Doctor, I Think I've Found a Lump : Stories of a Breast Cancer Doctor

The story of the revolution in breast cancer medicine, from a pioneering doctor whose specialist expertise, ground-breaking research and compassionate approach has extended (and saved) thousands of lives over the last 50 years. In the 1970s, a breast cancer diagnosis was a bleak sentence.Over 60 per cent of women died from the disease; life-altering surgery by mostly male doctors was the near-universal treatment and cancer medicine was still in its infancy.Today, that fatality rate has more than halved, as the past has given way to an age of cutting-edge personalised therapy, spearheaded by as many female pioneers as male. In his moving and eye-opening memoir, breast cancer specialist Professor Ian E Smith tells this remarkable story, tracing 50 years of medical evolution in step with his own journey from fledgling junior doctor to oncologist at world-renowned cancer centre The Royal Marsden.Sharing poignant tales of the patients who put their lives in his hands, he illuminates the nat