Newcastle University

Roles and Responsibilities

Chair, Board of Clinical Specialties
Chair, School Executive Committee
Member of the Undergradute Surgical Teaching Committee
Member of the Board of Studies and Board of Studies Executive Committees
Member of the Faculty Executive Board

Qualifications

MBBS (Hons), LRCP MRCS, MD, FRCS

Memberships

British Association of Endocrine Surgeons
British Association of Surgical Oncologists
British Breast Group
European Surgical Association
International Surgical Society
Society of Academic and Research Surgeons
James IV Association

Honours and Awards

James IV Association
Examiner MRCS, Royal College of Surgeons of England
Regional Specialty Adviser, Royal College of Surgeons of England (2000 - current)
Regional Surgical Adviser, Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh (2005 - current)
President, North of England Surgical Society (2005-2006)
President Elect, British Association of Endocrine Surgeons (2007-2009)

Research Interests

Breast Cancer
Endocrine Surgery

Other Expertise

Chair, Board of Clinical Specialties
General Medical Council Associate Member

Future Research

Breast & Endocrine Surgery
Surgical Oncology

Keywords

Breast Cancer
Chemokines
Metastasis Regulating Genes
Androgen Receptor Growth Factors

Undergraduate Teaching

Member of the Undergraduate Surgical Teaching Committee
Supervisor for Student Selected Courses
Member of the Board of Studies and the Board of Studies Executive
Course Director for Surgery

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• Aspinall, S., Stamp, S., Davison, A., Shenton, B.K., Lennard, T.W.J. The proliferative effects of 5-androstene-3β,17β-diol and 5α-dihydrotestosterone on cell cycle analysis and cell proliferation in MCF7, T47D and MDAMB231 breast cancer cell lines. Journal of Steroid Biochemistry and Molecular Biology 2004, 88(1), 37-51.
• Aspinall, S., Cook, D., Shenton, B.K., Griffiths, A., Griffith, C., Bliss, R., Lennard, T.W.J. Serum adrenal androgens in women in primary operable breast cancer and their relationship with age and body mass index. Breast 2003, 12(1), 63-71.
• Britton KM, Eyre R, Harvey IJ, Stemke-Hale K, Browell D, Lennard TWJ, Meeson AP. Breast Cancer, Side Population Cells and ABCG2 expression. Cancer Letters 2012, (epub ahead of print).
• Ciechomska M, Lennard TWJ, Kirby JA, Knight AM. B lymphocytes acquire and present intracellular antigens that have relocated to the surface of apoptotic target cells. European Journal of Immunology 2011, 41(7), 1850–1861.
• Britton KM, Kirby JA, Lennard TWJ, Meeson AP. Cancer Stem Cells and Side Population Cells in Breast Cancer and Metastasis. Cancers 2011, 3(2), 2106-2130.
• Overbeck-Zubrzycka D, Ali S, Kirby J, Lennard T. FOXP3 transcription factor regulates metastatic spread of breast cancer via control of expression of CXCR4 chemokine receptor. In: British Journal of Surgery: International Surgical Congress of the Association of Surgeons of Great Britain and Ireland. 2011, Bournemouth, UK: John Wiley & Sons Ltd.
• National Confidential Enquiry into Patient Outcome and Death. An age old problem. London: NCEPOD, 2010.
• Britton KM, Harvey IJ, Stemke-Hale K, Lennard TWJ, Meeson AP. Could side population cells be an indicator of progression to hormone nonresponsive breast cancer. In: Breast Cancer Research: Conference on Breast Cancer Research. 2010, London, UK: Current Medicine Group Ltd.