Dr Ursula McGovern
Ursula McGovern is senior medical editor at Macmillan for information about urological cancers.
About Ursula
Job title
Consultant Medical Oncologist & Honorary Associate Professor
Address
University College Hospitals, London
Specialism
Prostate and bladder cancers
Ursula's background
Ursula McGovern is senior medical editor at Macmillan for information about urological cancers. She was appointed a consultant in 2011, having completed her higher specialist oncology training in London and obtaining a PhD in molecular oncology from Imperial College. She specialises in the treatment of prostate and bladder cancer.
She is a UK chief investigator and principal investigator for a number of clinical trials for men with advanced prostate cancer and patients with bladder cancer, collaborating with other centres in the UK and internationally. In her role as a UCL honorary associate professor, she is the undergraduate programme lead for the UCL Cancer Institute and leads the oncology teaching programme delivered by UCL Medical School.
Learn more about Ursula's work
Prostate cancer
Prostate cancer starts in the cells of the prostate. The prostate is a small gland that is just below the bladder and in front of the rectum (back passage).
Bladder cancer
Bladder cancer is a type of cancer that begins in the bladder, a a hollow and muscular organ that collects and stores pee (urine).
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