Professor Robert Thomas is a full time NHS Consultant Oncologist at Bedford and Addenbrooke’s Hospitals. He is also a Clinical teacher at Cambridge University, a Professor of Sports and Nutritional science at the University of Bedfordshire and author of the book “How to Live”.

He manages patients with chemotherapy, radiotherapy, hormones and biological targeted treatments but incorporates nutritional and lifestyle strategies into routine management to enhance their effect, reduce side effects and improve outcomes.

In addition, he is head of a Lifestyle and Cancer Research Unit which designs and conducts government and university approved scientific studies which evaluate the impact of exercise, diet, gut health and natural therapies on cancer, long covid other chronic diseases and exercise performance. He is currently chief investigator of the national covid vaccine nutritional intervention study and the YourPhyto study evaluating phytochemical and probiotic strategies to improve gut health and their impact on prostate cancer progression. The scientific papers from this research, can be reviewed on cancernet.co.uk/rthomas.htm.

He has been awarded the UK’s “Hospital Doctor of the Year”, The British Oncology Association “Oncologist of the Year” and The Royal College of Radiologist Research Medal. He is a proud Fellow of the British Society of Lifestyle Medicine.