Prof. Moshe Schaffer Profile

Prof. Moshe Schaffer

Associate Professor
MD, PhD
Residency: Radiation Oncology (Munich University, Germany)

Department :	Oncology Department
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Email :	schafmos@bgu.ac.il
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Radio-Sensitisers, Photodynamic Therapy, Kaposi sarcoma

Education

MD date: November 1988 , PhD- date: April 2004

Research Interests

Radio-Sensitisers
Photodynamic Therapy
Kaposi sarcoma

Research Topics

Selective and Specific Radio-Sensitisers, especially combined with Photosensitisers.
Kaposi Sarcoma (New Project)

Major expertise and techniques in the lab

Radiosensitisers (PhD Thesis)
Photo-Dynamic Therapy (Munich University)
Hyperthermia (Munich University)

Publications and funding summary / representative publications and grants

i. 57 papers (15-Q1, 13-Q2, 8- Q3, 13- Q4, 8-not defined)-
1. Maluta SPI, Schaffer MPI*, Pioli FCOPI, Dall’Oglio SCOPI, Pasetto SCOPI, Schaffer PMCOPI, Weber BCOPI, Giri MGPI. Regional hyperthermia combined with chemo – radiotherapy in primary or recurrent locally advanced unresectable pancreatic cancer : An open – label comparative cohort trial. Strahlentherapie und Onkologie 2011, 187:619-25. *Corresponding author (Q1).
2. Schaffer MPI, Hofstetter ACOPI, Ertl-Wagner BCOPI, Batash RCOPI, P?schl JCOPI, Schaffer PMPI. Treatment of Astrocytoma Grade III with Photofrin II as a radiosensitiser, a case report. Strahlenther Onkol 2013, 189:972–976 (Q1).
3. Schaffer MPI, Ertl-Wagner BCOPI, Schaffer PMCOPI, Kulka UCOPI, Jori GCOPI, D?hmke ECOPI, Hofstetter API. The application of Photofrin II as a sensitizing agent for ionizing radiation- a new approach in tumor therapy? Current Medicinal Chemistry, 12, 763-771, 2005. (Q1).

Funding: AXCAN PHARMA- Phosensitisers as Radiosensitisers

Existing collaborations

i. Prof. S. Combs, Dept. of Radiation therapy, Technical University of Munich, Germany.
ii. Prof. L. Bonavina, Dept of Surgery, University of Milan, Italy.
iii. Prof. Izhak Haviv, Bar Ilan University, Faculty of Medicine, Israel.

Suggested multi-disciplinary research project / research focus topics

i. Radio-Sensitisers
ii. Photodynamic Therapy
iii. Kaposi sarcoma

Looking for expertise / project

Radio-Sensitisers, Photodynamic Therapy, Kaposi sarcoma