Nuri Faruk Aykan is a medical oncologist at Istinye University, Bahcesehir Liv Hospital, in Turkey since March 2017. He received MD degree in 1976 and Board Certification in Internal Medicine in 1981 from Ankara University Medical School. His training in Medical Oncology was principally in Istanbul (1988-1991), but also in Paris (Pr. J-P Marie, Hotel-Dieu in 1991). He worked at Istanbul University Institute of Oncology between 1988 - March 2017. His principal clinical research interests have been in gastrointestinal cancers. He has participated to some international studies such as PETACC-1, CPT-CMA 202, Aventis V-306, V-307, CRYSTAL, RADIANT-2, CORRECT, REGARD and MODUL. His another area of interest is theoretical biology, especially intercellular communication. Professor Aykan is a board member of Oncology Group Association of Turkey and Gastrointestinal Subgroup of Turkish Oncology Group. He is member of ASCO, ESMO (certified member), ESDO and numerous national societies. He has published 93 scientific papers (40 of them in PubMed-indexed journals), 26 textbook chapters and 107 abstracts in English, French and Turkish in the field of oncology. He is Editorial Board Member of “Turkish Journal of Cancer” and “Acta Oncologica (Turkish Edition)” and Advisory Board Member of “Türk Onkoloji Dergisi” and “Türkiye Klinikleri Tıp Bilimleri Dergisi“.