Professor Andrew Protheroe

Qualifications

MBBS, FRCP, PhD

GMC number: 3487077

Practising since: 1990

Specialties

Medical Oncology

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About

Andrew is an Associate Professor of Uro-Oncology within the University of Oxford Department of Oncology at the Oxford Cancer and Haematology Centre. He is a highly experienced Consultant Medical Oncologist specialising in managing urological cancer (prostate, kidney, bladder and testicular cancer) at Oxford since 2001.  He qualified from St Thomas’s Hospital in London and after general medical training in London, trained in Oncology at St James’s University Hospital in Leeds.  His PhD was in tumour immunology and the research was based at Leeds and the National Cancer Institute in Amsterdam as an Honorary ICRF Clinical Research fellow funded by a Northern and Yorkshire research award.  

He specialises in managing and overseeing patients with urological cancer providing specialised expert care to patients and their families covering all aspects of chemotherapy, hormonal therapy, immunotherapy, radium 223, growth inhibitors and novel therapies.

He is one of the founding trustees for a urological cancer charity UCARE http://www.ucare-oxford.org.uk/ which supports research and awareness. He was also instrumental in setting up the kidney cancer support group (FROG), and helped to develop the prostate and bladder cancer support groups and set up initiatives to support men with testicular cancer.

In addition to the treatments listed below, Professor Andrew Protheroe also offers

  • Hormonal therapy
  • Immunotherapy
  • Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitors
  • Targeted Therapies
  • Clinical Trials
  • Radium-223

Special interests

  • Prostate Cancer

  • Bladder Cancer

  • Kidney Cancer

  • Testicular Cancer

Other interests

  • Immunotherapy

  • Personalised medicine for urological cancers

Treatments and tests offered by Professor Andrew Protheroe at Nuffield Health

  • Gastroesophageal
  • Head and neck oncology
  • Drug therapy
  • Chemotherapy
  • Haemato-oncology
  • Breast ultrasound

Locations Professor Andrew Protheroe works with

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    Beech Road, Headington, Oxford, OX3 7RP

    01865 307777
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Related experience

Research

He has established and runs successfully a large portfolio of clinical studies in urological cancer (some Phase I mainly phase II and III) locally, with national and international collaboration. Since 2014 he has been the co-clinical director for the NIHR Thames Valley and South Midlands Clinical Research Network which supports the infrastructure and facilitates clinical research throughout the Thames Valley in all healthcare settings. He also is the national lead for the testicular 100, 000 genome project which looks to develop the understanding of the genetics involved in testicular cancer.  He has published approximately 100 peer review publications.

Memberships

  • American Society of Clinical Oncology
  • British Medical Association
  • Association of Clinical Pathologists
  • British Association for Cancer Research
  • The British Society for Immunology
  • Medical Protection Society

Other posts held

  • Associate Professor of Uro-Oncology University of Oxford
  • Consultant Oncologist Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
  • Lecturer in Medicine Worcester College University of Oxford
  • Co-Clinical Director NIHR LCRN Thames Valley and South Midlands

Insurers Professor Andrew Protheroe works with

Professor Andrew Protheroe works with the following private medical insurance providers:

  • AXA Health
  • AXA - Global Healthcare
  • Aviva Health
  • Benenden Health
  • Bupa
  • Bupa On Demand
  • Cigna
  • CS Healthcare
  • Exeter Family Friendly
  • Health-on-Line
  • PHC
  • Simplyhealth
  • Vitality Health (Pru Health)
  • WPA

Declaration

Professor Andrew Protheroe does not hold a share or financial interest in this hospital, another Nuffield Health hospital or the company.

Professor Andrew Protheroe does not have a share or financial interest in equipment used at this hospital or another Nuffield Health hospital.

Professor Andrew Protheroe does not hold any paid advisory role(s) at this hospital or on behalf of Nuffield Health.