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      Dr Deme Karikios
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      Medical Oncologist

      A/Prof Deme Karikios

      A/Prof Deme Karikios
      A/Prof
      Deme
      Karikios

      BSc MBBS FRACP PhD

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      BSc MBBS FRACP PhD

      Locations

      NSW:Kingswood
      Kingswood, NSW
      Kingswood
      Ground Floor, Somerset Specialist Centre, 38 Somerset Street, Kingswood, NSW, 2747, Australia
      -33.76105297267143, 150.7155716117431
      /au/our-centres/nsw-kingswood
      NSW

      Languages

      Fluent

      • English

      Biography

      Clinical interests in lung and gastrointestinal (GI) cancers.

      A/Prof Deme Karikios is a college accredited medical oncologist with an appointment as a staff specialist at Nepean Hospital. In 2019 he was awarded his PhD titled: Consequences of rising anticancer drug costs in Australia.

      A/Prof Karikios' clinical interests include gastrointestinal (GI) and thoracic malignancies, with additional areas of interest being the value of anticancer drugs, treatment decision making, and financial toxicity.

      He hopes to positively influence health policy relating to cancer care and is dedicated to the supervision of medical oncology trainees, research students, and education of medical students.

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      I believe in equitable care for all individuals unlucky enough to be diagnosed with cancer.
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      Research interests
      • Clinical trials in lung and GI cancers
      • Financial toxicity of cancer care
      Professional memberships
      • Medical Oncology Group of Australia (Chair 2021 -2023)
      • COSA
      • ASCO
      • ESMO