Breast Cancer in women
Credits
Suman Prinjha
Suman has a PhD in Anthropology from the LSE (1999) and joined the Health Experiences Research Group in 2001. She has conducted over 400 qualitative interviews and completed 11 Health Experience Insights studies. Her research interests include breast cancer, intensive care, and BME health.
Julie Evans
Co-researcher on the breast cancer section. Julie is an experienced health services researcher specialising in qualitative research. She has an MSc in Social Research from the University of Surrey. Her main interest is cancer and she has worked on HEXI - Health Experience Insights cancer studies from 2000 -2018 until she retired.
Advisory Panel
Carol Thomas
Medical Sociologist, Lancaster University
Christine Fogg
Breast Cancer Care
Judy Shakespeare
GP
Julie Liddle
Cancerbackup Breast Care Nurse
Netta Wooles
Breast Cancer Patient
Professor Michael Baum
Department of Oncology, University College
Acknowledgements
We would like to thank the women who participated in this research, all those who helped us find them.
We would also like to thank Dr Sharon Dixon, who is a GP and medical advisor for the Health Experience Research Group, and Dr Joss Adams, Consultant Clinical Oncologist at the Berkshire Cancer Center in the Royal Berkshire Hospital, Reading for their advice and support in updating this section in 2015.
Supported by
Citrina Foundation
Macmillan Cancer Support
NHS Direct Online
Grant holders:
Sue Ziebland
Ann McPherson