Dr Khin Thway
- Consultant Histopathologist
- MBBS
- BSc
- FRCPath
Biography
Dr Khin Thway is a Consultant Histopathologist to the Sarcoma Unit, the Paediatrics Unit and the Head and Neck Unit at The Royal Marsden.
Dr Thway qualified in medicine from the University of London, and undertook her general histopathology training at University College London Hospitals and The Royal Marsden. She subsequently received fellowship training in surgical pathology of soft-tissue tumours under Professor Cyril Fisher at The Royal Marsden. She was appointed Consultant Histopathologist at The Royal Marsden Hospital in 2007.
Dr Thway’s special interests in adult and paediatric soft-tissue tumours include clinicopathologic correlations, the development of novel diagnostic immunohistochemical markers, and the molecular biology of sarcomagenesis.
In addition to her diagnostic practice, she is a Research Fellow in Molecular Cytogenetics (Team Leader Dr Janet Shipley) in the Section of Molecular Carcinogenesis at The Institute of Cancer Research. Her research focuses on clinicopathological correlations of expression of cell surface receptors and co-receptors in soft-tissue sarcomas, and translating these scientific advances into clinical practice. This is hoped to lead to better prediction of behaviour and therapy of sarcomas, particularly rhabdomyosarcoma, an aggressive tumour mainly affecting children and young adults.
Dr Thway currently has over 40 peer-reviewed publications and 24 book chapters on benign and malignant soft-tissue lesions, and is co-author of two textbooks on diagnostic surgical pathology of soft-tissue tumours.
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