📍 Milan – Hyatt Centric Milan Centrale, Via Giovanni Battista Pirelli
📅 November 9, 2026 | 9:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.
Scientific Directors: Riccardo Caccialanza, Ettore Corradi
Project Rationale
Malnutrition is an often underdiagnosed condition and one of the main complications of cancer treatment. It has a significant impact on survival, treatment tolerance, and quality of life.
Mucositis associated with cancer treatment and radiation therapy directly impairs oral food intake. For this reason, it is one of the main factors contributing to malnutrition in cancer patients.
Lombardy has become a national model for structured clinical nutrition programs in oncology. This is thanks to a dedicated regional network and Regional Government Resolution (DGR) XII/1812 of January 29, 2024, which made nutritional screening mandatory in Regional Health Service (SSR) facilities and in the home. The resolution laid the groundwork for systematic, multidisciplinary care of frail patients.
Given these circumstances, the paradigm of oncology nutrition is changing. It is evolving from a supportive measure to an integral part of treatment, to be initiated early in all patients at risk of malnutrition.
The meeting aims to take stock of the Lombardy model, the experiences of the leading regional cancer centers, and the prospects for further development. The approach is multidisciplinary and focused on equitable access and quality of care.
Scientific Directors
Riccardo Caccialanza, Full Professor of Food Science and Applied Dietetic Techniques, Department of Oncology and Hematology-Oncology, University of Milan; Director of the Clinical Dietetics and Nutrition Unit, IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo Foundation, Pavia
Ettore Corradi, Director of the Department of Dietetics and Clinical Nutrition, ASST GOM Niguarda, Milan
Preliminary Program
9:00 a.m. | Opening Remarks and Moderation: “
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Riccardo Caccialanza, Ettore Corradi
9:15 a.m. | Official Remarks
Mario Melazzini
9:30 a.m. | The Evolution of Clinical Nutrition in Cancer Care Up to the AIOM Guidelines
Paolo Pedrazzoli
9:45 a.m. | The Clinical Nutrition Network in the Lombardy Region
Alessandro Scardoni
10:00 a.m. | Nutritional Support in the Management of Mucositis
Aurora Mirabile
10:15 a.m. | Prospects for the Implementation of Clinical Nutrition in the Public and Private Healthcare Systems
Maria Antonietta Bianchi
10:30 a.m. | The Commitment and Role of Patient Organizations
Davide Petruzzelli
10:45 a.m. | The Commitment of Innovative Companies to Cancer Nutrition
Elena Paola Lanati
11:00 a.m. | The Role of the Hospital Pharmacist
Federica Chinotti
11:15 a.m. | Coffee break
11:30 a.m. | The Lombardy Model for Nutritional Screening in Oncology: How the Centers Have Implemented and Applied the Regional Resolution
- ASST Spedali Civili di Brescia, Marco Andreoli
- IRCCS Humanitas, Alberto Puccini
- European Institute of Oncology (IEO) in Milan, Laura Boldrini
- IRCCS National Cancer Institute of Milan Foundation, Serena Della Valle, Claudio Vernieri
- ASST Melegnano and Martesana, Annalisa Mascheroni
- ASST Pavia, Nadia Cerutti
- IRCCS San Raffaele Hospital in Milan, Andrea Pontara
12:45 p.m. | Discussion
1:00 p.m. | Closing and light lunch
Faculty
- Marco Andreoli, Head of the Department of Dietetics and Clinical Nutrition, ASST Spedali Civili di Brescia
- Guido Bertolaso, Welfare Commissioner, Lombardy Region
- Maria Antonietta Bianchi, Head of the Food Hygiene and Nutrition Division, ATS Insubria
- Laura Boldrini, Medical Oncologist, Multidisciplinary Nutrition Service, IEO Milan
- Nadia Cerutti, Director of the Clinical Nutrition, Diabetology, and Endocrinology Department, ASST Pavia
- Federica Chinotti, Chief Pharmacist, Hospital Pharmacy Department, IRCCS National Cancer Institute Foundation in Milan
- Serena Della Valle, Head of the Clinical Nutrition Unit, IRCCS National Cancer Institute Foundation in Milan
- Elena Paola Lanati, CEO & Founder, LIONHEALTH Società Benefit
- Annalisa Mascheroni, Departmental Head of Dietetics and Clinical Nutrition, ASST Melegnano and Martesana
- Mario Melazzini, Director General of Welfare, Lombardy Region
- Aurora Mirabile, Head of Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment for the Head and Neck District, IRCCS San Raffaele Hospital in Milan
- Paolo Pedrazzoli, Director of the Department of Oncology, IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo Foundation, Pavia; Full Professor, University of Pavia
- Davide Petruzzelli, President and Founder of La Lampada di Aladino ETS; Vice President of FAVO; Vice President of the AIOM Foundation
- Andrea Pontara, Clinical Operations Management, Clinical Nutrition Division, IRCCS San Raffaele Hospital in Milan
- Alberto Puccini, Chief Medical Officer, Oncology Department, IRCCS Humanitas, Milan
- Alessandro Scardoni, Director of the Clinical Care, Organizational, and Research Networks Division, General Directorate of Welfare, Lombardy Region
- Claudio Vernieri, Chief Medical Officer, IRCCS National Cancer Institute Foundation in Milan; Associate Professor, University of Milan
Registration
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Sponsored by La Lampada di Aladino ETS, MeNS – Medical Nutrition Support, and SINPE – Italian Society for Artificial Nutrition and Metabolism
Organizing Secretariat: Vivenko Società Benefit
With the non-binding support of Lionhealth Società Benefit
