Professor Millward is the foundation Chair of Clinical Cancer Research, University of Western Australia and Head of Medical Oncology at Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, Perth, Australia. He is an international expert on thoracic malignancies and melanoma.Professor Millward has an active and productive record of research in various clinical and pharmacology aspects of anti-cancer treatments. The theme has been to develop and introduce promising new agents into clinical research in Australia, and optimise and further develop the potential of existing treatment modalities. Over the last 7 years he has acted as principal investigator on over 70 trials, and acted as an investigator on over 150 trials. He is currently on the management committees of several multi-centre, international trials. Professor Michael Millward is the Cancer Council WA's Chair in Clinical Cancer Research and past President of the Australasian Lung Cancer Trials Group. He has published >100 original papers and >200 abstracts at International meetings.