Dr Nick Plowman

Dr Nick Plowman is a consultant clinical oncologist and the Head of Clinical Oncology (Cancer Medicine and Radiation Therapy) at St Bartholomew's Hospital, London. He has a particular interest in the diagnosis and treatment of prostate cancer.

Dr Plowman is an authority on the optimal management of cancer and leads one of the country’s foremost teams tackling all cancers. He was trained and qualified at Cambridge University, and works globally with experience in the UK, EU, USA, and the Middle East.

He is one of the country’s most experienced cancer physicians and, with his clinical team, has introduced new medical therapies, which are now standard practice. During his career, he has introduced aromatase inhibitors into breast cancer treatment (the most important innovation in breast cancer in the last forty years) and introduced adrenosuppresive glucocorticoid therapy into advanced prostate cancer (now best standard practice worldwide). He has also introduced radiation techniques that have been initially pioneering and later best standard practice.