Professor Lynda Wyld
School of Medicine and Population Health
Professor of Surgical Oncology
+44 114 215 9066
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School of Medicine and Population Health
The Medical School
Beech Hill Road
Sheffield
S10 2RX
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For enquiries, please contact - SMPH-West-Operational@sheffield.ac.uk
Undergraduate Education: СŷÊÓƵ of Sheffield Medical School, graduated in 1990.
PhD: СŷÊÓƵ of Sheffield, 1990.
Surgical Training: Basic surgical training in Leeds.
Higher Surgical Training in Sheffield, Nottingham and Manchester.
Appointed Consultant and Senior Lecturer 2002 at the СŷÊÓƵ of Sheffield.
Current post: Professor of Surgical Oncology at СŷÊÓƵ of Sheffield, Honorary Consultant Breast Surgeon, the Jasmine Breast Centre, Doncaster
- Research interests
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Chief Investigator (jointly with Malcolm Reed) for the Age Gap multicentre trial to establish optimal care pathways for older women with breast cancer.
The study is looking at cancer outcomes relative to treatment selection and how this is influenced by patient variation in health and fitness. The study is also undertaking detailed review of quality of life in older women and is developing a validating a series of decision tools for breast cancer treatment choices in older women in collaboration with experts at the СŷÊÓƵ of Cardiff.
The study group is also undertaking modelling of cancer outcomes in this age group in collaboration with the team at SCHARR. Via a longstanding collaboration with experts at Sheffield Hallam СŷÊÓƵ a number of qualitative and mixed methods studies are ongoing looking at various aspects of breast cancer and familial breast cancer risks.
Current projects
- Breast cancer in older women: cancer outcomes, risk prediction model development and validation, decision support, quality of life, outcome modelling
- Psychosocial outcomes for women with familial high breast cancer risk
- Epigenetic modifiers of the BRCA gene promotor in collaboration with Professor Angie Cox
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PhD/MD Students
- Ms Jenna Morgan
- Ms Emma McInnes
- Ms Charlene Martin
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- Undergraduate teaching of breast diseases at the СŷÊÓƵ of Sheffield.
- Chair of the Education and Training Committee of the European Society of Surgical Oncology (ESSO).
- Chair of the European Union of Medical Specialists (UEMS) Surgical Oncology exam board.
- Secretary of the UEMS breast examination board.
- Professional activities and memberships
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- Professor of Surgical Oncology
- Honorary Consultant Surgeon, The Jasmine Breast Centre, Doncaster
- President of the British Association for Surgical Oncology
- Board Member of the European Society of Mastology (EUSOMA) 2015-2019.