Barrie David Evans

10 February 1948 - 16 December 2012; BDS University of Wales (1971); MBBS University of London (1977); MD University of London (1985); MRCP UK (1980); FRACP 1989; FRCP Edinburgh (1998).

Barrie David Evans was born in Cardiff, Wales, the son of Trevor Evans, a coalminer, and his wife Gladys (nee Hussey).

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Barrie was the younger of their two children. He and his brother Ryvan grew up in Cardiff and attended The Cathedral School, Llandaff and Kings College, Taunton, Somerset.

Barrie qualified as a dental surgeon, with distinction, in 1971. He subsequently completed a medical degree at St Georges Hospital in London, qualifying in 1977.

He gained his Physicians specialist qualification in 1980 and trained in medical oncology at the Royal Marsden Hospital in London.

He worked there as Senior House Physician, Research Registrar, and finally Senior Medical Registrar.

His research included the use of high-dose cyclophosphamide in the laboratory and this formed the basis of his thesis for his Doctor of Medicine degree from the University of London in 1985. This research subsequently led him to be involved in a clinical trial using this approach in patients with small cell lung cancer.

Barrie also had a special interest in platinum analogues and was involved in Phase-II and Phase-III clinical trials using cisplatin and carboplatin in ovarian and other tumours. While at the Royal Marsden Barrie worked closely with and forged lifelong friendships with a number of renown oncologists including the late Professor Tim McElwain, the late Dr Eve Wilshire, and Professors Ian Smith and Martin Gore.

In 1981, Barrie married Justine Anderson, a New Zealand nurse whom he had met at the Royal Marsden Hospital. They had two children: Dr (Tom) Thomas Evans (Medical House Officer Auckland District...