Summary
Professor Thomas studied at Trinity College Cambridge and the London Hospital Medical College graduating in 1982. He trained at The London, Royal Free, St Mark's and St Mary's Hospitals. He was a Clinical Research Fellow at the Imperial Cancer Research Fund and wrote his PhD thesis on 'Molecular analysis of the Adenomatous Polyposis Coli gene region'. In 1994 he was appointed consultant physician and gastroenterologist at St Mary's and senior lecturer in the Imperial Cancer Research Fund Colorectal Cancer Unit at St Mark's. In 2007 he was appointed chair of gastrointestinal genetics at Imperial.
He heads the family cancer group at St Mark's. The aims of the group are to define the inherited predispositions to colorectal cancer and refine the management of familial risk.
His principal research interests are in the fields of:
Assessment of familial risk of colorectal cancer
Modification of familial risk by genetic testing
Colonoscopic surveillance for familial risk of colorectal cancer
Molecular genetic studies in familial colorectal cancer
Chemoprevention studies in familial colorectal cancer
He has long-standing collaborative research projects with Professor Peter Sasieni (Academic Director of Kings Clinical Trials Unit, King College London), Professor Ian Tomlinson FRS (Director of Edinburgh Cancer Research Centre) and Professor Sir John Burn (University of Newcastle).
He has been Head of HM Medical Household and Physician to the Queen since 2014. He was appointed KCVO in the 2021 New Year Honours.
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Dominguez-Valentin M, Haupt S, Seppälä TT, et al.Dominguez-Valentin M, Haupt S, Seppälä TT, Sampson JR, Sunde L, Bernstein I, Jenkins MA, Engel C, Aretz S, Nielsen M, Capella G, Balaguer F, Evans DG, Burn J, Holinski-Feder E, Bertario L, Bonanni B, Lindblom A, Levi Z, Macrae F, Winship I, Plazzer J-P, Sijmons R, Laghi L, Della Valle A, Heinimann K, Dębniak T, Fruscio R, Lopez-Koestner F, Alvarez-Valenzuela K, Katz LH, Laish I, Vainer E, Vaccaro C, Carraro DM, Monahan K, Half E, Stakelum A, Winter D, Kennelly R, Gluck N, Sheth H, Abu-Freha N, Greenblatt M, Rossi BM, Bohorquez M, Cavestro GM, Lino-Silva LS, Horisberger K, Tibiletti MG, Nascimento ID, Thomas H, Rossi NT, Apolinário da Silva L, Zaránd A, Ruiz-Bañobre J, Heuveline V, Mecklin J-P, Pylvänäinen K, Renkonen-Sinisalo L, Lepistö A, Peltomäki P, Therkildsen C, Madsen MG, Burgdorf SK, Hopper JL, Win AK, Haile RW, Lindor N, Gallinger S, Le Marchand L, Newcomb PA, Figueiredo J, Buchanan DD, Thibodeau SN, von Knebel Doeberitz M, Loeffler M, Rahner N, Schröck E, Steinke-Lange V, Schmiegel W, Vangala D, Perne C, Hüneburg R, Redler S, Büttner R, Weitz J, Pineda M, Duenas N, Vidal JB, Moreira L, Sánchez A, Hovig E, Nakken S, Green K, Lalloo F, Hill J, Crosbie E, Mints M, Goldberg Y, Tjandra D, Ten Broeke SW, Kariv R, Rosner G, Advani SH, Thomas L, Shah P, Shah M, Neffa F, Esperon P, Pavicic W, Torrezan GT, Bassaneze T, Martin CA, Moslein G, Moller P close, 2023, Mortality by age, gene and gender in carriers of pathogenic mismatch repair gene variants receiving surveillance for early cancer diagnosis and treatment: a report from the prospective Lynch syndrome database, Eclinicalmedicine, Vol:58, ISSN:2589-5370, Pages:1-12
