Isabel Fernandes

Researcher
Researcher

Isabel Fernandes, MD, Ph. D., is a clinical research scientist in oncological and health matters. She is the Oncology Coordinator at CUF Descobertas, CUF Santarém and CUF Torres Vedras Hospitals. Works as an assistant to the director of the National Programme for Oncological Diseases, a consultant to the Health Technology Assessment Commission, and a founding member of the Portuguese Sarcoma Group (GPES). Member of the European Society of Oncology (ESMO) and the Portuguese Society of Oncology (SPO). She is currently a visiting Assistant Professor of Medical Oncology and Oncobiology at the Nova Medical School. Isabel Fernandes graduated with distinction from ISCTE-Instituto Universitário de Lisboa, Portugal, with a PhD in Strategic Management and Entrepreneurship.

  • Isabel Fernandes; Cecília Melo-Alvim; Raquel Lopes-Brás; Miguel Esperança-Martins; Luís Costa. "Osteosarcoma Pathogenesis Leads the Way to New Target Treatments". International Journal of Molecular Sciences 22 2 (2021): 813-813. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms22020813.
  • Raquel Lopes Brás, Dolores Lopez, Miguel Esperança-Martins, Cecília Melo-Alvim, Lina-Gallego, Luís Costa, Isabel Fernandes. Genomic profiling of sarcomas: a promising weapon in the therapeutic arsenal. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 23:14227. 2022. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms232214227
  • Miguel Esperança-Martins; Isabel Fernandes; Joaquim Soares do Brito; Daniela Macedo; Hugo Vasques; Teresa Serafim; Luís Costa; Sérgio Dias. "Sarcoma Metabolomics: Current Horizons and Future Perspectives". Cells 10 6 (2021): 1432-1432. https://doi.org/10.3390/cells10061432.
  • Rita Silva Paiva; Inês Gomes; Sandra Casimiro; Isabel Fernandes; Luís Costa. "c-Met expression in renal cell carcinoma with bone metastases". Journal of Bone Oncology 25 (2020): 100315-100315. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbo.2020.100315.
  • Macedo, Daniela; Garrido, Pedro Miguel; Fernandes, Isabel; Santana, Alice; Guerra, José; Borges-Costa, João. "Kaposi Sarcoma in Solid Organ Transplant Recipients: A challenging Case". Journal of the Portuguese Society of Dermatology and Venereology 77 3 (2019): 257-260. http://dx.doi.org/10.29021/spdv.77.3.1085.
  • Fernandes, Isabel. "Impact of the economic crisis in the approval of new oncological drugs: the Portuguese paradigm", International Journal of Management and Applied Science, 2015, 9, https://repositorio.iscte-iul.pt/bitstream/10071/10783/5/IJMAS.pdf
  • Fernandes I; Pacheco TR; Costa A; Santos AC; Fernandes AR; Santos M; Oliveira AG; et al. "Prognostic significance of AKT/mTOR signaling in advanced neuroendocrine tumors treated with somatostatin analogs.". (2012): http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/23226698.
  • Pons F; Plana M; Caminal JM; Pera J; Fernandes I; Perez J; Garcia-Del-Muro X; et al. "Metastatic uveal melanoma: is there a role for conventional chemotherapy? - A single center study based on 58 patients.". (2011): http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/21467954.
  • Impact of the economic crisis in the approval of new oncological drugs – the Portuguese paradigm. The Proceedings of 9th ISERD International conference melhor apresentação oral
  • Master's scholarship: In emerging infectious diseases, with the thesis "Human immunodeficiency virus and viral hepatitis - cross-sectional study" in June 2007, with a final classification of Good with distinction.