Ian S Fentiman
Professor
Department of Surgical Oncology
GKT School of Medicine
London, UK
Ian Fentiman is Professor of Surgical Oncology at GKT School of Medicine. He received his MB BS qualification from King's College Hospital and after training in general surgery and receiving his FRCS, was appointed Clinical Research Fellow at the Imperial Cancer Research Fund and gained an MD. For this work he won an Arris & Gale Lectureship at the Royal College of Surgeons of England. After completing higher surgical training, he was appointed Consultant Surgeon on the Breast Unit at Guy's Hospital eventually becoming Head of Service and Clinical Lead. He has spent more than thirty years caring for patients with breast problems while conducting both clinical and basic research to evaluate and improve the treatment and diagnosis of breast cancer.
Through the European Organisation for the Research and Treatment of Cancer (EORTC) he has been the Principal Investigator on various international clinical trials. He has published more than three hundred peer-reviewed papers and has written seven books. In 2000 he was honoured by Cancer Care for advancing early breast cancer treatment as one of the one hundred investigators published most frequently in the twentieth century. In 2002 he was awarded a Doctorate of Science from the University of London.
Research interest includes Breast cancer tumor, Cancer research, Internal Medicine, Hormonal Therapy, Behavioral Endocrinology, Pregnancy, Menopause
