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Goswami K, Barik S, Sarkar M, Bhowmick A, Biswas J, Bose A, Baral R. Targeting STAT3 phosphorylation by neem leaf glycoprotein prevents immune evasion exerted by supraglottic laryngeal tumor induced M2 macrophages. Mol Immunol 2014; 59:119-27. [DOI: 10.1016/j.molimm.2014.01.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/13/2013] [Revised: 01/11/2014] [Accepted: 01/27/2014] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Mohan A, Verghese A, Raman M, Biswas J. Live Brugia malayi in the anterior chamber: a case report from India. Eye (Lond) 2014; 28:1038. [PMID: 24788013 DOI: 10.1038/eye.2014.77] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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Hutley EJ, Matheson ASM, Biswas J, Green AD. Rapid intelligence and failing weapons: meeting the challenges of 21st century infections in the deployed clinical environment. J ROY ARMY MED CORPS 2013; 159:144-9. [PMID: 24109134 DOI: 10.1136/jramc-2013-000122] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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- Anti-Bacterial Agents/therapeutic use
- Cellulitis/diagnosis
- Cellulitis/drug therapy
- Cellulitis/microbiology
- Cholera/diagnosis
- Cholera/microbiology
- Diagnosis, Differential
- Drug Resistance, Multiple, Bacterial
- Dysentery, Bacillary/diagnosis
- Dysentery, Bacillary/microbiology
- Escherichia coli
- Escherichia coli Infections/diagnosis
- Escherichia coli Infections/drug therapy
- Humans
- Male
- Microbial Sensitivity Tests
- Military Personnel
- Pneumonia, Ventilator-Associated/diagnosis
- Pneumonia, Ventilator-Associated/drug therapy
- Pneumonia, Ventilator-Associated/microbiology
- Polymerase Chain Reaction
- Spectrometry, Mass, Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption-Ionization
- Staphylococcal Skin Infections/diagnosis
- Staphylococcal Skin Infections/drug therapy
- Staphylococcus aureus
- United Kingdom
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Bhattacharya A, Saha R, Biswas J, Biswas J, Ghosh B. Collision tumors in the gastrointestinal tract: a rare case series. Int Med Case Rep J 2012; 5:73-7. [PMID: 23754928 PMCID: PMC3658259 DOI: 10.2147/imcrj.s35818] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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A collision tumor is one where histology shows the presence of two distinct primaries involving the same organ without intermixture of individual cell types, ie, a side by side pattern. Here we present three rare cases of collision tumors involving the stomach and transverse colon. There were two cases of collision tumors involving the stomach, one of which was a combination of adenocarcinoma and low-grade non-Hodgkin’s (mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue) lymphoma, and the other showed the presence of non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma involving the entire stomach wall along with adenocarcinoma infiltrating the muscle layer. The third case comprised a mucinous adenocarcinoma and carcinoid tumor in the large gut.
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Bhattacharyya G, Malhotra H, Parikh P, Singh J, Kanaka G, Basu S, Singh M, Biswas J, Shahid T, Ranade A. Serum Chromogranin a in Metastatic Carcinoma Prostate - a Prognostic Marker for Hormonal Therapy. Ann Oncol 2012. [DOI: 10.1016/s0923-7534(20)33469-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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Mokhtari M, Aloulou H, Tiberghien T, Biswas J, Racoceanu D, Yap P. New trends to support independence in persons with mild dementia: a mini-review. Gerontology 2012; 58:554-63. [PMID: 22677914 DOI: 10.1159/000337827] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/06/2011] [Accepted: 03/07/2012] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Our research was motivated by the growing aging population worldwide and the need to concentrate research efforts on a specific target group; it focuses on elderly persons with physical and cognitive deficiencies. The primary goal is to enable persons with mild dementia to maximize their physical and mental functions through assistive technologies in order to be able to continue to participate in social networks and lead independent and purposeful lives. Persons with mild dementia usually have problems in performing activities of daily living due to episodic memory decline. These can include simple activities, such as bathing, changing clothes and preparing meals. Through extended field test trials involving end users, we have demonstrated that assistive technology that provides timely prompts, alarms and reminders can enable them to preserve their abilities and improve their quality of life. Understanding the user context, especially when targeting demented individuals, and providing the required personalized assistive services is the objective of our research work. Finding the appropriate user interface to interact with the provided services is often a barrier. Thus, we have adopted the approach of a multimodal interactive system with the living environment including a TV set, iPad-like tablets, sensors/actuators, and wireless speakers connected to a reasoning engine that is able to consider the complexity of the users' profile defined by his/her cognitive abilities. In this paper we will mainly focus on the interaction level with the system as well as on the validation stages performed to meet the users' requirements. This is the result of several years' work since 2006 in the frame of two projects (IST-FP6 COGKNOW European completed project and AMUPADH ongoing project in Singapore).
