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Karol Sikora has co-authored or edited twenty books, including ''Treatment of Cancer'' and ''the Economics of Cancer Care''. Sikora is known for his outspoken views,<ref name="Rejecting Political Correctness" /> and has written for ''[[the Times]]'',<ref name=Stop>{{cite news |first=Karol |last=Sikora |title=Stop, think, rebuild; a prescription for the NHS |curly=y |url=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/columnists/guest_contributors/article701675.ece |publisher=''[[The Times]]'' |date=4 April 2006 |accessdate=27 November 2008 }}</ref> ''[[the Observer]]'',<ref>{{cite news |first=Karol |last=Sikora |title=It's time to take the politics out of cancer |curly=y |url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2006/oct/01/comment.health |publisher=''[[The Observer]]'' |date=1 October 2006 |accessdate=27 November 2008 }}</ref> the ''[[Daily Mail]]'',<ref>{{cite news |first=Karol |last=Sikora |title=Why shouldn't cancer sufferer pay to prolong her life? |curly=y |url=http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-503146/Karol-Sikora-Commentary-Why-shouldnt-cancer-sufferer-pay-prolong-life.html |publisher=''[[Daily Mail]]'' |date=18 December 2007 |accessdate=27 November 2008 }}</ref> the ''[[New Statesman]]'',<ref>{{cite news |first=Karol |last=Sikora |title=NHS: Can this patient survive? |curly=y |url=http://www.newstatesman.com/society/2007/01/health-service-nhs-reform |publisher=''[[New Statesman]]'' |date=15 January 2007 |accessdate=27 November 2008 }}</ref> and other publications. |
Karol Sikora has co-authored or edited twenty books, including ''Treatment of Cancer'' and ''the Economics of Cancer Care''. Sikora is known for his outspoken views,<ref name="Rejecting Political Correctness" /> and has written for ''[[the Times]]'',<ref name=Stop>{{cite news |first=Karol |last=Sikora |title=Stop, think, rebuild; a prescription for the NHS |curly=y |url=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/columnists/guest_contributors/article701675.ece |publisher=''[[The Times]]'' |date=4 April 2006 |accessdate=27 November 2008 }}</ref> ''[[the Observer]]'',<ref>{{cite news |first=Karol |last=Sikora |title=It's time to take the politics out of cancer |curly=y |url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2006/oct/01/comment.health |publisher=''[[The Observer]]'' |date=1 October 2006 |accessdate=27 November 2008 }}</ref> the ''[[Daily Mail]]'',<ref>{{cite news |first=Karol |last=Sikora |title=Why shouldn't cancer sufferer pay to prolong her life? |curly=y |url=http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-503146/Karol-Sikora-Commentary-Why-shouldnt-cancer-sufferer-pay-prolong-life.html |publisher=''[[Daily Mail]]'' |date=18 December 2007 |accessdate=27 November 2008 }}</ref> the ''[[New Statesman]]'',<ref>{{cite news |first=Karol |last=Sikora |title=NHS: Can this patient survive? |curly=y |url=http://www.newstatesman.com/society/2007/01/health-service-nhs-reform |publisher=''[[New Statesman]]'' |date=15 January 2007 |accessdate=27 November 2008 }}</ref> and other publications. |
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== Areas of study == |
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===Promotion of molecular medicine=== |
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In the 1980's, while head of the Ludwig Institute in Cambridge, he espoused the cause of "Molecular Medicine" and did much to promote the idea that molecular biology would provide the cure for cancer within 20 years. One of his current commercial enterprises is [http://www.cancerpartnersuk.org/ CancerPartnersUK] a company that is seeking to make up the NHS shortfall in radiotherapy equipment. |
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===Promotion of alternative medicine=== |
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Karol Sikora and the School of medicine at Buckingham has been supportive of [[alternative medicine]].<ref name=DC>{{cite web|author=David Colquhoun|url=http://www.dcscience.net/?p=2881|title=University of Buckingham does the right thing. The Faculty of Integrated Medicine has been fired.|date=April 1st 2010|publisher=DC's Improbable Science}}</ref> Buckingham for a short time offered a diploma in "integrated medicine" (a relatively recent [[euphamism]] for alternative medicine). Karol Sikora is a Foundation Fellow of [[Prince Charles]]' alternative medicine lobby group the ''[[Foundation for Integrated Health]]''<ref>[http://www.fih.org.uk/about_us/foundation_fellows.html FIH Foundation Fellows]</ref> and Chair of the ''Faculty of Integrated Medicine''. |
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==Works== |
==Works== |
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Revision as of 23:05, 15 June 2010
Prof. Karol Sikora (born 1948)[1] is a [United Kingdom|British]] physician specialising in oncology.
Career
He was Clinical Director of Cancer Services at Hammersmith Hospital for 12 years and was seconded as Chief of the WHO Cancer Programme for two years. He is currently Medical Director of CancerPartnersUK and dean of the University of Buckingham's medical school; the only private medical school in the UK.[2]
Karol Sikora has co-authored or edited twenty books, including Treatment of Cancer and the Economics of Cancer Care. Sikora is known for his outspoken views,[2] and has written for the Times,[3] the Observer,[4] the Daily Mail,[5] the New Statesman,[6] and other publications.
Works
- Endocrine Problems in Cancer (with Roland T. Jung), 1984
- Cancer (with Howard Smedley), 1988
- Treatment of Cancer (with Keith Halnan), 1990
- Genes and Cancer (editor), 1990
- The Realities of Rationing (with John Spiers et al.), 1999
- Economics of Cancer Care (with Nick Bosanquet), 2006
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Footnotes
- ^ "Eminent Old Alleynians: Science & Medicine". Dulwich College. Retrieved 27 November 2008.
- ^ a b Cohen, Deborah (2005). "Rejecting Political Correctness". British Medical Journal. 330 (7482): 62. doi:10.1136/bmj.330.7482.62. PMC 543861. PMID 15637368. Retrieved 2008-11-27.
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{{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help); Unknown parameter|curly=ignored (help) - ^ Sikora, Karol (18 December 2007). "Why shouldn't cancer sufferer pay to prolong her life?". Daily Mail. Retrieved 27 November 2008.
{{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help); Unknown parameter|curly=ignored (help) - ^ Sikora, Karol (15 January 2007). "NHS: Can this patient survive?". New Statesman. Retrieved 27 November 2008.
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