Professor Christopher Nutting

Professor Christopher Nutting provides face-to-face, telephone and video consultations for cancer patients requiring medical advice, treatment and second opinions. He is Consultant Clinical Oncologist based at The Royal Marsden in Chelsea, where he has both a private and NHS practice.

Professor Nutting completed his undergraduate training at the University of London in 1992 and he went on to become a member of the Royal College of Physicians and a Fellow of the Royal College of Radiologists. Professor Nutting qualified as an oncologist and achieved a Medical Doctorate at The Institute of Cancer Research, University of London.

Professor Nutting has a special interest in research and medical education and in 2012 he was appointed Professor of Clinical Oncology at The Institute of Cancer Research. In 2002 he assumed the role of Clinical Director of the Head and Neck Unit at The Royal Marsden.

Professor Nutting has served as National Clinical Lead in Head and Neck Cancer for the UK Department of Health and the Cancer Services Collaborative. He is currently President of the British Association of Head and Neck Oncologists and is also Past-president of the British Oncological Association and a past Chairman of the National Cancer Research Institute Committee for Head and Neck Cancer Research.

Professor Nutting is heavily involved in research trials and he has published over 350 research articles in his speciality.

Diseases, Medical Tests and Treatments

• Chemotherapy

• Radiotherapy

• Intensity-modulated radiotherapy

• Radioiodine treatment

• Cyberknife

• Head and neck cancers

• Mouth cancer

• Throat cancer

• Thyroid cancer

• Skin cancer