Mr
Mark Beresford
Oncology
"I wanted to personally thank you so much for the care and consideration you have shown my sister over the last 3 years. Your way of being honest and considerate meant that her trust in you was implicit. I hope all the care and support you give in your professional life surrounds your young family and if they feel half as much loved as your patients they will be happy indeed."
Professional profile
Mark Beresford is a consultant clinical oncologist at CircleBath
specialising in the treatment of breast, urological and brain
cancers.
He is a graduate of both Cambridge and Oxford Universities and
undertook his specialist oncology training in London (UCLH, Charing
Cross and Mount Vernon Hospitals). He has been awarded a DM from
Oxford University for research into the assessment of response to
chemotherapy using functional imaging techniques. He is author of
over 50 publications including scientific papers and textbooks.
Dr Beresford is founder of the Bristol Breast Research Group and
is principal investigator on numerous national and international
clinical trials. He is a member of the NCRI breast cancer clinical
studies group, has advised NICE at scoping meetings and technology
appraisals and is a committee member of the British Uro-oncology
Group, Action for Bladder Cancer and the Penny Brohn Cancer Centre.
His areas of interest include neoadjuvant therapy, early prediction
of response to treatment and the philosophy of cancer care.
Current NHS or research position
- Consultant Clinical Oncologist, Royal United Hospital Bath
- Visiting Senior Lecturer, Bath University
Year of first medical qualification
1995
Special clinical interests
Breast, Prostate, Kidney, Bladder, Brain cancers
Research interests
Please see Professional Profile
Current membership(s) of professional, national and regional bodies
- GMC
- Royal College of Radiologists
- British Uro-oncology Group