Professor James Larkin is a Consultant Medical Oncologist at the Royal Marsden Hospital specialising in the treatment of melanoma and cancers of the kidney. Dr Larkin took a first in Natural Sciences from Cambridge University and undertook clinical training at Oxford University, qualifying in 1996. He completed specialist training at The Royal Marsden and was appointed a Consultant in 2008. He is currently Vice Chair of the Cancer Research UK Clinical Research Committee and Lead of the Uncommon Cancers Theme at the Royal Marsden/ICR Biomedical Research Centre for Cancer.