Jose Russo is a senior member and professor at Fox Chase Cancer Center, director of both the Irma H Russo, MD- Breast Cancer Research Laboratory and the Environment Research Center at FCCC-Temple Health.[2][3] He is also a professor of biochemistry at the Temple Medical School in Philadelphia and an adjunct professor in pathology and cell biology at Thomas Jefferson College of Medicine.[4]

Jose Russo
Alma mater
Awards
Scientific career
InstitutionsFox Chase Cancer Center
Website

Education edit

Russo was born in Rivadavia, Argentina, a small town east of the city of Mendoza, in 1942. He earned his bachelor's degree in 1959 from Agustin Alvarez National College, Mendoza, Argentina.[citation needed] In the year 1967, he received his physician and surgeon degree from the School Medicine, National University of Cuyo.

He received four years post-doctoral fellowship from the National Scientific and Technical Research Council (CONICET) where he completed his formation as a physician-scientist that started in 1962 in the Experimental Pathology Department. After finishing his training in research in Argentina he obtained a fellowship from the Rockefeller Foundation in 1971 and two years later he was hired as a research scientist at the Michigan Cancer Foundation, Detroit, Michigan.[5]

Research and career edit

In 1982, he was board-certified by the American Board of Pathology, and in the same year he became the chairman of the department of pathology of the Michigan Cancer Foundation. In 1991 he moved to Philadelphia, becoming chairman of the department of pathology at the Fox Chase Cancer Center.[6][7][8] He also became adjunct professor of pathology and cell biology at Thomas Jefferson College of Medicine[9] and Adjunct Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine. In 2010 he became professor of biochemistry at Temple University.

Russo has been serving as a professor and senior member at Fox Chase Cancer Center[10] since 1991 and director of the Breast Cancer Research Laboratory that was renamed in 2013 the Irma H Russo MD-Breast Cancer Research Laboratory, in honor of his late wife.[11] Since 2002, he is the director of the Breast Cancer and the Environment Research Center at FCCC. Russo also served as the director of the Department of Defense Postdoctoral Breast Cancer Training Program at the FCCC from January 2000 to December 2004.[12]

From 1991 to 1994 he was the chairman of the Department of Pathology, Fox Chase Cancer Center. Russo also worked as the chairman in the Department of Pathology at the Michigan Cancer Foundation from 1982 to 1991.

Russo has authored more than 450 publications, including 15 books. According to the Scopus, Russo is one of the most cited researcher, his research has been cited 16,220 and has an h-index of 66.[13]

Awards and honors edit

Russo was the recipient of the Hispanic Heritage Award by AL DIA.[14] In the year, 2009 he was also awarded the Michael Hill's Lecture Award.[15] Russo was the recipient of the Project Award from the American Cancer Society in 2008. He was an editor for the Journal of Oncogenesis and also serving as a senior editor for the Journal of Future Medicine.[16][17]

Books edit

  • Immunocytochemistry in Tumor Diagnosis.[18]
  • Russo, J. and Russo, I.H. “Molecular Basis of Breast Cancer”, Springer –Verlag, Heidelberg, Germany, 2004.[19]
  • Russo, J. “Breast Cancer, and the Environment”, Springer, NY, 2011.[20]

Patents edit

Jose Russo has obtained several patents for his inventions.

  • hCG therapy for the treatment of metastatic breast cancer, (2000).[21]
  • Identification and characterization of pregnancy-associated genetic signatures and use thereof for diagnosis and treatment of breast cancer, (2010); now abandoned.[22]
  • Compositions and methods for the prevention of cancer in high risk patients, (2015).[23]
  • Human chorionic gonadotropin variant peptides and treatment of breast cancer, (2019); application.[24]

Publications edit

  • Jose Russo, Lee K. Tay, and Irma H. Russo. "Differentiation of the mammary gland and susceptibility to carcinogenesis". Journal of Breast Cancer Research and Treatment.[25]
  • Jose Russo, Barry A. Gusterson, Adrianne E. Rogers, Irma H. Russo, Sefton R. Wellings, and Matthew J. Van Zwieten. "Comparative Study of Human and Rat Mammary Tumorigenesis". Journal of Pathology Reviews.[26]
  • Jose Russo, Raquel Moral, Gabriela A Balogh, Daniel Mailo, and Irma H Russo. "The protective role of pregnancy in breast cancer". Journal of Breast Cancer Research.[27]
  • Jose Russo, Yun-Fu Hu, Xiaoqi Yang, and Irma H. Russo. "Developmental, Cellular, and Molecular Basis of Human Breast Cancer". JNCI Monographs.[28]
  • Jose Russo, M.Hasan Lareef, Gabriela Balogh, Shanchun Guo, and Irma H.Russo. "Estrogen and its metabolites are carcinogenic agents in human breast epithelial cells". The Journal of Steroid Biochemistry and Molecular Biology.[29]