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Ashraf M, Jha JK, Mukherjee N, Panda CK, Nayak S, Jadhav TS, Dikshit N, Nath NC, Chakraborty J, Biswas J. BRCA1 protein expression and its correlation with ER/PR status in sporadic and familial breast cancer in Eastern Indian patients--a hospital based study. JOURNAL OF THE INDIAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION 2011; 109:873-878. [PMID: 23469566] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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BRCA1 gene expression in familial breast cancer is mainly focused on mutational analysis. However in sporadic cancers BRCA1 protein expression is the main area of interest because somatic inactivation of one allele of the gene is likely to occur during the oestrogen mediated proliferation at puberty and subsequent tumourigenic events take place in the same cell. Standard immunohistochemical analysis was used to assess BRCA1 and oestrogen/progesterone receptor (ER/PR) status in familial and sporadic breast cancer patients and correlation of BRCA1 protein expression with histopathological features ER/PR status was studied in these tumours. One hundred and seventy-seven sporadic tumours (group A) and 28 familial tumours (patients with history of breast cancer in first or second degree relative ie, group B) were studied. In group A, 61 tumours had absent/reduced BRCA 1 protein expression; 30 (49%) out of these were negative for ER/PR receptors. In group B, 18 patients had absent/reduced BRCA1 protein expression, and 10 (55.6%) out of these, were ER/PR negative. Overall in 2 groups, 82 tumours were of grade 1, 61 tumours of grade 2 and 62 tumours were of grade 3 differentiation. Test of proportion showed that percentage of ER/PR negativity is significantly higher than ER/PR positivity in sporadic as well as in familial tumours with absent/ reduced BRCA 1 protein expression (p < 0.05). Sporadic tumours with deranged BRCA1 protein expression like familial tumours have more unfavourable histopathological characteristics and are likely to be of higher grade and oestrogen receptor negative
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Saumya Pal S, Bhargava M, Kumar A, Mahajan N, Das S, Nandi K, Guha S, Raman M, Jeyathilakan N, Biswas J. An Unusual Intraocular Tongue Worm in Anterior Chamber: A Case Report. Ocul Immunol Inflamm 2011; 19:442-3. [DOI: 10.3109/09273948.2011.621579] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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Bhattacharyya GS, Biswas J, Govindbabu K, Ranade AA. Uncommon versus taken for granted: both need to be addressed. Indian J Cancer 2011; 48:279-81. [PMID: 21921322 DOI: 10.4103/0019-509x.84909] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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Bhattacharvva G, Biswas J, Singh J, Singh M, Govindbabu K, Ranade A, Malhotra H, Parikh P, Shahid T, Basu S. Reversal of Tamoxifen Resistance (Hormone Resistance) by Addition of Sirolimus (mTOR Inhibitor) in Metastatic Breast Cancer. Eur J Cancer 2011. [DOI: 10.1016/s0959-8049(11)70115-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
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Shylaja R, Vimalin Jeyalatha M, Malathi J, Biswas J, Madahvan HN. Standardisation and application of polymerase chain reaction for detection of Lru A and Lru B gene of Leptospira interrogans in aqueous humors of uveitic patients. Ocul Immunol Inflamm 2011; 19:363-6. [PMID: 21834695 DOI: 10.3109/09273948.2011.592259] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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Chhablani JK, Biswas J, Sudharshan S. Panuveitis as a manifestation of ocular syphilis leading to HIV diagnosis. Oman J Ophthalmol 2011; 3:29-31. [PMID: 20606871 PMCID: PMC2886223 DOI: 10.4103/0974-620x.60019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Syphilis is a rare cause of panuveitis. We present the case of a 33-year-old man who presented with diminution of vision of three months duration in his left eye (OS), without any other systemic illness. Ophthalmic examination showed features of pauveitis with dense vitreous exudates, disc pallor and sheathing of vessels on fundoscopy. A diagnosis of probable endogenous endophthalmitis was made and vitreous tap performed. Vitreous biopsy showed no growth of fungus or bacteria. Rapid plasma reagin (RPR) and Treponema pallidum hemagglutination (TPHA) test were positive. Enzyme-Linked Immuno Sorbent Assay (ELISA) and Western Blot test were then performed, which revealed concurrent HIV infection. The patient improved dramatically with intravenous penicillin therapy. HIV positive patients may present with panuveitis secondary to ocular syphilis, as the only presenting feature in HIV positive patient in absence of any other systemic features.
