Irene De Francesco

Dr Irene De Francesco is a consultant at Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, and honorary senior clinical lecturer at King's College London.

She was a research fellow at the Royal Marsden Hospital between 2013 and 2016, where she conducted research in anal cancer, focusing on modern radiotherapy techniques and assessment of treatment response and treatment related toxicity. Her thesis was published on the journal of the Royal College of Radiologists.

Her interest in technical radiotherapy and advanced imaging techniques brought her to the University College Hospital, where she obtained a research fellowship and joined the consortium for the INSERT European project.
This project aimed to develop an integrated single-photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) MRI system for assessment of treatment response during and after chemo-radiotherapy.

Irene joined the Sarah Cannon Research Institute, London in 2018 as a research fellow and gained more experience managing national and international clinical trials.

In 2018, she joined Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, where she has been appointed consultant clinical oncologist with special interest in skin cancer, lower GI cancer, Lung cancer and SABR.

She remained active in cancer research, leading clinical trials in skin cancer, and she was appointed Clinial Trial Lead (2019-2021) and Skin Brachytherapy Lead (2021-2024).

• She has been Educational Supervisor and Clinical Supervisor for oncology registrars. 
• She  organised and delivered lectures on skin cancer, anal cancer and teaching sessions for the FRCR exam preparation.