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Piers Patten

Dr Piers Patten

Clinical Senior Lecturer

Research interests

  • Cancer

Biography

I am a Clinician Scientist with a specialist interest in chronic lymphocytic leukaemia (CLL) and related lymphomas. I obtained my PhD from King’s College London, UK in 2009 and undertook a Post-Doctoral Visiting Fellowship in Dr Nicholas Chiorazzi’s laboratory at the Feinstein Institute of Medical Research, New York, USA between 2009 and 2013. I was appointed as a Consultant Haematologist at King’s College Hospital, UK in 2013 and manage lymphoma patients, especially those with CLL at King's Health Partners hospitals.

After obtaining a MRC funded Clinical Academic Research Partnership award, I was appointed Senior Clinical Lecturer in 2019 within the Comprehensive Cancer Centre where I research the tumour microenvironment of CLL and related lymphomas. I am especially interested in how T cells may support these diseases within their microenvironment and how this may impact newer treatments that harness the immune system.

In addition to laboratory based research I run multiple clinical trials, working closely with the UK NIHR clinical trial groups. I am current secretary to the UK CLL forum, promoting education for trainees, all health professionals and patients, and have co-authored multiple national guidelines. 

    Research

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    Cancer Immunology & Immunotherapy

    Cancer Immunology represents a broad field of research that studies host-tumour interactions as therapeutic targets in the treatment of cancer.

    Project status: Ongoing

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    Lymphoma Biology

    We are interested in the tumour microenvironment of lymphoproliferative disorders, especially that of chronic lymphocytic leukaemia (CLL) and related low grade lymphomas.

      Research

      Immunology and Immunotherapy Programme Header
      Cancer Immunology & Immunotherapy

      Cancer Immunology represents a broad field of research that studies host-tumour interactions as therapeutic targets in the treatment of cancer.

      Project status: Ongoing

      microscope Patten thumbnail 1800x500
      Lymphoma Biology

      We are interested in the tumour microenvironment of lymphoproliferative disorders, especially that of chronic lymphocytic leukaemia (CLL) and related low grade lymphomas.