Professor Dr Rüschoff is senior consultant in pathology at Discovery Life Sciences in Kassel, Germany. His prior positions include full professor at the Institute of Pathology at the University of Regensburg, director of the Institute of Pathology at Klinikum Kassel, and acting director of the Department of Gastroenteropathology at the University of Göttingen and CMO Institute of Pathology Nordhessen. He cofounded the clinical research organization Targos Molecular Pathology GmbH in 2005 and has participated in more than 300 clinical trials pertaining to breast, gastric, lung, and skin cancers. He is also extensively published, with more than 300 original articles, review articles, and book chapters.