About Doctor
- Dr. Katharine Aitken is a Consultant Clinical Oncologist with both private and NHS practices at The Royal Marsden.
- She specializes in radiotherapy treatment for upper and lower gastrointestinal (GI) and hepatopancreatobiliary (HPB) cancers.
- Dr Aitken graduated from University College London Medical School in 2003, winning the Hutley Atchinson prize for best clinical performance.
- Her specialist oncology training was completed at The Royal Marsden and Guy’s and St Thomas’ Hospitals.
- She undertook a research degree at The Institute of Cancer Research, focusing on the use of stereotactic body radiotherapy (SBRT) for the treatment of oligometastatic disease.
- Her research fellowship included time at Memorial Sloan Kettering Hospital in New York to further her technical skills in GI radiotherapy.
- Dr Aitken was appointed as a Consultant Clinical Oncologist in the GI unit at The Royal Marsden in 2015.
- Her research interests include the use of radiotherapy for primary and metastatic liver tumors and pancreatic cancer.
- She is the clinical lead for novel developmental work on Magnetic Resonance (MR) guided adaptive therapy for pancreatic cancer.
- Dr Aitken is regarded as a national expert in liver SBRT and acts as a technical advisor on radiotherapy quality to NHS England’s Commissioning Through Evaluation (CTE) program for SBRT.
