Eve Wiltshaw

Eve Wiltshaw (23 January 1927 – 13 May 2008) was a British physician who was a researcher and consultant at the Royal Marsden Hospital. She was an expert in medical oncology, and led the United Kingdom's first clinical trials of cisplatin. In 1998, she wrote A History of the Royal Marsden Hospital.

Research and career In 1955, Wiltshaw joined the Royal Marsden Hospital, where she established the Sarcoma Unit, which provided multi-disciplinary care to people with cancer.

After the 1970 discovery that cisplatin was an effective anti-cancer drug, Wiltshaw was involved with the discovery of chemotherapy.

Personal life After Wiltshaw died in 2008, the Royal Marsden Hospital named a ward in her honour.

Selected publications