Dr Carolyn Taylor
Carolyn Taylor
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Clinical Research Fellow and Honorary Consultant Oncologist
Carolyn Taylor is a consultant clinical oncologist and researcher into the late effects of cancer treatments. She studied medicine at Oxford University. Her clinical training was in general medicine and then clinical oncology. She gained Fellowship of the Royal College of Radiologists in 2004.
Since then she has worked as a clinical research fellow at the Clinical Trial Service Unit, doing research alongside clinical work. She completed her DPhil on the risk of heart disease after breast cancer radiotherapy in 2008. She now continues to research the late effects of cancer treatments and works in the clinic with childhood cancer survivors.
Recent publications
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Estimated Doses to the Heart, Lungs and Oesophagus and Risks From Typical UK Radiotherapy for Early Breast Cancer During 2015-2023.
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Holt F. et al, (2024), Clin Oncol (R Coll Radiol), 36, e322 - e332
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Proton Beam Therapy for Early Breast Cancer: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Clinical Outcomes.
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Holt F. et al, (2023), Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys, 117, 869 - 882
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Authors' reply to Oke and Welch.
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Darby SC. et al, (2023), BMJ, 382
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Should patients requiring radiotherapy for breast cancer be treated with proton beam therapy?
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Kirby AM. et al, (2023), BMJ, 381
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Anthracycline-containing and taxane-containing chemotherapy for early-stage operable breast cancer: a patient-level meta-analysis of 100 000 women from 86 randomised trials.
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Early Breast Cancer Trialists’ Collaborative Group (EBCTCG). Electronic address: bc.overview@ctsu.ox.ac.uk None. and Early Breast Cancer Trialists’ Collaborative Group (EBCTCG) None., (2023), Lancet, 401, 1277 - 1292