Dr Shiroma De Silva-Minor

Dr Shiroma De Silva-Minor is a Consultant Oncologist specialising in Breast cancers. Dr De Silva-Minor graduated from University of Wales College of Medicine, Cardiff in 1995 and awarded Membership of the Royal College of Physicians (UK) in 1999. Having chosen to specialise in Clinical Oncology, Dr De Silva-Minor trained as a specialist registrar in London, working at nationally renowned cancer centres at UCL The Middlesex Hospital, The Royal Free and The Royal Marsden Hospital amongst others. She was awarded the Fellowship of the Royal College of Radiologists (UK) in 2003. Dr De Silva-Minor undertook a fellowship in Head and Neck Radiation Oncology at The Princess Margaret Hospital, Toronto, Canada where she was awarded the Prize for Academic Excellence, by the Princess Margaret Hospital and University of Toronto for her research looking at the use of PETCT for identifying tumours of the head and neck for treatment with radiotherapy. Dr De Silva-Minor has presented her research at international conferences including The Annual meeting of the Canadian Association of Radiation Oncologists (CARO) in British Columbia,  the American Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology (ASTRO) in Colorado,  and at the European Society of Therapeutic Radiation and Oncology (ESTRO). Dr De Silva-Minor was appointed Consultant Clinical Oncologist at The Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust in 2008 based at the Churchill Hospital in Oxford.  " It can be an anxious and troubling time after a breast cancer diagnosis. I am here to guide your through the optimal treatment options at each and every stage, answer any questions, and to empower you to make the right decisions for you and your family". 

Specialist in Triple negative breast cancer, Breast cancer in Pregnancy, Male breast cancers, Her 2 positive breast cancer, Metastatic breast cancers, Life style factors in optimising health. Chemotherapy, Immunotherapy, endocrine therapy, Genetic testing, State of the art Radiotherapy techniques (Vmat, DIBH, IMRT, SIB, Partial breast irradiation).