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Hossain MA, Sarin R, Donnelly DP, Miller BC, Weiss A, McAlary L, Antonyuk SV, Salisbury JP, Amin J, Conway JB, Watson SS, Winters JN, Xu Y, Alam N, Brahme RR, Shahbazian H, Sivasankar D, Padmakumar S, Sattarova A, Ponmudiyan AC, Gawde T, Verrill DE, Yang W, Kannapadi S, Plant LD, Auclair JR, Makowski L, Petsko GA, Ringe D, Agar NYR, Greenblatt DJ, Ondrechen MJ, Chen Y, Yerbury JJ, Manetsch R, Hasnain SS, Brown RH, Agar JN. Evaluating protein cross-linking as a therapeutic strategy to stabilize SOD1 variants in a mouse model of familial ALS. PLoS Biol 2024; 22:e3002462. [PMID: 38289969 PMCID: PMC10826971 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.3002462] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/17/2022] [Accepted: 12/05/2023] [Indexed: 02/01/2024] Open
Abstract
Mutations in the gene encoding Cu-Zn superoxide dismutase 1 (SOD1) cause a subset of familial amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (fALS) cases. A shared effect of these mutations is that SOD1, which is normally a stable dimer, dissociates into toxic monomers that seed toxic aggregates. Considerable research effort has been devoted to developing compounds that stabilize the dimer of fALS SOD1 variants, but unfortunately, this has not yet resulted in a treatment. We hypothesized that cyclic thiosulfinate cross-linkers, which selectively target a rare, 2 cysteine-containing motif, can stabilize fALS-causing SOD1 variants in vivo. We created a library of chemically diverse cyclic thiosulfinates and determined structure-cross-linking-activity relationships. A pre-lead compound, "S-XL6," was selected based upon its cross-linking rate and drug-like properties. Co-crystallographic structure clearly establishes the binding of S-XL6 at Cys 111 bridging the monomers and stabilizing the SOD1 dimer. Biophysical studies reveal that the degree of stabilization afforded by S-XL6 (up to 24°C) is unprecedented for fALS, and to our knowledge, for any protein target of any kinetic stabilizer. Gene silencing and protein degrading therapeutic approaches require careful dose titration to balance the benefit of diminished fALS SOD1 expression with the toxic loss-of-enzymatic function. We show that S-XL6 does not share this liability because it rescues the activity of fALS SOD1 variants. No pharmacological agent has been proven to bind to SOD1 in vivo. Here, using a fALS mouse model, we demonstrate oral bioavailability; rapid engagement of SOD1G93A by S-XL6 that increases SOD1G93A's in vivo half-life; and that S-XL6 crosses the blood-brain barrier. S-XL6 demonstrated a degree of selectivity by avoiding off-target binding to plasma proteins. Taken together, our results indicate that cyclic thiosulfinate-mediated SOD1 stabilization should receive further attention as a potential therapeutic approach for fALS.
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- Md Amin Hossain
- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
- Barnett Institute of Chemical and Biological Analysis, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
- Department of Neurosurgery and Department of Radiology, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
- Biogen Inc, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
- Barnett Institute of Chemical and Biological Analysis, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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- Department of Neurology, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States of America
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- Molecular Horizons and School of Chemistry and Molecular Bioscience, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, Australia
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- Molecular Biophysics Group, Department of Biochemistry & Systems Biology, Faculty of Health and Life Sciences, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
- Barnett Institute of Chemical and Biological Analysis, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
- Barnett Institute of Chemical and Biological Analysis, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
- Barnett Institute of Chemical and Biological Analysis, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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- School of Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
- Barnett Institute of Chemical and Biological Analysis, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
- Barnett Institute of Chemical and Biological Analysis, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
- Barnett Institute of Chemical and Biological Analysis, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
- Barnett Institute of Chemical and Biological Analysis, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
- Department of Bioengineering, Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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- Ann Romney Center for Neurologic Diseases at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
- Departments of Chemistry and Biochemistry, and Rosenstiel Center for Basic Medical Research, Brandeis University, Waltham, Massachusetts, United States of America
