DOI: 10.1055/s-00049561

South Asian Journal of Cancer

Issue 04 · Volume 02 · October 2013 DOI: 10.1055/s-010-50091

THE GREAT DEBATE: For HPV vaccine in cervical cancer

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Basu, Partha; Banerjee, Dipanwita; Singh, Priyanka; Bhattacharya, Chandrani; Biswas, Jaydip: Efficacy and safety of human papillomavirus vaccine for primary prevention of cervical cancer: A review of evidence from phase III trials and national programs

Letter to Editor

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Kanwar, Vikramjit S.: Bone marrow transplantation for thalassemia: How much is a child’s life worth?
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Jena, Amitabh; Patnayak, Rashmi; Sampath, Venkata V: Tell the truth, but be gentle
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Bajpai, Jyoti: Fluoride carcinogenesis: The jury is still out!
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Mummudi, Naveen; Laskar, Sarbani Ghosh; Agarwal, J. P.: The fractionation conundrum: Are we still missing a piece of the puzzle?
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Tesfamicael, Biniam: Accuracy of dose calculation algorithms in Eclipse treatment planning system: An update
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Mardi, Kavita; Mahajan, Vidisha; Sharma, Sudershan; Singh, Suman: Primary squamous cell carcinoma of stomach: A rare case report
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Kaul, Sridevi; Kumar, Prince: Significance of early detection of oral malignant melanoma in improving prognosis
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Shetty, Pushparaja; Srilatha, S. V.: Keratocystic odontogenic tumor with mural calcification: A case report
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Roy, Somnath; Mallik, Chandrani; Maiti, Sumana; Chaudhuri, Tamojit: Temporal lobe atypical teratoid/ rhabdoid tumor in a 24-year old adult female
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Mardi, Kavita: Cytodiagnosis of mucin-producing medullary carcinoma of the thyroid gland
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Singhal, Sanjay; Chopra, V.; Kiran, S.; Verma, Mranalini: Life-threatening upper airway obstruction associated with prior radiotherapy
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Joel, Anjana; Carey, Ronald Albert Benton; Rajadoss, Joseph Vimal; Chacko, Raju Titus: Numb chin syndrome as a manifestation of non-small cell lung cancer
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Kumar, S. Ashok; Kumar, Manoj; Malgonde, Monika: Dumbbell-shaped neurofibroma of the upper thoracic spine: A case report
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Agrawal, Meetu; Uppin, Shantveer G.; Challa, Sundaram; Prayaga, Aruna K.: Carcinosarcoma thyroid: An unusual morphology with a review of the literature
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Ghosh, Prithwijit; Saha, Kaushik: Hemangioma calcificans: A rare entity with epileptogenic potential
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Kalpathi, Krishnamani; Linga, Vijay Gandhi; Digumarti, Raghunadharao; Gundeti, Sadashivudu; Uppin, Shantveer: Primary pleuropulmonary synovial sarcoma: A report of two cases and review of literature
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Singh, Sandeep; Badaya, Sorabh; Multani, Manish Kishore: Is existing cervical cancer screening proven productive in developing nations: Time to move from the laboratory to community?
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Sharma, Sunita; Kushwaha, Shivani; Goel, Atul; Puri, Vandana: Pseudo Chediak Higashi-like inclusions in myeloblasts in AML-M2
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Senapati, Satya Bhusan; Mishra, Sudhansu Sekhar; Dhir, Manmath Kumar; Das, Srikanta; Burma, Subrat: Primary skull lymphoma: A case report and review of similar cases
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Mardi, Kavita: Colloid carcinoma of the intestinal type in the uterine cervix

THE GREAT DEBATE: Against HPV vaccine in cervical cancer

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Gupta, Sudeep; Kerkar, Rajendra A.; Dikshit, Rajesh; Badwe, Rajendra A.: Is human papillomavirus vaccination likely to be a useful strategy in India?

THE GREAT DEBATE: Editorial-HPV vaccine in cervical cancer

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Miller, Anthony B.: Does HPV vaccination prevent cervical cancer?

