microenvironment and malignant cells. Dr. Blay is an active member of the European Society of Medical Oncology, the American Society of Clinical Oncology and the American Association of Cancer Research. Dr. Blay serves as scientific committee board member of five Cancer Centers in France.