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Cancer
Balazs Halmos, MD, MS
Thoracic Cancer
Lung Cancer
- Director, Thoracic Oncology
- Director, Clinical Cancer Genomics
- Professor, Department of Oncology (Medical Oncology)
- Professor, Department of Medicine (Oncology & Hematology)
- Associate Director, Clinical Science, Montefiore Einstein Comprehensive Cancer Center
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Expert Summary
Dr. Halmos is an authority in the management of patients with malignancies of the thoracic cavity such as lung cancer, gastroensophageal cancer and thymoma. His research interests are focused on studies of targeted agents for the treatment of thoracic malignancies as well as translational studies aimed at different aspects of lung cancer biology such as oncogenic tyrosine kinase targeting, resistance to chemotherapy, radiation and targeted therapeutics. He oversees the thoracic clinical trials program and spearheads the effort to develop guidelines for genetic testing for cancer patients of different anatomic sites to implement a personalized cancer medicine approach.