Dr Beatrice Seddon

Dr Beatrice Seddon is consultant on the Sarcoma Unit at University College Hospital, which together with the Bone Tumour Unit at the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital, comprises the London Bone and Soft Tissue Tumour Service.

Dr Seddon trained in treating sarcomas at the Royal Marsden and Middlesex Hospitals in London, and now specialises exclusively in the treatment of soft tissue and bone sarcomas with chemotherapy and radiotherapy.

She completed her PhD (University of London) at the Institute of Cancer Research in imaging of tumour hypoxia, and currently has a strong interest in clinical trials in sarcoma, acting as principal and chief investigator for a number of national and international trials. She is actively involved in coordinating sarcoma research at a national level as a member of the NCRN Sarcoma Clinical Studies Group, and is also a member of the EORTC Soft Tissue and Bone Sarcoma Group. She regularly teaches and lectures on the management of sarcomas.