Unit Director
Professor Anthony Howell Team Leader of Medical Oncology and Director of the Breakthrough Breast Cancer Research Unit.
Anthony Howell
Anthony Howell is Professor of Medical Oncology and is the Director of the Breakthrough Breast Cancer Research Unit, University of Manchester and former Director of the Manchester Breast Centre.
He trained at Charing Cross Hospital, London and, after a period with the Medical Research Council, moved to Birmingham and then took a post to lead Breast Medical Oncology at The Christie NHS Foundation Trust in Manchester.
Formerly he was Chairman of the UK Breast Trials Organisation (UKCCCR), the British Breast Group and the ATAC trial and, up until the end of 2007, was the Research & Development Director of The Christie NHS Foundation Trust and Research Director of the Greater Manchester & Cheshire Cancer Research Network.
His interests are the endocrine therapy and biology of the breast and breast cancer with a particular interest in prevention. He has published over 480 papers mainly in these areas.