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Chatterjee A, Biswas J, Bhattacharya S, Chatterjee AK, Chakraborty A, Bhakta RS. A phase II, single-arm clinical trial involving an alternative cancer treatment psorinum therapy in patients with advanced esophageal carcinoma. J Clin Oncol 2011. [DOI: 10.1200/jco.2011.29.15_suppl.e13044] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Vandhana S, Deepa P, Jayanthi U, Biswas J, Krishnakumar S. Clinico-pathological correlations of fatty acid synthase expression in retinoblastoma: An Indian cohort study. Exp Mol Pathol 2011; 90:29-37. [DOI: 10.1016/j.yexmp.2010.11.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/06/2010] [Accepted: 11/11/2010] [Indexed: 01/15/2023]
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Ashraf M, Jha J, Choudhry A, Aggarwal B, Nayak S, Chakraborty J, Majumder S, Biswas J. Neoadjuvant and adjuvant therapy with imatinib for locally advanced gastrointestinal stromal tumors in eastern Indian patients. Asian Pac J Cancer Prev 2011; 12:2059-2064. [PMID: 22292651] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/31/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Imatinib mesylate is able to at least modify the course of gastrointestinal stromal tumours (GISTs). Neoadjuvant use for locally advanced lesions is evolving as a new treatment paradigm in this hitherto universally fatal disease. METHODS AND RESULTS The study patients with locally advanced GIST received neoadjuvant and adjuvant imatinib mesylate. Response was noted as per the RECIST protocol and overall progression free survival was reported. Of 19 patients (mean age 38.5 years, range 26 yrs to 64 yrs) studied, 13 achieved partial response (PR) and 6 a stationary disease (SD) on preoperative imatinib. Histopathological evaluation and grading of responses revealed only moderate and low grade pathological response after imatinib. R0 resection was possible in 13/19 and R1 in 6/19. Imatinib was well tolerated and adverse reactions were minimal. Post operative complications of surgery were not out of the ordinary for a surgical series featuring extensive abdominal surgery. CONCLUSION Preoperative imatinib in locally advanced GIST seems to be a reasonable option for locally advanced GIST patients and enough downstaging to allow a resection with microscopically negative margins can be expected in a fairly good proportion of patients.
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Biswas J, Bandyopadhyay S, Das D, Mandol KK, Saha I, Ray B. A study in awareness about eye health care and eye donation among secondary level students of North Kolkata, India. Kathmandu Univ Med J (KUMJ) 2010; 8:317-20. [PMID: 22610737 DOI: 10.3126/kumj.v8i3.6219] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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BACKGROUND Corneal blindness is one of the important types of blindness that can be prevented by proper health care education and conventionally cured by corneal transplantation for which awareness regarding eye donation is essential. OBJECTIVES The aim of the study is to assess the awareness of eye health care and eye donation among secondary level school students of North Kolkata. METHODS It was a cross-sectional study. SETTINGS Eight Government aided schools of North Kolkata, West Bengal, India. A total of 1525 students of standard VIII, IX and X of Government aided schools of North Kolkata participated in this study. A pre-tested, semi-structured questionnaire was administered on eye health care and eye donation. RESULTS 1284 (84.2%) participants opined that awareness on eye health care can prevent most of the blindness and 1206 (79.1%) students knew that Vitamin A has important role in prevention of childhood blindness. Majority, 1235 (81.0%) students were aware of eye donation after death while only 489 (32.1%) participants knew that the ideal time for eye donation is within 6 hours of death. 802 (52.6%) participants mentioned printed and electronic media (like newspaper and television) as the major source of information on eye donation. CONCLUSIONS Media publicity to increase awareness of eye donation and eye health care is not enough. Strategies have to be developed to educate the students, so that they can act as motivators for enhancing eye donation and increasing eye health care awareness in the community.
