Karol Sikora

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

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. {{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (|author= suggested) (help); Unknown parameter |month= ignored (help)
^ Sikora, Karol (4 April 2006). "Stop, think, rebuild; a prescription for the NHS". The Times. Retrieved 27 November 2008. {{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help); Unknown parameter |curly= ignored (help)
^ Sikora, Karol (1 October 2006). "It's time to take the politics out of cancer". The Observer. Retrieved 27 November 2008. {{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. {{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help); Unknown parameter |curly= ignored (help)

[1] "Eminent Old Alleynians: Science & Medicine". Dulwich College. Retrieved 27 November 2008.

[Rejecting_Political_Correctness-2] 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. {{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (|author= suggested) (help); Unknown parameter |month= ignored (help)

[Stop-3] Sikora, Karol (4 April 2006). "Stop, think, rebuild; a prescription for the NHS". The Times. Retrieved 27 November 2008. {{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help); Unknown parameter |curly= ignored (help)

[4] Sikora, Karol (1 October 2006). "It's time to take the politics out of cancer". The Observer. Retrieved 27 November 2008. {{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help); Unknown parameter |curly= ignored (help)

[5] 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)

[6] Sikora, Karol (15 January 2007). "NHS: Can this patient survive?". New Statesman. Retrieved 27 November 2008. {{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help); Unknown parameter |curly= ignored (help)

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