Dr Nick Plowman Award Feature

AWARD RECEIVED BY

Dr Nick Plowman

For Outstanding Services To....

ONCOLOGY MEDICO LEGAL WORK FOR 2018-2019 * 20 years experience in medico expert report writing and court appearances * 300 Peer reviewed publications on research work in cancer * All types of cancer including adults and childrens

Award Newsletter 2018-2019

Award for medico-legal services to oncology 2018-2019 It Gives us great pleasure at the Federation of Forensic and Expert Witnesses to announce This years Independent Awards and to profile our members chosen by us for their outstanding work with in their chosen speciality in this case Dr Nick Plowman and the lifetime of commitment he has given to the field of Oncology and Cancer advise.

The Awards are independent to the Federation are designed to raise the profile and highlight in our opinion the best experts in their given fields of expertise we hope to bring this to the attention of the lawyers and barristers that follow us on linked in and who visit our site and read our E-mag.

Dr Nick Plowman is a Harley street-based expert and has a special interest in improving cure rates in cancer whilst reducing the side effects of therapy and of course is available to advise in any cancer related Medico legal report needed for the courts.

We fully recommend Dr Plowman and we are pleased to announce him as this year’s recipient.

Dr Plowman graduated from Guy's Hospital Medical School in 1974, having previously gained First Class Honours in both the Medical Sciences Tripos and the Natural Sciences Tripos at Cambridge University. He then completed his thesis at Cambridge University before joining St Bartholomew's Hospital, where he has been Head of Department since 1989.

Expert in prostate cancer treatment

Nick Plowman is a Harley Street based expert on the use of radiation therapy and chemotherapy for the treatment of cancer, with a special interest in improving cure rates in cancer, whilst reducing the side effects of therapy.

Modern computers and radiotherapy machines are used to mould the high dose of radiation to the tumour itself, minimising the risk of damage to the surrounding healthy organs and tissues and reducing any side effects to the bladder and bowel.

This treatment is suitable for patients in whom the cancer has not progressed beyond the capsule covering the prostate gland.

Private treatment

Dr Plowman is available for consultation at his rooms in Harley Street. He is able to offer the latest techniques in the management and treatment of cancer, with a special interest in:

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Prostate cancer Breast cancer Central nervous system cancers Paediatric cancers Urological cancers Cancers affecting the eye Thyroid and endocrine cancer Lung cancer

Dr Plowman is recognised as one of London's leading experts in the treatment of prostate cancer, using the most up-to-date techniques:

External beam radiotherapy

conformal

Seed implantation brachytherapy

A number of small, radioactive seeds are put into the prostate gland. Over a period of a few months, they deliver a localised high dose of radiation. The surrounding tissues only receive a very low dose, lessening the risk of damage. The seeds have faded away by the end of the treatment time and this therapy offers a low side effect option for the treatment of early prostate cancer.

Hormone therapy

Lowering the amount of testosterone in the body with medicines can reduce the chance of an early prostate cancer returning or can shrink or slow the growth of an advanced tumour that has spread beyond the capsule of the prostate. Treatment is dependent on the precise grade and stage of the cancer and Dr Plowman is able to offer experienced advice.

Dr Nick Plowman MA, MD, FRCP, FRCR

Is Senior Clinical Oncologist to St Bartholomew's Hospital and The Hospital for Sick Children Great Ormond Street, London.

He also undertakes honorary duties at St Mark's Hospital in Harrow, the country's leading specialist hospital for colorectal and intestinal disease, and at Moorfield's Eye Hospital, London.

His research ventures have led to changes in best stander care in the treatment of breast and prostate cancer. He wrote his thesis on aspects of lung cancer. Dr Plowman performs circa 70 medico legal reports a year and has 20 years experience in such reports for claimants and defence re: liability and causation in adult and childhood cancer.

Stereotactic radiotherapy

As well using the most modern standard radiotherapy machines, Dr Plowman is at the forefront of this new technology that uses a single targeted dose of radiation to treat tumours that were not otherwise killed by standard radiation therapy or were situated in dangerous positions.

The treatment is delivered using specially designed linear accelerator machines:

Gamma Knife

This is a safe, accurate and reliable state-of-theart machine that targets the affected cancer site only. There is no open surgery and the patient can be discharged within 24 hours. Because of its accuracy, the Gamma Knife is used for the treatment of tumours near the brain stem and optic nerve.

CyberKnife

This machine has a robotic arm that can deliver targeted high-dose radiation to tumours anywhere in the body, even parts that are moving such as the lung. Damage to the surrounding tissues is minimised and CyberKnife offers painless treatment for some tumours that were previously considered to be inoperable or untreatable.

Clinical interests

Dr Plowman's clinical interests include the diagnosis and treatment of breast cancer, brain tumours, endocrine cancer, urological cancer; cancers in children & young persons (chemotherapy & radiotherapy) and the use of stereotactic radiotherapy (CyberKnife And GammaKnife).

Dr Plowman's special interests are directed towards improving cure rates in cancer, whilst reducing the side effects of therapy. He is an expert on both radiation therapy and chemotherapy.

In medical oncology, his main contribution has been the demonstration of the importance of adrenal sex steroid production in both breast and prostate cancer and he pioneered therapies aimed at interrupting these pathways in both diseases that have now become standard treatment across the world.

Research interests

Reducing the toxicity of drug/chemotherapy and radiation therapy for cancer treatment.

Key Published Papers • Overviews on breast and gastrointestinal cancer (modern management) • Optimal methods of treating prostate cancer • The complications of Cancer Management (Ed P.N.Plowman) • Stereotactically delivered Brain Radiation Therapy (Radiosurgery) and brain tumour therapies • Paediatric Oncology (Ed P.N.Plowman, CR Pinkerton)

P N Plowman MA MD FRCP FRCR Consultant Clinical Oncologist

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