References edit

  1. ^ "jose russo". www.foxchase.
  2. ^ "Jose Russo". www.foxchase.org. 2015-11-08. Retrieved 2020-03-09.
  3. ^ "fccc.edu".
  4. ^ "Jose Russo - Studies on Stem Cells Research and Therapy | Peertechz Publications". www.peertechz.com. Retrieved 2020-03-09.
  5. ^ Russo, Jose; Milis, Megan J.; Moussalli, Michelline J.; Russo, Irma H. (1989-07-01). "Influence of human breast development on the growth properties of primary cultures". In Vitro Cellular & Developmental Biology. 25 (7): 643–649. doi:10.1007/BF02623635. ISSN 1475-2689. PMID 2753852. S2CID 22497629.
  6. ^ Toussaint, Jensen (2018-09-27). "Dr. Jose Russo: A lifelong commitment to cancer research". AL DÍA News. Retrieved 2020-03-10.
  7. ^ Journal of the National Cancer Institute: Monographs. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, National Institutes of Health. 1990. ISBN 9780199290079.
  8. ^ "Staff: Russo Breast Cancer Research Laboratory". labs.fccc.edu. Retrieved 2020-03-10.
  9. ^ Russo, Jose (2016). The Pathobiology of Breast Cancer. Springer International Publishing. ISBN 978-3-319-40813-2.
  10. ^ "Elyns Group". www.elynsgroup.com. Retrieved 2020-03-10.
  11. ^ "Irma H. Russo, MD". labs.fccc.edu. Retrieved 2020-03-10.
  12. ^ "BMT Editorial Board". www.futuremedicine.com. Retrieved 2020-03-10.
  13. ^ "Scopus preview - Scopus - Author details (Russo, José)". www.scopus.com. Retrieved 2020-03-10.
  14. ^ "Professor Jose Russo Honored with Hispanic Heritage Award". www.foxchase.org. 2018-10-04. Retrieved 2020-03-10.
  15. ^ "Michael J Hill Memorial Lecture | European Cancer Prevention". Retrieved 2020-03-10.
  16. ^ "Madridge Publishers". madridge.org. Retrieved 2020-03-10.
  17. ^ "BMT Editorial Board". www.futuremedicine.com. Retrieved 2020-03-10.
  18. ^ Russo, Jose (1985). Russo, Jose (ed.). Immunocytochemistry in Tumor Diagnosis. doi:10.1007/978-1-4613-2615-1. ISBN 978-1-4612-9636-2. S2CID 29526113.
  19. ^ Russo, Jose; Russo, Irma H. (2004). Molecular Basis of Breast Cancer: Prevention and Treatment. Berlin Heidelberg: Springer-Verlag. ISBN 978-3-642-62270-0.
  20. ^ Russo, Jose, ed. (2011). Environment and Breast Cancer. New York: Springer-Verlag. ISBN 978-1-4419-9895-8.
  21. ^ WO 35469, Russo, Irma H.; Russo, Jose & Deluca, Giampiero et al., "hCG therapy for the treatment of metastatic breast cancer", issued 2000-06-22, assigned to Fox Chase Cancer Center and Applied Research Systems & inventors 
  22. ^ US 20100285995, Russo, Jose & Russo, Irma H., "Identification and characterization of pregnancy-associated genetic signatures and use thereof for diagnosis and treatment of breast cancer", published 2010-11-11 
  23. ^ US 8969304, Russo, Jose & Russo, Irma H., "Compositions and methods for the prevention of cancer in high risk patients", published 2015-03-03, assigned to The Institute for Cancer Research and inventors 
  24. ^ WO 2019079167, Russo, Jose; Su, Yanrong & Santucci Pereira del Buono, Julia et al., "Human chorionic gonadotropin variant peptides and treatment of breast cancer", published 2019-04-25, assigned to Fox Chase Cancer Center 
  25. ^ Russo, Jose; Tay, Lee K.; Russo, Irma H. (1982-03-01). "Differentiation of the mammary gland and susceptibility to carcinogenesis". Breast Cancer Research and Treatment. 2 (1): 5–73. doi:10.1007/BF01805718. ISSN 1573-7217. PMID 6216933. S2CID 22657169.
  26. ^ Russo, Jose; Gusterson, Barry A.; Rogers, Adrianne E.; Russo, Irma H.; Wellings, Sefton R.; Van Zwieten, Matthew J. (1990), Rubin, Emanuel; Damjanov, Ivan (eds.), "Comparative Study of Human and Rat Mammary Tumorigenesis", Pathology Reviews • 1990, vol. 62, no. 3, Humana Press, pp. 217–251, doi:10.1007/978-1-4612-0485-5_15, ISBN 978-1-4612-0485-5, PMID 2107367
  27. ^ Russo, Jose; Moral, Raquel; Balogh, Gabriela A.; Mailo, Daniel; Russo, Irma H. (2005-04-07). "The protective role of pregnancy in breast cancer". Breast Cancer Research. 7 (3): 131–42. doi:10.1186/bcr1029. ISSN 1465-542X. PMC 1143568. PMID 15987443.
  28. ^ Russo, Jose; Hu, Yun-Fu; Yang, Xiaoqi; Russo, Irma H. (2000-07-01). "Chapter 1: Developmental, Cellular, and Molecular Basis of Human Breast Cancer". JNCI Monographs. 2000 (27): 17–37. doi:10.1093/oxfordjournals.jncimonographs.a024241. ISSN 1052-6773. PMID 10963618.
  29. ^ Russo, Jose; Hasan Lareef, M.; Balogh, Gabriela; Guo, Shanchun; Russo, Irma H. (2003-10-01). "Estrogen and its metabolites are carcinogenic agents in human breast epithelial cells". The Journal of Steroid Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. 87 (1): 1–25. doi:10.1016/S0960-0760(03)00390-X. ISSN 0960-0760. PMID 14630087. S2CID 2601174.