Asma Shabbir

Gastroenterology
Jinnah Sindh Medical University
Pakistan

Biography

Asma Shabbir has a passion towards research and is concerned for better prognosis of the illnesses (especially cancer patients). Her primary area of expertise is diagnostic pathology and also adores to teach the medical students. Her dissertation work involved evaluation of Her-2/neu in gastric and colorectal adenocarcinomas, the basis of which arised from the use of targeted therapy (α-Her-2) in breast cancer patients. Similarly, α-Her-2 therapy in gastric and colorectal cancer might give another treatment option for better prognosis to these patients in this new era of personalized medicine. Asma Shabbir has a passion towards research and is concerned for better prognosis of the illnesses (especially cancer patients). Her primary area of expertise is diagnostic pathology and also adores to teach the medical students. Her dissertation work involved evaluation of Her-2/neu in gastric and colorectal adenocarcinomas, the basis of which arised from the use of targeted therapy (α-Her-2) in breast cancer patients. Similarly, α-Her-2 therapy in gastric and colorectal cancer might give another treatment option for better prognosis to these patients in this new era of personalized medicine.

Research Intrest

Gastroenterology