THE GREY-HAIRED CANCER PATIENT: Editorial

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Joshi, Amit; Ishi, Sandeep V; Noronha, Vanita; Prabhash, Kumar: Geriatric oncology: The need of the hour

Letters to Editor

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Singh, Sandeep; Badaya, Sorabh: A strategy to increase the uptake of cervical cancer screening in India: A lesson from the ongoing programs

THE GREY-HAIRED CANCER PATIENT: Original Article

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Sarkar, Anindya; Shahi, UP: Assessment of cancer care in Indian elderly cancer patients: A single center study

THE WAR ON MICROBES: Editorial

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Kulkarni, Atul P.: Immunocompromised hosts: Infections and biomarkers

THE WAR ON MICROBES: Original Article

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Ghafur, Abdul; Vidyalakshmi, P. R.; Priyadarshini, K.; Easow, Jose M.; Raj, Revathi; Raja, T.: Elizabethkingia meningoseptica bacteremia in immunocompromised hosts: The first case series from India
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Meidani, Mohsen; Khorvash, Farzin; Abolghasemi, Hojat; Jamali, Bahareh: Procalcitonin and quantitative C-reactive protein role in the early diagnosis of sepsis in patients with febrile neutropenia
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Salih, Zena; Cavet, Jim; Dennis, Mike; Somervaille, Tim; Bloor, Adrian; Kulkarni, Samar: Prognostic factors for mortality with fungal blood stream infections in patients with hematological and non-hematological malignancies

THE SKILLFUL SCALPEL: Editorial

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Barreto, Savio G.; Singh, Amanjeet: Rectal cancer in Kashmir: Early steps in the right direction

THE SKILLFUL SCALPEL: Original Article

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Mir, Shabeer Ahmed; Chowdri, Nisar A.; Parray, Fazl Q.; Mir, Parvez Ahmed; Bashir, Yasir; Nafae, Muntakhab: Sphincter-saving surgeries for rectal cancer: A single center study from Kashmir
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Hamid, Raashid; Hafeez, Aadil; Darzi, Ashraf M.; Zaroo, Inam; Owais, Habib; Akhter, Afrozah: Dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans: Role of wide local excision
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Mir, Mushtaq; Shahdhar, Muddassir; Ganaie, Khurshid; Syed, Quibtiya: Oncological safety of immediate rectus abdominis myocutaneous breast reconstruction in patients with locally advanced disease (stage IIb and III)

THROUGH THE MICROSCOPE: Editorial

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Saha, Kaushik: Through the microscope: The correct diagnosis to decide a suitable therapy

THROUGH THE MICROSCOPE : Original Article

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Patnayak, Rashmi; Jena, Amitabh; Vijaylaxmi, Bodagala; Lakshmi, Amancharla Y.; Prasad, BCM; Chowhan, Amit Kumar; Rukmangadha, N.; Phaneendra, Bobbit V.; Reddy, Mandyam Kumaraswamy: Metastasis in central nervous system: Clinicopathological study with review of literature in a tertiary care center in South India

THROUGH THE MICROSCOPE: Original Article

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Laishram, Rajesh Singh; K., Arun Kumar; Pukhrambam, Gayatri Devi; Laishram, Sharmila; Debnath, Kaushik: Pattern of salivary gland tumors in Manipur, India: A 10 year study
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Kriplani, Divya; Patel, Mandakini M.: Immunohistochemistry: A diagnostic aid in differentiating primary epithelial ovarian tumors and tumors metastatic to the ovary

PEDIATRIC SECTION: Editorial

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Jayakar, Vishal: Chronic myeloid leukemia in India: The poster child of translational medicine needs help!

PEDIATRIC SECTION: Original Article

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Raut, Lalit; Bohara, Vinay V.; Ray, Siddhartha S.; Chakrabarti, Prantar; Chaudhuri, Utpal: Chronic myeloid leukemia in children and adolescents: A single center experience from Eastern India

Review Article

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Agrawal, Sushma: Challenges in optimizing chemoradiation in locally advanced non small-cell lung cancers in India

Drug Review

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Narayanan, Prasad: Denosumab: A comprehensive review

Brainteaser

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Noronha, Vanita; Joshi, Amit; Prabhash, Kumar: Confusion worse confounded

South Asia Update

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Hussain, Syed Md Akram: Comprehensive update on cancer scenario of Bangladesh

Oncology Reflections

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Goel, Nishu Singh: Angelina’s choice
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Mehdi, Itrat; Al-Bahrani, Bassim Jaffar: Be a true listener, rather than a good conversationalist

COMMENTARY

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Ali, Mohamed Ahmed; Ahmed, Yasar A; Ibrahim, Abubaker: Clinical challenges: Myeloma and concomitant type 2 diabetes