Dr Julia Ruth Murray

Dr Julia Ruth Murray is a Consultant Clinical Oncologist. They specialise in radiotherapy and systemic therapies for prostate cancer. Dr Murray graduated from Imperial College London in 2004 and completed their general medical and clinical oncology training in London. In 2013, they were awarded a Cancer Research UK PhD Fellowship at The Institute of Cancer Research and The Royal Marsden Hospital, investigating image-guided prostate radiotherapy and the relationship between radiation dose and toxicity. Dr Murray received their PhD in 2017.

Dr Murray's research interests focus on evaluating advanced radiotherapy technology to improve treatment accuracy and patient outcomes. They are currently leading a trial evaluating a rectal obturator in post-operative prostate radiotherapy (the POPS trial). Dr Murray has recently developed a randomised trial looking at the role of para-aortic radiotherapy in prostate cancer patients whose cancer has spread to the lymph nodes within the pelvis and/or para-aortic region.

Dr Murray is a Trustee of the British Uro-oncology Group (BUG).