Dr Maurice Slevin

Career: med registrar Groote Schuur Hosp Cape Town 1977, registrar and sr registrar Dept of Med Oncology Bart's London 1978-82, conslt physician and med oncologist Depts of Med Oncology Bart's and Homerton Hosps London 1982-2007, hon conslt physician and med oncologist Depts of Med Oncology Bart's and London NHS Tst 2007-; chm Cancerbacup (formerly Br Assoc Cancer United Patients), founder memb Doctors of Reform; MD 1984, FRCP 1989 (MRCP 1978)

Books and Publications: Randomised Trials in Cancer: A Critical Review by Sites (jt ed, with Maurice Staquet), Challenging Cancer: From Chaos to Control, Cancer: The Facts (with Michael Whitehouse, 1996), Cancer: How Worthwhile is Non Curative Treatment (1998), Challenging Cancer: Fighting Back, Taking Control, Finding Options (2002)