 She was Registrar and then Vice President of the Royal College of Radiologists, President of the European Society for Therapeutic Radiation Oncology and a member of the International Society of Paediatric Oncology.She is the author of more than 150 papers and five textbooks, including Practical Radiotherapy Planning, Cancer in Children, and the Oxford Desktop Reference in Oncology.She has received awards from the American College of Radiology, the American Society for Therapeutic Radiation Oncology, honorary fellowship of the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, the President’s medal of the RCR and a lifetime achievement award from ESTRO.