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Specialist Advisory Panel

The Specialist Advisory Panel has nearly two hundred cancer specialists, who review new and updated publications within their area of expertise and give their views on the accuracy, appropriateness and completeness of each publication.

Members

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Ms Kathy Abernethy, Clinical Nurse Specialist, Northwick Park Hospital, Middlesex

Professor Jane Apperley, Professor of Haemato-Oncology, Imperial College School of Medicine, Hammersmith Hospital, London

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Dr Caroline Badger, Nurse Consultant in Lymphoedema, St George's Hospital, London

Dr Gulam Bahadur, Head of Fertility & Reproductive Medicine, University College Hospital, London

Mr Desmond P J Barton, Consultant Gynaecological Oncologist, Royal Marsden Hospital, London

Dr Veronique Bataille, Senior Lecturer In Dermatology, The Royal London Hospital, London

Professor Michael Baum, Surgeon, Royal Free and University College Medical School, London

Ms Amanda Baxter, Clinical Nurse Specialist, Pelvic Care, Royal Marsden Hospital, London

Professor Irving S Benjamin, Consultant Hepatobiliary and General Surgeon, Kings College Hospital, London

Mr R B Berry, Consultant Plastic Surgeon, University Hospital of North Durham, Durham

Ms Denise Blake, Lead Pharmacist, North London Cancer Network, London

Dr Peter Blake, Consultant Clinical Oncologist, Royal Marsden Hospital, London

Professor Stephen Bown, Specialist Advisor on Laser Therapy, London

Dr Michael Brada, Consultant Clinical Oncologist, The Institute of Cancer Research and The Royal Marsden NHS Trust, Surrey

Dr Karen Broadley, Consultant In Palliative Medicine, Royal Marsden NHS Trust, London

Mr Michael Burke, Consultant Surgical Oncologist, Northwick Park Hospital, Middlesex

Professor Alan K Burnett, Professor of Haematology and Honorary Consultant Haematologist, University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff

Dr Paul A Burt, Consultant Clinical Oncologist, Christie Hospital NHS Trust, Manchester

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Mr Steve Cannon, Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon, The Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital, Middlesex.

Mr Robert Carpenter, Consultant Surgical Oncologist, St Bartholomews Hospital, London

Dr Anna Cassoni, Consultant Clinical Oncologist, Middlesex Hospital, London

Mr Kong Kiong Chan, Consultant Gynaecological Surgeon and Gynaecological Oncologist, The Birmingham Women's Hospital, Birmingham

Professor Hugh Coakham, Professor of Neurological Surgery, Lifield House Medical Centre, Bristol

Professor R E Coleman, Professor of Medical Oncology, Cancer Research Centre, Weston Park Hospital, Sheffield

Mr Charles Collins, Consultant Colo-Proctologist, Taunton and Somerset Hospital, Taunton

Professor Timothy Cooke, Consultant Surgical Oncologist, Glasgow Royal Infirmary, Glasgow

Professor Finbarr Cotter, Clinical and Experimental Haemotologist and Oncologist, Barts and The London School of Medicine, London

Dr Chris Cottrill, Consultant Clinical Oncologist, St Bartholomew's Hospital, London

Professor Alan W Craft, Consultant Paediatric Oncologist, Royal Victoria Infirmary, Newcastle upon Tyne

Mrs Shirley Crofts, Clinical Nurse Specialist - Myeloma, Royal South Hants Hospital, Southampton

Ms Karen Crowley-Jenns, Clinical Nurse Specialist / Lymphoedema Services Manager, The Lymphoedema Service, Churchill Hospital, Oxford

Dr Michael Cullen, Consultant Medical Oncologist, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham

Professor David Cunningham, Consultant Medical Oncologist, Royal Marsden Hospital, London and Surrey

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Professor John Darling, Professor of Biomedical Science, University of Wolverhampton, Wolverhampton

Dr David Dearnaley, Consultant Clinical Oncologist, Royal Marsden NHS Trust, Surrey

Mr Michael Dixon, Consultant Breast Surgeon / Senior Lecturer In Surgery, Western General Hospital, Edinburgh

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Dr Helena Earl, Consultant Medical Oncologist, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge

Professor Tim Eden, Paediatric Oncologist, Christie Hospital NHS Trust, Manchester

Mr Peter H Rhys Evans, Consultant ENT / Head And Neck Surgeon, Royal Marsden Hospital, London

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Professor Lesley Fallowfield, Psycho-Oncologist, RF & UCL Medical School, London

Professor Ian S Fentiman, Consultant Surgical Oncologist, Guy's Hospital, London

Dr John WL Fielding, Consultant Surgeon / Lead Cancer Clinician, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham

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Dr David Gilligan, Consultant Clinical Oncologist, Oncology Centre, Addenbrookes Hospital, Cambridge

Dr J Glaholm, Consultant Oncologist, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Edgbaston, Birmingham

Dr Rob Glynne-Jone, Consultant Clinical Oncologist, Macmillan Lead Clinician in Colorectal/Gastrointestinal Cancer, Mount Vernon Hospital, Middlesex

Professor John M Goldman, Consultant Haematologist, Hammersmith Hospital, London

Prof Martin Gore, Consultant Medical Oncologist, Royal Marsden Hospital, London

Dr J A Muir Gray, Director, National Screening Committee, Institute of Health Sciences, Oxford