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- Departments of Chemistry and Biochemistry, and Rosenstiel Center for Basic Medical Research, Brandeis University, Waltham, Massachusetts, United States of America
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- Department of Neurosurgery and Department of Radiology, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
- Department of Cancer Biology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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- School of Medicine, Tufts University, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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- Biogen Inc, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America
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- Molecular Horizons and School of Chemistry and Molecular Bioscience, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, Australia
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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- Molecular Biophysics Group, Department of Biochemistry & Systems Biology, Faculty of Health and Life Sciences, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom
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- Department of Neurology, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States of America
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
- Barnett Institute of Chemical and Biological Analysis, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Pathak R, Sarin R, Wadasadawala T, Krishnamurthy R, Karmakar S, Khandavalli A. Largest Real-World Data of Regional Nodal Irradiation Using Ultra-Hypofractionated 5-Fraction Adjuvant Radiation Therapy for Breast Cancer from a Single Institute in India. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2023; 117:S7. [PMID: 37784555 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2023.06.215] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/04/2023]
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PURPOSE/OBJECTIVE(S) Safety data for ultra-hypofractionated (UHFRT) 5-daily fractions of the supraclavicular fossa (SCF) radiation therapy (RT) have been reported only on 384 patients treated in trial setting in UK-FAST-Forward (n = 286) and HYPORT study (n = 98). Internal Mammary nodal (IMN) RT has been reported only in 6 patients from HYPORT study. We report acute and late toxicities in largest real world regional nodal irradiation (RNI) cohort of not only with 5-daily but also with 5-weekly once RT regimen. MATERIALS/METHODS Of 1435 patients (1463 breasts) who received 5-fraction RT in an IEC approved registry and prospectively followed, we report 999 consecutive cases receiving RNI with a median age of 49 years (IQR:42-56years). During pandemic all patients were treated with 5-fr regimens only to limit hospital visits whereas prior to and subsequently only in patients with advanced age or with issues precluding daily 15-20 treatments. Of these, 431 (43.1%) had locally advanced BC, and 280 (28%) patients presented with ≥cN2 disease. Median cT and pT sizes were 4cm (IQR:3-6cm) and 2.8cm (IQR:1.5-4cm) respectively. Tumor was Her2 positive in 290(29%) and TNBC in 220(22%). Of these 999 cases, 611 received NACT, 647 had mastectomy and 351 had breast conserving surgery (BCS). Simultaneous integrated tumor bed boost (SIB) was given in 341 (97.1%) of BCS cases. RESULTS The fractionation used was 26 Gy/5-daily fractions (SIB = 32 Gy) in 762 and 28.5 Gy/ 5 once weekly fractionation (SIB = 33 Gy) in 232 cases. RNI included SCF in all 999 and IMN in 168 patients. Of the 831 cases not requiring IMN RT, 573 (70.4%) had 3D conformal RT (n = 573/831,70.4%) whereas Inverse-planned intensity modulated RT was used in 152/168 (90.4%) patients requiring IMN RT. All Mono-isocentric technique was used for all RNI cases treated with 3D CRT. Nearly half of the patients treated with SIB received additional boost dose with electrons (50.5%) and the remaining with IMRT. In these 999 patients treated with UHFRT the peak RTOG grade ≥II skin and pharyngeal toxicity was 7.2% and 8.1% respectively. Among the 341 BCS cases who received SIB with UHFRT, the RTOG acute grade II and III skin toxicity was seen in 6.6% and 0.3% cases respectively. The maximum skin toxicity at 2 weeks after completion of RT of grade ≥II was significantly higher with 5-weekly compared to daily regimen (16.1 vs 4.6, p<0.01). In contrast, the maximum pharyngeal toxicity of grade ≥II was significantly higher with 5-daily compared to weekly fractionation (8.8% vs 5.2%, p = 0.04). At median follow-up of 25 months (CI:23.6-26.3 months), none of our patients had developed symptomatic radiation pneumonitis, brachial plexopathy or any major cardiac event. CONCLUSION Five-fraction adjuvant breast cancer RT is well tolerated with low acute toxicity burden even among patients requiring regional nodal irradiation. No brachial plexopathy was observed in cases treated with mono-isocentric RNI but longer follow-up is required to inform about the late toxicities and locoregional control rates.
