Elinor Sawyer
International Guest Speaker
Professor Elinor Sawyer is a Consultant Clinical Oncologist with a specialist interest in the treatment of breast cancer. She is based at Guy's & St Thomas' Hospital but also performs private work and is a Professor in Oncology at King's College London.
She completed her clinical oncology training at University College London, Royal Free and St Thomas' Hospitals. Following this, she obtained her PhD in molecular genetics of cancer at the London Research Institute. In 2005 she was appointed as a Consultant Oncologist at Guy's & St Thomas' Hospital.
As well as her clinical practice, Professor Sawyer is heavily involved in research and her work has been published in a number of peer-reviewed journals. Her main areas of research include genetic predisposition to breast cancer, particularly lobular breast cancer and pre-invasive cancer (DCIS and LCIS), and identification of biomarkers that predict the progression of early breast cancer.
Selecting radiotherapy for DCIS: clinico-pathological data or genomic assays?
Speaker: Professor Elinor Sawyer
DCIS/LCIS Genomics Update
Speaker: Professor Elinor Sawyer
DEBATE: That 5 fraction whole breast RT is the standard of care for early stage, node negative breast cancer
Great minds come together in our 'Great Debates'. Watch our best and brightest researchers debate the pros and cons of various breast cancer treatments. Speakers: Associate Professor Farshad Foroudi and Professor Elinor Sawyer.
Q&A Session with Experts
Speakers: Professor Michael Gnant, Professor Elinor Sawyer and Professor Elgene Lim
De-escalation of radiotherapy
Speaker: Professor Elinor Sawyer