Dr Kathleen Thompson is a medical doctor specialising in pharmaceutical drug research.
A few years ago her life changed when she was diagnosed with breast cancer. This experience made her understand the desperate need for an easily-digestible book to help people get through cancer, and it became the inspiration for her book: ‘From Both Ends of the Stethoscope - getting through breast cancer by a doctor who knows’ available at http://amzn.to/20Y09pK
Besides using her own experience to guide the reader through cancer treatment and the emotions they may experience, she demystifies medical research, explaining how to assess the reliability of internet and newspaper-based ‘cancer cures’.
Her book has won first prize in the Words For The Wounded Book award 2016 and the ‘Janey loves’ Platinum Award 2017 (Radio 2’s Janey Lee Grace)
Besides her pharmaceutical research she writes medical articles for magazines including Huffington Post, Frost Magazine and Fabafterfifty, and lectures on the practical aspects of dealing with breast cancer. She has appeared on PowerXtra Radio and Urban Jazz Radio and has been interviewed by various international media groups. She has worked with Pink Ribbon to host conferences for medical staff and for breast cancer patients – both educational and paradigm-challenging in nature.