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Mita AC, Heist RS, Aren O, Mainwaring PN, Bazhenova L, Gadgeel SM, Blum RH, Polikoff J, Biswas J, Spear MA. Phase II study of docetaxel with or without plinabulin (NPI-2358) in patients with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). J Clin Oncol 2010. [DOI: 10.1200/jco.2010.28.15_suppl.7592] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Chatterjee A, Biswas J, Chatterjee AK, Bhattacharya S, Mukhopadhyay BP, Chakraborty A, Das S, Bhakta RS. A phase II, single-arm clinical trial involving an alternative cancer treatment psorinum therapy in patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). J Clin Oncol 2010. [DOI: 10.1200/jco.2010.28.15_suppl.2592] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Hsia CC, Liou KJ, Aung APW, Foo V, Huang W, Biswas J. Analysis and comparison of sleeping posture classification methods using pressure sensitive bed system. ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE OF THE IEEE ENGINEERING IN MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY SOCIETY. IEEE ENGINEERING IN MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY SOCIETY. ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE 2010; 2009:6131-4. [PMID: 19965072 DOI: 10.1109/iembs.2009.5334694] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Pressure ulcers are common problems for bedridden patients. Caregivers need to reposition the sleeping posture of a patient every two hours in order to reduce the risk of getting ulcers. This study presents the use of Kurtosis and skewness estimation, principal component analysis (PCA) and support vector machines (SVMs) for sleeping posture classification using cost-effective pressure sensitive mattress that can help caregivers to make correct sleeping posture changes for the prevention of pressure ulcers.
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Ashraf M, Biswas J, Dam A, Bhowmick A, Jha, Sing V, Nayak S. Results of Treatment of Squamous Cell Carcinoma of Maxillary Sinus: A 26-Year Experience. World J Oncol 2010; 1:28-34. [PMID: 29147176 PMCID: PMC5649731 DOI: 10.4021/wjon2010.02.191w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 02/11/2010] [Indexed: 01/04/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Five-year survival in squamous cell carcinoma of maxillary antrum is low. This article examines the results of various approaches to treatment as given in our hospital in past 26 years. METHODS From 1979 to 2005, 379 patients with squamous cell carcinoma of maxillary antrum managed with curative intent were studied. Twenty-eight patients had T2, 237 patients had T3, and 114 had T4 tumors. The N classification was N0 in 316 patients, N1 in 21 patients, N2a in 28 patients and N2b in 14 patients. Treatment to the primary site comprised of surgery (Sx) and radiation therapy (RT) in 284 patients, RT alone in 57 patients and chemotherapy (CTx) with radiotherapy in 38 patients. RESULTS There was a difference in survival between patients who underwent Sx with RT compared with patients who received RT alone or CTx with RT. The most common pattern of recurrence was in the primary site, 187 (49.3%) patients. Local control at 3 and 5 years was 71% and 63.8% respectively in Sx with RT, 31.6% and 28% respectively in RT, and 28.9% and 26% in CTx with RT group. CONCLUSIONS The type of treatment to the primary site is an important determinant of survival and local control. Surgery with radiation is a better treatment option.
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Das D, Das G, Mahapatra TKS, Biswas J. Ellis van Creveld syndrome with unusual association of essential infantile esotropia. Oman J Ophthalmol 2010; 3:23-5. [PMID: 20606869 PMCID: PMC2886224 DOI: 10.4103/0974-620x.60017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Ellis-van Creveld syndrome is a rare short-limbed disproportionate dwarfism characterized by postaxial polydactyly, several skeletal, oral mucosal and dental anomalies, nail dysplasia and in 50-60% cases of congenital cardiac defects. It is an autosomal recessive disorder with mutations of the EVC1 and EVC2 genes located on chromosome 4p16. Patients with this syndrome usually have a high mortality in early life due to cardiorespiratory problems. We present the case of a six- month-old female infant with Ellis-van Creveld syndrome - essential infantile esotropia, which has been infrequently documented in the literature.
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Das N, Biswas J, Das J, Ray P, Sangma A, Bhattacharjee P. Status of Bengal Slow Loris Nycticebus bengalensis (Primates: Lorisidae) in Gibbon Wildlife Sanctuary, Assam, India. JOURNAL OF THREATENED TAXA 2009. [DOI: 10.11609/jott.o2219.558-61] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022] Open
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Ashraf M, Biswas J, Majumdar S, Nayak S, Alam N, Mukherjee KK, Gupta S. Tamoxifen use in Indian women--adverse effects revisited. Asian Pac J Cancer Prev 2009; 10:609-612. [PMID: 19827879] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/28/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Tamoxifen is generally considered a safe drug for Indian women with breast cancer. Indian women seem to tolerate tamoxifen therapy better than western women, but there are no data regarding safety and local adverse effect profiles in typical Indian populations. METHODS AND RESULTS A total of 3,000 case records of patients who had received tamoxifen daily for any period of time, between January 1988 and December 2007, were identified for study. Hot flashes were reported by 800 (26%), mild vaginal dryness by 450 (15%) and vaginal discharge by 300 (10%), with vaginal bleeding experienced by 40 (1.3%) patients. A total of 1,100 (36.6%) asymptomatic patients had a thickened endometrium(defined as >8mm in thickness) on ultrasonography. Endometrial curettage was performed in all of these. None of the patients developed endometrial carcinoma. Fatty infiltration of liver was found in 1,440 (48%) patients with a mean time interval for development of 7 months (range 6-30 months). CONCLUSIONS Fatty infiltration of liver is found in almost half of the Eastern Indian women who receive tamoxifen. Increased endometrial thickness, which remains asymptomatic, was documented in more than one third of patients on ultrasound examination. Tamoxifen seems to have a negligible potential for causation of uterine malignancies in eastern Indian women. Rates of hysterectomies in Indian patients on tamoxifen are substantially lower than those of western patients on tamoxifen.