Mr Robert Grimer, Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon, Royal Orthopaedic Hospital, Birmingham

Professor Ashley Grossman, Endocrinologist, St Bartholomew's Hospital, London

Dr R K Gupta, Consultant Medical Oncologist, Mid-Western Regional Hospital, Co. Limerick, Ireland

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Mr T Hallissey, Consultant Surgeon, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham

Dr Stephen Harland, Senior Lecturer in Medical Oncology, Middlesex Hospital, London

Professor Robert E Hawkins, Medical Oncologist, Christie Hospital NHS Trust, Manchester

Dr Shirley Hodgson, Reader In Clinical Genetics, Guy's Hospital, London

Professor Antony Howell, Medical Oncologist, Christie Hospital NHS Trust, Manchester

Mt John Hungerford, Consultant Ophthalmic Surgeon, St Bartholomew's Hospital, London

Mr Iain Hutchison, Consultant Maxillofacial / Head And Neck Cancer Surgeon, Barts and The London Hospital, London

I

Dr Tim Iveson, Consultant Medical Oncologist, Royal South Hants Hospital, Southampton

J

Dr Nicholas James, Reader in Clinical Oncology, University of Birmingham, Birmingham

Professor Peter Johnson, Medical Oncologist, Southampton General Hospital, Southampton

Dr Stephen Johnston, Royal Marsden Hospital, London

Miss Penny Jones Senior Nurse Manager The Pembridge Palliative Care Centre London

Dr Ian Judson, Consultant Medical Oncologist, Royal Marsden NHS Trust, London

K

Professor Stan Kaye, Medical Oncologist, Western Infirmary, Glasgow

Dr Judith Kingston, Consultant Paediatric Oncologist, St Bartholomew's and The Royal London Hospitals, London

Mr. David Kirby, Chairman Oesophageal Patients' Association, West Midlands

Professor Henry C Kitchener, Professor of Gynaecological Oncology, St Mary's Hospital, Manchester

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Dr Jonathan A Ledermann, Reader in Medical Oncology, University College London, London

Dr S M Lee, Consultant Medical Oncologist, Middlesex & UCL Hospitals, London

Dr R C F Leonard, Consultant, Western General Hospital, Edinburgh

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Dr Kay MacDermot, Consultant Geneticist, Department of Clinical Genetics, Royal Free Hospital, London

Professor Rona Mackie, Consultant Dermatologist, University of Glasgow, Glasgow

Professor Malcolm Mason, Clinical Oncologist, Velindre Hospital, Cardiff

Dr David A L Morgan, Consultant Clinical Oncologist, City Hospital, Nottingham

Dr Peter Mortimer, Consultant Dermatologist, St George's & The Royal Marsden Hospitals, London

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Miss Fiona Robinson, Chief Speech and Language Therapist, Queen's Medical Centre, Nottingham

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Mr Nigel P Sacks, Consultant breast surgeon, The Royal Marsden Hospital, London

Mr Ian Scott, Consultant obstetrician and gynaecologist, Derby City General Hospital, Derby

Dr David Sebag-Montefiore, Consultant clinical oncologist, Cookridge Hospital, Leeds

Ms Clare Shaw, Chief Dietitian, The Royal Marsden Hospital, London

Professor John Shepherd, Consultant Gynaecological Oncologist and Surgeon, St Bartholomew's Hospital, London

Dr Amen Sibtain, Dept of Clinical Oncology / Radiotherapy, St Bartholomew's Hospital, London

Professor Karol Sikora, Clinical Oncologist, Hammersmith Hospital, London

Dr Alistair G Smith, Consultant Haematologist, Southampton General Hospital, Southampton

Dr Ian Smith, Consultant Medical Oncologist, Royal Marsden Hospital, London

Professor John Smith, Medical Oncologist, Western General Hospital, Edinburgh

Dr W P Soutter, Reader in Gynaecological Oncology, Hammersmith Hospital, London

Dr Margaret F Spittle, Consultant Clinical Oncologist, Middlesex Hospital, London

Dr Maxwell Summerhayes, Principal Oncology Pharmacist, Guy's Hospital, London

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Dr Denis Talbot, Consultant Medical Oncologist, Churchill Hospital, Oxford

Dr Teresa Tate, Palliative Medicine Consultant, St Bartholomew's Hospital, London

Dr Richard Tiner, Medical Director, ABPI, London

Professor Jeffrey Tobias, Consultant Radiotherapist and Oncologist, Middlesex Hospital, London

Ms Jacqui Todd, Physiotherapist, Yorkshire West

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Mr D M A Wallace, Consultant Urologist, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham

Professor John A H Wass, Clinical Endocrinologist, Radcliffe Infirmary, Oxford

Mr John Watkinson, Consultant Head and Neck and Thyroid Surgeon, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham

Dr Maggie Watson, Clinical psychologist, Royal Marsden Hospital, Surrey

Professor Jonathan Waxman, Consultant Oncologist, Hammersmith Hospital, London

Mr C R J Woodhouse, Consultant Urologist, Royal Marsden Hospital, London

Professor Ciaran Woodman, Director and Professor of Public Health and Cancer Epidemiology, Christie Hospital, Manchester.


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