George Beatson

For his father, see George Stewart Beatson.

George Thomas Beatson
Bust of George Beatson, Hunterian Museum, Glasgow

Colonel Sir George Thomas Beatson KCB KBE DL (26 May 1848[1] – 16 February 1933)[2] was a British physician. He was a pioneer in the field of oncology, developing a new treatment for breast cancer, and has been called "the father of endocrine ablation in cancer management."[3] The Beatson West of Scotland Cancer Centre and the Cancer Research UK Beatson Institute are named for him.

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  2. ^ Venn, John (2011). Alumni Cantabrigienses: A Biographical List of All Known Students, Graduates and Holders of Office at the University of Cambridge, from the Earliest Times to 1900. Cambridge University Press. p. 204. ISBN 9781108036115. Retrieved 7 May 2019.
  3. ^ Stockwell, Serena (March–April 1983). "Classics in Oncology: George Thomas Beatson, M.D. (1848–1933)". CA – A Cancer Journal for Clinicians. 33 (2): 105–107. doi:10.3322/canjclin.33.2.105. PMID 6402276.