Karol Sikora

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Dr Karol Sikora (born 1948)[1] is a British physician specialising in oncology. He is currently dean of the University of Buckingham's medical school: the first private medical school in the UK.[2] He is considered to be one of the world's foremost experts on cancer treatment,[3] having been Chief of the World Health Organisation's cancer programme between 1997 and 1999.

Sikora has co-authored or edited twenty books, including Treatment of Cancer, which is the standard postgraduate textbook on the subject in the United Kingdom, and the Economics of Cancer Care. Sikora is known for his outspoken views,[2] and has written for the Times,[4] the Observer,[5] the Daily Mail,[6] the New Statesman,[7] and other publications.

He has been accused of implying a professional association with Imperial College London when he in fact holds no position at the university.[8][9]

[edit] Works

  • Endocrine Problems in Cancer (with Roland T. Jung), 1984
  • Cancer (with Howard Smedley), 1988
  • Treatment of Cancer (with Keith Halnan), 1990
  • Genes and Caner (editor), 1990
  • The Realities of Rationing (with John Spiers et al.), 1999
  • Economics of Cancer Care (with Nick Bosanquet), 2006
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[edit] Footnotes

  1. ^ "Eminent Old Alleynians: Science & Medicine". Dulwich College. http://www.dulwich.org.uk/OA_Document_1.aspx?id=1:29462&id=1:29454&id=1:29431. Retrieved on 27 November 2008. 
  2. ^ a b Cohen, Deborah; Fišter, Kristina (January 2005). "Rejecting Political Correctness". British Medical Journal 330 (7482): 62. doi::10.1136/bmj.330.7482.62. http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/330/7482/62. Retrieved on 2008-11-27. 
  3. ^ "Cancer - a disease of our time". Sheffield Hallam University. 29 October 2008. http://arum.lits.shu.ac.uk/NetCommunity/Page.aspx?pid=847&srcid=750. Retrieved on 27 November 2008. 
  4. ^ Sikora, Karol (4 April 2006). "Stop, think, rebuild; a prescription for the NHS". The Times. http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/columnists/guest_contributors/article701675.ece. Retrieved on 27 November 2008. 
  5. ^ Sikora, Karol (1 October 2006). "It's time to take the politics out of cancer". The Observer. http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2006/oct/01/comment.health. Retrieved on 27 November 2008. 
  6. ^ Sikora, Karol (18 December 2007). "Why shouldn't cancer sufferer pay to prolong her life?". Daily Mail. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-503146/Karol-Sikora-Commentary-Why-shouldnt-cancer-sufferer-pay-prolong-life.html. Retrieved on 27 November 2008. 
  7. ^ Sikora, Karol (15 January 2007). "NHS: Can this patient survive?". New Statesman. http://www.newstatesman.com/society/2007/01/health-service-nhs-reform. Retrieved on 27 November 2008. 
  8. ^ Boseley, Sarah (22 May 2009). "Cancer expert Karol Sikora accused over honorary professorship claim". The Guardian. http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2009/may/22/karol-sikora-honorary-professor-imperial-college. Retrieved on 23 May 2009. 
  9. ^ "Karol Sikora : pissing into the NHS tent". NHS Blog Doctor. 16 May 2009. http://nhsblogdoc.blogspot.com/2009/05/karol-sikora-pissing-into-nhs-tent.html. Retrieved on 24 May 2009. 

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