Prof Karol Sikora

Prof Karol Sikora

Professor Karol Sikora is a leading cancer specialist in the UK.

His clinical training was at Middlesex Hospital, which subsequently merged with University College, where he earned distinctions in medicine, clinical pharmacology and obstetrics.

After junior doctor posts in London and Cambridge he began his career in cancer medicine as a registrar at St Bartholomew’s Hospital. He became an MRC Research Fellow at the Laboratory for Molecular Biology in Cambridge where he completed a PhD supervised by Nobel Laureate, Sydney Brenner.

He has published over 500 papers and written or edited 20 books including Treatment of Cancer – a standard British postgraduate textbook, now coming to its eighth edition in over 35 years. His book, Cancer: The key to getting the best care – making the system work for you was published in 2023 and is widely used by cancer patients and their families.