Professor Mike Dixon
Professor Mike Dixon is a fellow of The Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh and England and an honorary fellow of The Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. He was appointed as Consultant Surgeon/Senior Lecturer in Surgery in October 1994 and has been leader of the research performed in the Edinburgh Breast Unit since that date.
Professor Dixon is a member of the British Breast Group, the Scottish Cancer Trials Breast Group, the South East of Scotland Cancer Area Network Breast Cancer Group and the European Association for Cancer Research. He is a panel member of the UK National Breast Cancer Coalition, and a representative on the Central European Cooperative Oncology Group. He is a member of the organising committee of the Nottingham International Breast Cancer Conference, the SIGN Guidelines committee and a medical advisor to Breast Cancer Care and CancerBACUP.
Professor Dixon’s research work focuses exclusively on breast disease and principally on the hormonal treatment of breast cancer. Professor Dixon was involved in the introduction of many of the newer agents now used in the treatment of breast cancer.
