Giorgio V. Scagliotti is a Full Professor of Medical Oncology at the University of Torino, Director of the Medical Oncology Division at San Luigi Hospital and chairman of the Department of Oncology. He is one of the key experts in the field of thoracic tumors and he has been involved in experimental studies on basic and clinical applied research on thoracic cancers, including translational studies on mesothelioma. He has been and currently is the study coordinator of several European and international clinical trials on the treatment of advanced stage thoracic cancers and he has been a key investigator in several Italian studies on the role of chemotherapy in early stage non-small cell lung cancer. He has a long-standing clinical experience in running institution initiated clinical studies.