- Bupa Platinum consultant
- Fee assured
- Verified account
- Open Referral network
Specialises in
- Breast
Offers
- Face-to-face consultations
- Video and telephone consultations
About me
Dr Nicol� Matteo Luca Battisti is a Consultant Medical Oncologist in the Breast Unit of The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK, where he is also Clinical Lead of the Senior Adult Oncology Programme.
He obtained his medical degree at the University of Milan, Italy in 2009 and he completed his specialist training at the University of Milan and National Cancer Institute of Milan, Italy in 2015.
He obtained a research degree (MD[Res]) within the Breast Cancer Research Division of the Institute of Cancer Research of London, UK in 2022 with a thesis focusing on of the management of common malignancies in older adults. Dr Battisti completed the European Society for Medical Oncology Leaders Generation Programme in 2022 and obtained a certificate in Health Economics and Policy at the London School of Economics and Political Science in 2023.
Dr Battisti is on the UK General Medical Council Specialist Register (Medical Oncology) and is Member of the Royal College of Physicians of London since 2016. He has also an Italian Board Certification in Medical Oncology since 2015.
He spent the last year of his specialist training working with Dr Martine Extermann and Dr Lodovico Balducci at the Senior Adult Oncology Program of the Moffitt Cancer Center of Tampa, Florida, USA. In 2016, Dr Battisti joined the Breast Unit of The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, where he currently works.
Dr Battisti's main clinical and research interests are breast oncology and geriatric oncology. His main areas of investigation are comorbidities, comprehensive geriatric assessment, quality of life and prediction of anticancer treatment toxicity in older patients with cancer. He also has an interest in inequalities in cancer care. He authored several publications and book chapters in the fields of breast oncology, geriatric oncology and cancer care disparities.
Dr Battisti is currently Past President of the International Society of Geriatric Oncology (SIOG) after serving as President of SIOG in 2022-2024. He also serves as Treasurer of the European Cancer Organisation and Co-Chair of its Inequalities Focused Topic Network. Dr Battisti also serves as Member of the Executive Committee of the European Society of Breast Cancer Specialists (EUSOMA).
He is a member of the Older Adult Council of the European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer (EORTC) and member of the Cancer and Aging Research Group (CARG) Advocacy Committee and Clinical Implementation Core. He is a member of the Clinical Steering Group of the National Audit of Breast Cancer in Older Patients (NABCOP) in the UK.
Dr Battisti was presented the Arti Hurria Award at the 2019 San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium for his research on the use of chemotherapy in older patients with early breast cancer enrolled on the Bridging The Age Gap study and in 2021 he was presented the Dario Cova Award from the Italian Group of Geriatric Oncology for his contribution to the field of geriatric oncology.
Areas of interest
breast cancer; geriatric oncology
Medical secretaries
- Karen Webb
- Downs Road Sutton SM2 5PT
- 020 3186 5279
- karen.webb@rmh.nhs.uk
