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Dr Diletta Bianchini is a medical oncologist with a specialisation in genito-urinary cancers. After achieving her medical degree, she undertook specialist training in medical oncology at the University of Florence in Italy and completed the training in 2007.

As her specialist training drew to a close, she earned a research-focused fellowship at the Royal Marsden Hospital.

In 2008 she ventured into the Prostate Targeted Therapy Group, led by Professor Johann de Bono, initially as a research fellow and subsequently as a specialty doctor.

During this period, she gained experience in translational and clinical research and contributed to the set-up and conduct of clinical trials resulting in the approval of ground-breaking treatments for prostate cancer including abiraterone, enzalutamide, olaparib, and Lutetium-177 PSMA.

In 2020 Dr Bianchini was appointed as a consultant medical oncologist at Maidstone Hospital's Kent Oncology Centre in the Uro-Oncology team.

She is responsible for the care of patients with genito-urinary cancers attending outpatient clinics at Maidstone Hospital and at Medway NHS Foundation Trust.

She published extensively in peer-reviewed journals and she is an advocate for education, involved with both undergraduate and postgraduate students. She has been appointed as Associate Lecturer and Research Project Supervisor at the Kent and Medway Medical School.

At present Dr Bianchini acts as a Principal Investigator at Maidstone Hospital and Medway Hospital for several clinical trials and also covers the role of Research Specialty Lead in Urology at Medway NHS Trust.

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