Sacha Howell

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Name

Sacha Howell

Job title

Senior Lecturer and Honorary Consultant in Medical Oncology

Email Address

dawn.laughlin@nhs.net

Phone number

0161 446 8347

Qualifications

BMBS, PhD, FRCP

Specialities

Breast, Endocrinology

Responsibilities

Dr Howell specialises in the treatment of patients with early and advanced breast cancer and has expertise in all aspects of the patient pathway from pre and post-operative endocrine and chemotherapy, in the curative setting, to optimising treatment of patients with advanced disease; breast disease group lead for 30-day mortality project.

Basic and translational research programme at The University of Manchester; Principal Investigator in the Manchester Breast Centre; member of the Institute of Cancer Studies Post Graduate Education Committee.

Professional biography

Dr Howell trained in medicine at Nottingham University and in medical oncology at The Christie. He gained his PhD in medical oncology at The University of Manchester in 2006, studying the role of prolactin in breast cancer stem cell regulation.

He was appointed Senior Lecturer in Breast Oncology at The University of Manchester in October 2010 and works closely with the basic scientists in the Manchester Breast Centre, focusing on the translation of novel approaches to targeting normal and cancer stem cells into breast cancer prevention and treatment respectively.

Publications

The Christie Private Care

Dr. Howell also practises privately at The Christie Private Care