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Awardees’ biographies

LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

Rob Glynne-Jones Mount Vernon Centre for Cancer Treatment, Northwood, UK

Dr Robert Glynne-Jones is the Macmillan Lead Clinician in Gastrointestinal and Colorectal Cancer at Mount Vernon Centre for Cancer Treatment and Chief Medical Advisor to the national charity ‘Bowel Cancer UK’. He gained a BA in Classics (Literae Humaniores) as his first degree at Oxford (1968-1972) and did his medical training at Guy’s Hospital qualifying in 1978. Dr Robert Glynne-Jones is a member of the European Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology (ESTRO), the European Society of Medical Oncology (ESMO), and the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) – all of which he has served with a long-term teaching role. He is a member of the EORTC GI Group, the UK NCRI colorectal group, and until recently chaired the NCRI Anal Cancer Studies Group. Dr Robert Glynne-Jones has been a member of National Institute for Clinical excellence (NICE) committees responsible for producing ‘Guidance for Colorectal Cancer’ and ‘Quality Standards for Colorectal Cancer’, and recently a NICE committee which recommended universal testing for Lynch syndrome (2017). He has been lead for developing ESMO Guidelines in Anal Cancer (2014) and rectal cancer (2017). With a lifelong interest in communications skills, for many years he has been part of a national initiative in training clinicians and promoting patient choice – currently contributing to a new ESTRO communication skills course. His research interests lie in rectal and anal cancer with more than 180 peer reviewed publications. His main objectives have been to ensure a ‘common language’ and clarity in the use of imaging, staging and the use of early/surrogate endpoints.

Rob Glynne-Jones

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