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Website- Bupa Platinum consultant
- Fee assured
- Verified account
- Open Referral network
Specialises in
- Breast
Offers
- Face-to-face consultations
- Video and telephone consultations
- Home chemotherapy
About me
Dr Shiroma De Silva-Minor is an experienced Consultant Clinical Oncologist. Dr De Silva-Minor was appointed as a Consultant Clinical Oncologist at the Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust from 2008 till 2024 and recently left the NHS. The doctor can now offer rapid access to state of the art radiotherapy techniques and the latest evidenced based, gold standard breast cancer treatments. Dr De Silva-Minor specialises in Oncology treatments for breast cancers both with chemotherapy and radiotherapy and has a private practice at GenesisCare in Oxford, the Cromwell Hospital and Parkside (Icon CCL) in London.
Dr De Silva-Minor graduated from University of Wales College of Medicine, Cardiff in 1995 and was awarded the Member of the Royal College of Physicians (UK) in 1999. Having chosen to specialise in Clinical Oncology, she trained as a specialist registrar in London, working at nationally renowned cancer centres including UCL The Middlesex Hospital, The Royal Free and The Royal Marsden Hospital. In 2003, Dr De Silva-Minor was awarded the Fellowship of the Royal College of Radiologists (UK) in 2003.
During a fellowship in Head and Neck Radiation Oncology at the prestigious Princess Margaret Hospital, Toronto, Dr De Silva-Minor was awarded the Prize for Academic Excellence by the institution and The University of Toronto for her research into the use of PET CT for identifying head and neck tumours for radiotherapy treatment.
Dr De Silva-Minor has presented her research at international conferences including The Annual meeting of the Canadian Association of Radiation Oncologists (CARO) in British Columbia and the American Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology (ASTRO) in Colorado in Philadelphia and at the European Society of Therapeutic Radiation and Oncology (ESTRO).
Dr De Silva-Minor is tumour site specialised, devoting her expertise to only treating breast cancers, in order to be fully up to date and understand the nuances of treatment for the different tumour subtypes in this rapidly evolving area of Oncology. As a Clinical Oncologist, Dr De Silva-Minor oversees the whole non-surgical aspects of a patients journey from genetic testing, counselling; through to treatments including chemotherapy, external beam radiotherapy (including partial breast treatment), Intraoperative radiotherapy, PARP inhibitors, CDK4/6 inhibitors, clinical trials.
Dr De Silva-Minor is interested in research and is currently collaborating on a metanalysis with the Early Breast Cancer Trialists' Collaborative Group (EBCTCG) to bring together the research on radiotherapy clinical trials to better understand how to optimally treat breast cancer patients with radiotherapy.
Dr De Silva-Minor is a member of the Advisory Board on Cancer in Pregnancy (ABCIP), an international panel of experts in managing breast cancer in pregnancy.
Dr De Silva-Minor has been an expert member of the Breast Cancer Committee for the National Institute of Health and Care Excellence (NICE), involved in updating the national guidelines on breast cancer management.
Dr De Silva-Minor is a passionate advocate for empowering her patients to be involved in their management decisions. Treatment is completely bespoke to individual patients, their specific tumour subtype, taking into consideration the individual's beliefs, wishes and personal circumstances.
Areas of interest
Breast oncology specialising in Male Breast cancers, Triple negative breast cancers, Breast cancer in Pregnancy, Her 2 positive cancers,
Radiotherapy;
Chemotherapy;
Clinical Trials;
Intraoperative radiotherapy;
External beam radiotherapy;
DCIS
PARP inhibitors;
CDK4/6 inhibitors
Liquid biopsis/ genomic profiling of breast cancers
Genetic counselling and testing
Medical secretaries
- Joyce Harris
- Dept of Oncology, Churchill Hospital Old Road Headington OXFORD OX3 7LJ
- 07412 281560
- secretary@clinical-oncologist.com
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Information for healthcare professionals (Bupa patients only, last 12 months)
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Clinical supervision and planning for the delivery of chemotherapy and/or systemic anti-cancer therapy for 1-21 days - (>50)
GenesisCare, Oxford (>50)
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Clinical supervision and planning for the delivery of chemotherapy and/or systemic anti-cancer therapy for 1-28 days - (>50)
GenesisCare, Oxford (>50)
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Clinical supervision and planning for the delivery of chemotherapy and/or systemic anti-cancer therapy for 1-14 days - (5-50)
GenesisCare, Oxford (5-50)
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Injection(s) +/- aspiration, into joint, cyst, bursa - unilateral - (5-50)
GenesisCare, Oxford (5-50)
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Clinical supervision of external beam radiotherapy, up to and including 15 fractions or part thereof - (5-50)
GenesisCare, Oxford (5-50)
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