Martin Stockler is co-director of Oncology at the NHMRC Clinical Trials Centre and its Clinical Lead for ANZUP. He is Professor of Oncology and Clinical Epidemiology, University of Sydney, and consultant medical oncologist at the Concord Cancer Centre and Chris O’Brien Lifehouse RPA. His research has focused on improving survival and quality of life for people with cancer, particularly of the prostate, testis, kidney and breast. Special interests include: the design, execution, analysis and synthesis of cancer clinical trials; quality of life and preferences as outcome measures in clinical trials; evidence-based medicine in clinical practice and medical education; patient–doctor communication; and, the management of genitourinary, breast and advanced cancers.