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Dr James Mackay is the only accredited Consultant Clinical Genetic Oncologist with a special interest in cancer genetics in the UK His clinical interests are cancer genetics, inherited cancer, cancer screening and the introduction of complex genetic tests into clinical cancer care.
Dr Mackay established regional cancer genetics services in East Anglia and North East Thames and developed a remote cancer genetics service, using real time tele-conferencing technology, based in Great Ormond Street Hospital NHS Trust.
Dr Mackay is an honorary senior lecturer in the Research Department of Oncology, The Cancer Institute, University College London. He was the clinical principal investigator of an evaluation of regular mammography in women under 50 with a family history of breast cancer funded by the NHS Research and Development Programme, the results of which have now been published. He also initiated the Genetic Breast Cancer Trial, which is a trial of chemotherapy in women with breast cancer, who carry a faulty breast cancer gene, the first randomised trial of chemotherapy based on inherited genetic make-up in the world.
Diseases, Medical Tests and Treatments
General Medical Council
No. 2846244
Primary medical qualification
MB ChB 1983 University of Edinburgh
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