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Dr Sophie Otter is a consultant clinical oncologist based in Guildford at GenesisCare and Nuffield Health Guildford Hospital. Her NHS post is at the Royal Surrey County Hospital NHS Trust where she is the deputy chief of service for oncology. She also provides outreach services to Ashford and St Peter's Hospitals specialising in urological and colorectal cancers. Dr Otter's areas of interest are prostate, bladder, and colorectal cancers. Her treatment encompasses systemic therapy such as chemotherapy, immunotherapy, and hormone therapy, as well as image-guided radiotherapy and prostate brachytherapy.

Dr Otter gained her medical qualifications from the University of Cambridge in 2004 with distinctions in medicine, surgery, and pathology. She went on to train in oncology at Guy's and St Thomas' Hospitals and the Royal Marsden. Following this, she undertook a master's degree in oncology and cancer biology as well as an MD(Res) in which she researched image-guided radiotherapy for pelvic tumour treatment. She continues to have a research interest in the areas of radiotherapy and brachytherapy, and she has published her work in a number of journals. She has also authored several book chapters during her career.