Andrew Hudson

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Name

Andrew Hudson

Job title

Consultant Clinical Oncologist

Email Address

of secretary: claire.brookes8@nhs.net

Phone number

0161 918 2562

Qualifications

MBChB BSc (Hons) MRCP FRCR PhD

Specialities

Prostate, Bladder, Penile cancer, Clinical trials

Started at The Christie (Year)

2008

Responsibilities

Dr Hudson is a consultant clinical oncologist specialising in the treatment of prostate cancer with targeted medicines, chemotherapy, radiotherapy, and radionucleotide therapy. He leads the prostate clinical trials clinic at The Christie.

Research Interest

Dr Hudson is an accomplished cancer researcher and leads the clinical trial programme for prostate cancer at The Christie. He is the principal investigator on many international prostate cancer clinical studies as well as chief investigator for multiple studies. He also works within the Experimental Cancer Medicines Team at The Christie to conduct clinical trials investigating the use of brand-new treatments including first-in-human studies.

He has a medical degree from The University of Manchester and a PhD focussing on the genetic causes of cancer. His primary research interest is the use of tumour genetic sequencing to determine the optimal treatment sequence for patients. As the GM Cancer lead for prostate cancer genomics, he oversees the regional pathway for hereditary BRCA testing of patients with high-risk family histories to inform cancer screening of relatives. He collaborates with geneticists and scientists researching hereditary prostate cancer.

Publications

The Christie Private Care

Dr Hudson also practises privately at The Christie Private Care