1. 1. Radiotherapy Research Seminar Series Why are we offering this and why would you wish to attend? Topic: Whats new in breast radiotherapy Speaker: Professor David Dodwell, Consultant Clinical Oncologist St Jamess University Hospital Leeds Date: Friday 9th Jan 2015, 8.30 for coffee and cake(F514) 9am start Venue: F518 Robert Winston Building. There is an opportunity to gain an 'electronic badge' to show skills gained by attending, following completion of a post event survey. If you would like to attend please contact Jo Doughty(j.p.doughty@shu.ac.uk) If this is during clinical placement please seek the agreement of your PDF and use your study time, although the sessions are only an hour you can use the rest of the time to complete study on site if you wish. 1. We would like our students to feel included and informed about our research activity and the research activity of our collaborating departments. 2. Will allow students and participants to see what is involved in research 3. You may become inspired to move forward in research yourself This is an opportunity to enhance your understanding of current research in radiotherapy. For students it illustrates a commitment to learning beyond the curriculum students, students that have attended previous seminars commented As a RONC student new research is highly relevant for my career AND Good quality, informative seminar and relevant to my study/clinical placement experience. Also gave me some ideas regarding researching literature material for my dissertation Breast cancer accounts for 15% of all cancers (around 49,900 women were diagnosed with breast cancer in the UK in 2011). The lifetime risk of being diagnosed with breast cancer is 1 in 8 in the UK. Breast irradiation accounts for a substantial proportion of the radiotherapy department activity. After participating in this session, you will have knowledge of: Current and ongoing trials in breast radiotherapy
2. 2. Professor David Dodwell Professor David Dodwell is a Consultant in Clinical Oncology at The Institute of Oncology, St James Hospital , Leeds, UK. He also also has a Visiting Professorship to Sheffield Hallam University. He is a member of several professional organisations including the Royal College of Physicians, the Royal College of Radiologists and the British Breast Group. Dr Dodwells research interests include adjuvant cytotoxic, endocrine and radio therapeutic interventions in breast cancer and the impact of loco regional therapy on mortality. Dr Dodwell has been author or co-author of more than 80 published papers. He is chair of the Chemotherapy Clinical Information Group for the systemic chemotherapy database (SACT)