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Basu P, De P, Mandal S, Ray K, Biswas J. Study of 'patterns of care' of ovarian cancer patients in a specialized cancer institute in Kolkata, eastern India. Indian J Cancer 2009; 46:28-33. [PMID: 19282563 DOI: 10.4103/0019-509x.48592] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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BACKGROUND Ovarian cancer is one of the leading cancers in Indian women. The current standard of care is a combination of surgical staging, maximal surgical effort to achieve cytoreduction, and judicious use of chemotherapy. Multimodality therapy can reduce mortality, but the practice and uptake of such therapy in Indian Institutions are not up to the desired level. OBJECTIVES To study the protocol adherence for ovarian cancer management along with patient compliance and evaluate their effects on survival. MATERIALS AND METHODS The retrospective study obtained and analyzed data from records of patients operated for ovarian cancer at a Regional Cancer Center in eastern India between January 2002 and December 2006. RESULTS The records of 202 patients were evaluable. None of the patients who had primary surgery outside the institute had staging information. A substantial number of patients operated at the institute had incomplete surgical staging, inadequate information on residual disease after surgery, and incomplete histology report. Only 20.3% patients could have optimal cytoreduction after surgery. Compliance to chemotherapy was poor. The median overall survival time and disease-free survival time were 24 months and 5 months, respectively. The residual disease after surgery significantly affected the overall survival, but not the disease-free survival. Incomplete chemotherapy was found to adversely affect survival after adjusting for advanced stage and bulky residual disease. CONCLUSION Management of ovarian cancer is suboptimal even in the specialized cancer institute. Poor patient compliance to chemotherapy is one of the major factors adversely affecting survival from advanced ovarian cancer.
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Chatterjee A, Bhattacharya S, Chatterjee AK, Biswas J, Mukhopadhyay B. A prospective observational clinical study involving an alternative cancer treatment, psorinum therapy, in treating stomach, gallbladder, pancreas, and liver cancers. J Clin Oncol 2009. [DOI: 10.1200/jco.2009.27.15_suppl.3050] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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3050 Background: The prospective observational clinical study was conducted to know the efficacy of an alternative cancer treatment, ‘psorinum therapy,‘ in treating liver, gall bladder, pancreatic, and stomach cancers. The primary outcome measures of the study were (1) to assess the radiological tumor response; (2) to assess how many participants survived at least 1 year, 2 years, 3 years, 4 years, and finally, 5 years after the beginning of the study. The secondary outcome measure of the study was to assess the side effects of the investigational anti-cancer drug (psorinum) if any. Methods: The drug psorinum (an alcoholic extract of scabies, scrub, slough, and pus cells) was administered orally at 0.01ml-0.02 ml/Kg body weight as a single dose in empty stomach per day and ongoing to all the participants along with allopathic and homeopathic supportive cares. Results: 158 histopathology or cytopathology proved participants (42 of stomach, 40 of gallbladder, 44 of pancreas, and 32 of liver cancers) were included in the final analysis at the end of the study. According to the AJCC/UICC TNM staging system, 7 (4.43%) of them diagnosed at stage II, 39 (24.68%) of them diagnosed at late stage II or early stage III and 112 (70.87%) of them diagnosed at late stage III or stage IV. According to the RECIST criteria, complete tumor response occurred in 28 (17.72%) cases and partial tumor response occurred in 56 (35.44%) cases. 126 (79.75%) of them survived at least 1 year, 99 (62.66%) of them survived at least 2 years, 87 (55.06%) of them survived at least 3 years, 76 (48.10%) of them survived at least 4 years, and 62 (39.24%) of them survived at least 5 years. These participants did not receive any other conventional or investigational cancer treatments. The participants report no side effects from the drug psorinum. Conclusions: Psorinum therapy is effective in treating stomach, gallbladder, pancreas, and liver cancers. Double-blinded randomized controlled clinical trial should be done for further investigation of this alternative cancer treatment. No significant financial relationships to disclose.
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