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Professor Robert Mansel
Robert Mansel
Mr. Terence J. Boyle
Terence J. Boyle
Robert Mansel is Professor of Surgery at the University of Wales College of
Medicine, Cardiff. He was formerly Professor of Surgery in the University of
Manchester from 1989-1992. He trained in London, Swindon and Cardiff after
graduating from Charing Cross Hospital Medical School. He spent one year in
the University of Texas as an UICC Clinical Fellow. His major interests are in
benign breast disease, new techniques in breast cancer surgery and breast
reconstruction. He was the elected Chairman of the British Association of
Surgical Oncology Breast Group from 1998 to 2002 and serves on many
Department of Health Committees including the Cancer Subgroup of the
Clinical Outcomes Group and the Primary Care Referral Group. He is a
member of the Cancer Research UK Clinical Trials Committee and the Cancer
Committee of the Royal College of Surgeons of England. He holds many
research grants from major grant giving bodies such as the MRC, CRC and
R&D Offices of both England and Wales. His research interests include spread
of cancers, service changes in breast cancer management and sentinel node
biopsy techniques in breast cancer and melanoma. He is the principal
investigator of the UK trial of sentinel node biopsy (the ALMANAC trial). He
has lectured widely on these topics and in recent years has given
eponymous lectures in Scandinavia, France and India. He was Chairman of
the Editorial Committee, which produced the first revision of the NICE breast
guidelines in 2002. He is currently Chairman of the Department of Surgery at
Cardiff University. He is a past President of the British Association of Surgical
Oncology. He was awarded a CBE in 2006 for services to Surgery.
Mr. Terence J. Boyle. Consultant General Surgeon & Lead Breast Surgeon, St.
James’s Hospital. -Mr. Terry Boyle is Consultant General Surgeon and Lead
Breast Surgeon at St. James’s Hospital, Dublin. Since his initial appointment to
the Hospital in 1998, Mr. Boyle has been an integral member of the
Multidisciplinary Breast Care Team at St. James’s. He played a key role in the
processes involved in the confirmation of St. James’s Hospital as a designated
Specialist Unit for the management of Symptomatic Breast Diseases. Mr.
Boyle has lead a Hospital initiative to integrate Breast Care services in the
Institution, with a single,‘stand alone’ facility to cater for all aspects of breast
disease, from rapid access and diagnosis to therapy based on
multidisciplinary planning, access for all to information and assessment
regarding breast reconstruction, access to assessment, counselling and
genetics clinics for those at high risk of developing breast cancer, the
availability of psychological support and the ongoing availability of general
support services such as prosthesis fitting, psychosexual support and social
services. Mr. Boyle qualified from University College Dublin in 1985. He has
maintained a keen interest in Surgical Oncology since and has worked
during his training and as a Consultant in a number of Ireland’s Specialist
Breast Units. Mr. Boyle completed an International Research Fellowship in
Surgical Oncology at Duke University, North Carolina and a Clinical
Fellowship in Surgical Oncology at The Hammersmith Hospital, London prior
to returning to complete his training in Ireland.
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