Jonathan Waxman is a Professor of Oncology at the Hammersmith Hospital, London. He is a clinician who has helped develop new treatments for cancer, which are now part of standard practice. He is the author of around 350 research papers and chapters, eleven professional books on cancer, a book on medical negligence law, a novel, and a book of short stories which was published by Springer in 2011. He directs a laboratory research group comprising 31 scientists, and founded The Prostate Cancer Charity, the first United Kingdom national organisation promoting research and patient support for this condition. He helped establish an All Party Parliamentary Group to improve cancer treatment and rationalise cancer research throughout the UK, and has developed and led several media campaigns to rationalise cancer treatments and change government health policy.