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Professor Daniel Rea
BSc, PhD, FRCP
Professor of Medical Oncology
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Personal Bio
Dr Rea is deputy Director of the Cancer Research UK Clinical Trials unit with responsibility for the phase III trials activity of the unit.
The current portfolio of late phase trials includes multiple tumour sites. The trials unit has produced a number of trials over the past decade that have directly impacted on clinical practice as well as improve our understanding of the treatment of a wide range of malignancies.
His own interests are in breast cancer research. He is the Chief Investigator for the aTTom Trial which has recently reported results demonstrating the clinical importance of prolonged adjuvant tamoxifen for early breast cancer and the TEAM study which has prospectively established the value of different hormonal strategies. Recent translational studies from this International Trial have provided statistically robust data to understand the relationship between hormone receptor, HER1-3 expression and differential endocrine sensitivity.
Further translational work is being conducted to evaluate the importance of many pathway abnormalities and their relationship to hormonal sensitivity. New Breast Cancer studies an exploration of biomarker driven chemotherapy selection in neoadjuvant chemotherapy and a trial to establish the safety of observation rather than immediate surgery for low grade ductal carcinoma in situ.
Dr Rea plays an active role in teaching lecturing on BSc BMed Sci and MSc courses and has arrange of teaching responsibilities for the both Undergraduate and postgraduate medicine. Dr Rea has Clinical responsibilities leading the Medical Oncology Service for breast Cancer at University Hospital Birmingham and Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS trust.
Published Work
‘Genomics and pharmacogenomics in the management of breast cancer’. Current Pharmacogenomics 6 45-55
‘A phase II clinical trial of gemcitabine and split dose cisplatin in advanced non-small cell lung cancer in an outpatient setting’. Oncology reports 20 233-7
‘Reply: Randomised studies with translational end points are required to further elucidate the prognostic and predictive value of CA IX’. British Journal of Cancer 96 1310-1310
‘Hypoxia regulated Carbonic Anhydrase IX expression is associated with poor survival in patients with invasive breast cancer’. British Journal of Cancer 96 104-109
‘Monitoring of cardiotoxicity during immunotherapy with Herceptin using simultaneous continuous wave Doppler depending on N-terminal pro-brain natriuretic peptide – In response’. Clinical medicine (London, England) 7 89-89
‘Molecularly targeted therapeutics for breast cancer’. BioDrugs 21 215-224
‘Signal transduction therapy: Challenges to Clinical Trial Design’. Current Signal Transduction Therapy 2 21-30
‘Epirubicin and cyclophosphamide, methotrexate and fluorouracil as adjuvant therapy for early breast cancer’. The New England Journal of Medicine 355 1851-1862
‘Monitoring the introduction of new drugs: Herceptin and cardiotoxicity’. Clinical Medicine 6 478-481
‘Antibacterial prophylaxis after chemotherapy for solid tumours and lymphomas’. The New England Journal of Medicine 353 988-998
‘Role of chemotherapy in breast cancer’. Expert Reviews on Anticancer Therapy 5 1095-1110
‘Endocrine therapy and other targeted therapies for metastatic breast cancer’. Expert Review of Anticancer Therapy 4 1-17
‘Endocrine therapy for early breast cancer’. Expert Review of Anticancer Therapy 4 877-888
‘Tolerability and efficacy of classical CMF(cCMF) using oral cyclophosphamide (OC) vs intravenous cyclophosphamide (IVC) in early stage breast cancer: a non-randomised comparison of patients treated in the NEAT trial’. Proceedings of the American Society of Clinical Oncology 23 595
‘Coagulopathic complications in breast cancer’. Cancer 98 1578-1586
‘Environmental oestrogens: their role in testicular dysgenesis and hormone-dependent cancers’. Comparative Biochemistry & Physiology 132 S2
‘Dietary phytoestrogens influence susceptibility to breast cancer by inhibiting sulfotransferase enzymes?’ HEALFO Conference ‘Food and Nutrition for Better Health, Lanciano, Italy 82