Kenneth Bagshawe
British oncologist (1925–2022)
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Kenneth Dawson Bagshawe (17 August 1925 – 27 December 2022) was a British oncologist, and emeritus professor of medical oncology, at Charing Cross Hospital.[1][2]
17 August 1925
- Oncologist
- professor
Kenneth Bagshawe | |
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| Born | Kenneth Dawson Bagshawe 17 August 1925 |
| Died | 27 December 2022 (aged 97) Paddington, London, England |
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Bagshawe worked at St Mary's Hospital Medical School from 1946 to 1952, and subsequently became a research fellow at Johns Hopkins Hospital, in Baltimore, United States, in 1955.[3]
From 1960, he was senior lecturer in medicine at Charing Cross Hospital Medical School, and professor of medical oncology there (from 1975 to 1990).[3]
Bagshawe served as chair of the Cancer Research Campaign's Scientific Committee (from 1983 to 1988).[3]
Bagshawe was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS) in 1989,[3][4] and was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 1990 Birthday Honours.[5]
Bagshawe died in Paddington, London on 27 December 2022, at the age of 97.[6]
Works
- Choriocarcinoma: the clinical biology of the trophoblast and its tumours, Edward Arnold, 1969
- (editor) Medical oncology: medical aspects of malignant disease, Blackwell Scientific Publications, 1975, ISBN 978-0-632-09370-0
- (editor) VP-16: recent advances and future prospects Grune & Stratton, 1985