Moller P, Seppala T, Dowty JG, et al.Moller P, Seppala T, Dowty JG, Haupt S, Dominguez-Valentin M, Sunde L, Bernstein I, Engel C, Aretz S, Nielsen M, Capella G, Evans DG, Burn J, Holinski-Feder E, Bertario L, Bonanni B, Lindblom A, Levi Z, Macrae F, Winship I, Plazzer J-P, Sijmons R, Laghi L, Della Valle A, Heinimann K, Half E, Lopez-Koestner F, Alvarez-Valenzuela K, Scott RJ, Katz L, Laish I, Vainer E, Vaccaro CA, Carraro DM, Gluck N, Abu-Freha N, Stakelum A, Kennelly R, Winter D, Rossi BM, Greenblatt M, Bohorquez M, Sheth H, Tibiletti MG, Lino-Silva LS, Horisberger K, Portenkirchner C, Nascimento I, Rossi NT, da Silva LA, Thomas H, Zarand A, Mecklin J-P, Pylvanainen K, Renkonen-Sinisalo L, Lepisto A, Peltomaki P, Therkildsen C, Lindberg LJ, Thorlacius-Ussing O, von Knebel Doeberitz M, Loeffler M, Rahner N, Steinke-Lange V, Schmiegel W, Vangala D, Perne C, Hueneburg R, de Vargas AF, Latchford A, Gerdes A-M, Backman A-S, Guillen-Ponce C, Snyder C, Lautrup CK, Amor D, Palmero E, Stoffel E, Duijkers F, Hall MJ, Hampel H, Williams H, Okkels H, Lubinski J, Reece J, Ngeow J, Guillem JG, Arnold J, Wadt K, Monahan K, Senter L, Rasmussen LJ, van Hest LP, Ricciardiello L, Kohonen-Corish MRJ, Ligtenberg MJL, Southey M, Aronson M, Zahary MN, Samadder NJ, Poplawski N, Hoogerbrugge N, Morrison PJ, James P, Lee G, Chen-Shtoyerman R, Ankathil R, Pai R, Ward R, Parry S, Debniak T, John T, van Overeem Hansen T, Caldes T, Yamaguchi T, Barca-Tierno V, Garre P, Cavestro GM, Weitz J, Redler S, Buettner R, Heuveline V, Hopper JL, Win AK, Lindor N, Gallinger S, Le Marchand L, Newcomb PA, Figueiredo J, Buchanan DD, Thibodeau SN, ten Broeke SW, Hovig E, Nakken S, Pineda M, Duenas N, Brunet J, Green K, Lalloo F, Newton K, Crosbie EJ, Mints M, Tjandra D, Neffa F, Esperon P, Kariv R, Rosner G, Pavicic WH, Kalfayan P, Torrezan GT, Bassaneze T, Martin C, Moslein G, Ahadova A, Kloor M, Sampson JR, Jenkins MA close, 2022, Colorectal cancer incidences in Lynch syndrome: a comparison of results from the prospective lynch syndrome database and the international mismatch repair consortium, Hereditary Cancer in Clinical Practice, Vol:20, ISSN:1731-2302, Pages:1-11
Palles C, West HD, Chew E, et al.Palles C, West HD, Chew E, Galavotti S, Flensburg C, Grolleman JE, Jansen EAM, Curley H, Chegwidden L, Arbe-Barnes EH, Lander N, Truscott R, Pagan J, Bajel A, Sherwood K, Martin L, Thomas H, Georgiou D, Fostira F, Goldberg Y, Adams DJ, van der Biezen SAM, Christie M, Clendenning M, Thomas LE, Deltas C, Dimovski AJ, Dymerska D, Lubinski J, Mahmood K, van der Post RS, Sanders M, Weitz J, Taylor JC, Turnbull C, Vreede L, van Wezel T, Whalley C, Arnedo-Pac C, Caravagna G, Cross W, Chubb D, Frangou A, Gruber AJ, Kinnersley B, Noyvert B, Church D, Graham T, Houlston R, Lopez-Bigas N, Sottoriva A, Wedge D, Jenkins MA, Kuiper RP, Roberts AW, Cheadle JP, Ligtenberg MJL, Hoogerbrugge N, Koelzer VH, Rivas AD, Winship IM, Ponte CR, Buchanan DD, Power DG, Green A, Tomlinson IPM, Sampson JR, Majewski IJ, de Voer RM close, 2022, Germline MBD4 deficiency causes a multi-tumor predisposition syndrome, American Journal of Human Genetics, Vol:109, ISSN:0002-9297, Pages:953-960
Monahan KJ, Lincoln A, East JE, et al.Monahan KJ, Lincoln A, East JE, Benton S, Burn J, DeSouza B, Hanson H, Lalloo F, McVeigh T, Rutter MD, Snape K, Thomas HJW, Sasieni P close, 2020, Management strategies for the colonoscopic surveillance of people with Lynch syndrome during the COVID-19 pandemic, Gut, ISSN:0017-5749
Burn J, Sheth H, Elliott F, et al.Burn J, Sheth H, Elliott F, Reed L, Macrae F, Mecklin J-P, Möslein G, McRonald FE, Bertario L, Evans DG, Gerdes A-M, Ho JWC, Lindblom A, Morrison PJ, Rashbass J, Ramesar R, Seppälä T, Thomas HJW, Pylvänäinen K, Borthwick GM, Mathers JC, Bishop DT, CAPP2 Investigators close, 2020, Cancer prevention with aspirin in hereditary colorectal cancer (Lynch syndrome), 10-year follow-up and registry-based 20-year data in the CAPP2 study: a double-blind, randomised, placebo-controlled trial, The Lancet, Vol:395, ISSN:0140-6736, Pages:1855-1863
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