# Viviane Hess

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## TL;DR

A Basel medical oncologist who chairs the board of Switzerland's national academic cancer trials group.

## Summary

Viviane Hess is listed as President (Präsidentin) of the board of the Swiss Cancer Institute, the national academic cancer trials organisation known until July 2025 as SAKK. Her paper affiliations are the Department of Medical Oncology, University Hospital Basel, and the Faculty of Medicine, University of Basel. She is a co-author of the long-term follow-up of the SAKK 75/08 phase 3 trial in oesophageal cancer, which analysed recurrence in 103 of the trial's 300 patients and found that time to recurrence, the number of recurrence sites and the use of systemic or second curative local therapy correlated with survival, and of psycho-oncology studies for cancer survivors at Basel.

## Fields

- Kind: Person
- Last checked: 2026-11-03
- Tags: clinician; trials-leadership
- Role: President of the Board, Swiss Cancer Institute (formerly SAKK); medical oncologist, University Hospital Basel
- Specialisms: Medical oncology; Gastrointestinal cancers; Academic clinical trials; Psycho-oncology

## Sources

- Swiss Cancer Institute: board and management: https://www.swisscancerinstitute.ch/de/ueber-uns/ueber-swiss-cancer-institute/
- PubMed author search: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/?term=Hess%20V%5BAuthor%5D%20Basel%20oncology

## Connected records

- cancers: [Oesophageal cancer](https://onco.cc/cancers/esophageal/)
- fronts: [Chemotherapy](https://onco.cc/fronts/chemotherapy/), [Supportive Care & Survivorship](https://onco.cc/fronts/supportive-care/)
- companies: [Swiss Cancer Institute (formerly SAKK)](https://onco.cc/companies/swiss-cancer-institute/)
- institutions: [University Hospital Basel / Tumour Centre](https://onco.cc/institutions/usb-basel/)

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