M.D. Cortese Domenico
Doctor
Contacts
- Mail: domenico.cortese@istitutotumori.mi.it
- Tel: 02.23902784
Specialty / Department
- Surgery
Dr. Cortese obtained his MD degree summa cum laude in 2010. He then completed Italian Residency Training in General Surgery and was awarded Board eligibility and a General Surgery Specialty Diploma with honors in 2017.
After having gained vast experience in the many fields of elective and emergency general surgery for both benign and malignant diseases, as well as in diagnostic and therapeutic digestive endoscopy, he began working for the Oncologic General Surgery Unit #4 – Melanomas and Eye Tumors at the National Cancer Institute in Milan, where he has been practicing as an attending general surgeon since 2024.
He is currently involved in the study, diagnosis, and treatment of melanoma and non-melanoma skin cancers (e.g., Merkel cell carcinoma, cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma, etc.).
- Risk assessment of local recurrence in patient with melanoma in situ not undergone wide local excision after diagnostic excision. (MEL_INSITU).
- Outcome evaluation of patients with melanoma and positive sentinel node after MSLT-II and DeCOG trials and the advent of adjuvant therapies. (Melanoma_SN+).
- Mail: domenico.cortese@istitutotumori.mi.it
- Tel: 02.23902784
Oncologic General Surgery 4 - Melanoma and Eye Tumors
Last update: 04/11/2025