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- R Pathak
- Department of Radiation Oncology, Tata Memorial Hospital, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Mumbai, India
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Tata Memorial Hospital, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Mumbai, India
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Tata Memorial Hospital, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Mumbai, India
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- Advanced Centre for Treatment, Research and Education in Cancer (ACTREC), Homi Bhabha National Institute, Mumbai, India
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Kokilaben Dhirubai Ambani Hospital, Mumbai, India
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Tata Memorial Hospital, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Mumbai, India
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Murali-Nanavati S, Pathak R, Chitkara G, Reddy A, Nair N, Joshi S, Thakkar P, Parmar V, Gupta S, Sarin R, Badwe R. Unusual ocular manifestations of breast carcinoma: A single institute case series in the Indian population. Eur J Cancer 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/s0959-8049(22)01534-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Bajaj K, Vora D, Parab P, Shaikh H, Gulia S, Rath S, Bajpai J, Shet T, Desai S, Popat P, Rajan R, Nair N, Joshi S, Pathak R, Sarin R, Kembhavi Y, Rane S, Ghosh J, Badwe R, Gupta S. 23P Combination chemotherapy and hormone therapy (CHT) in patients with hormone receptor (HR) positive, HER2 negative metastatic breast cancer (MBC): A single-centre retrospective analysis. Ann Oncol 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.annonc.2022.10.032] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/05/2022] Open
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Wadasadawala T, Anup A, Johnny C, Sarin R, Pathak R, Krishnamurthy R, Gupta S, Parmar V, Ghosh J, Bajpai J, Gulia S. A Pilot Study of CONcurrent ChEmotherapy and RadioTherapy in Adjuvant Treatment of Breast Cancer (CONCERT). Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2022.07.756] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Bajpai J, Kashyap L, Vallathol D, Pathak R, Rath S, Sekar A, Mohanta S, Reddy A, Joshi S, Wadasadawala T, Nair N, Parmar V, Desai S, Shet T, Thakur M, Sarin R, Gupta S, Badwe R, Das A, Singh M. 100P Outcomes of non-metastatic triple negative breast cancers: Real-world data from a large Indian cohort. Ann Oncol 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.annonc.2022.03.116] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/01/2022] Open
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Bajpai J, Ventrapati P, Joshi S, Wadasadawala T, Rath S, Pathak R, Nandhana R, Mohanty S, Chougle Q, Engineer M, Abraham N, Ghosh J, Nair N, Gulia S, Popat P, A P, Sheth T, Desai S, Thakur M, Rangrajan V, Parmar V, Sarin R, Gupta S, Badwe RA. Unique challenges and outcomes of young women with breast cancers from a tertiary care cancer centre in India. Breast 2021; 60:177-184. [PMID: 34655887 PMCID: PMC8527043 DOI: 10.1016/j.breast.2021.09.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/03/2021] [Revised: 09/26/2021] [Accepted: 09/27/2021] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Young (≤40 years) breast cancers (YBC) are uncommon, inadequately represented in trials and have unique concerns and merit studying. METHODS The YBC treated with a curative intent between 2015 and 2016 at our institute were analysed. RESULTS There were 1228 patients with a median age of 36 (12-40) years; 38 (3.1%) had Stage I, 455 (37.1%) - II, 692 (56.3%) -III, and remaining 43 (3.5%) Stage IV (oligo-metastatic) disease; 927 (75.5%) were node positive; 422 (34.4%) were Triple negatives (TNBC), 331 (27%) were HER-2 positive. There were 549 (48.2%) breast conservations and 591 (51.8%) mastectomies of which 62 (10.4%) underwent breast reconstruction. 1143 women received chemotherapy, 617 (53.9%) received as neoadjuvant and 142 (23.1%) had pathological complete response; 934 (81.9%) received adjuvant radiotherapy. At the median follow-up of 48 (0-131) months, 5-year overall and disease-free survival was 79.6% (76.8-82.5) and 59.1% (55.8-62.6). For stage I, II, III and IV, the 5-year overall-survival was 100%, 86.7% (82.8-90.6), 77.3% (73.4-81.2), 69.7% (52.5-86.9) and disease-free survival was 94% (85.9-100), 65.9% (60.3-71.5), 55% (50.5-59.5), and 29.6% (14-45.2) respectively. On multivariate analysis, TNBC and HER-2+ subgroups had poorer survival (p = 0.0035). 25 patients had BRCA mutations with a 5-year DFS of 65.1% (95% CI:43.6-86.6). Fertility preservation was administered in 104 (8.5%) patients; seven women conceived and 5 had live births. Significant postmenopausal symptoms were present in 153 (13%) patients. CONCLUSION More than half of the YBC in India were diagnosed at an advanced stage with aggressive features leading to suboptimal outcomes. Awareness via national registry and early diagnosis is highly warranted. Menopausal symptoms and fertility issues are prevalent and demand special focus.
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- Jyoti Bajpai
- Department of Medical Oncology, Tata Memorial Centre, Mumbai, India; Homi Bhabha National Institute, India.
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Tata Memorial Centre, Mumbai, India; Homi Bhabha National Institute, India
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- Department of Surgical Oncology, Tata Memorial Centre, Mumbai, India; Homi Bhabha National Institute, India
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Tata Memorial Centre, Mumbai, India; Homi Bhabha National Institute, India
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Tata Memorial Centre, Mumbai, India; Homi Bhabha National Institute, India
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Tata Memorial Centre, Mumbai, India; Homi Bhabha National Institute, India
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Tata Memorial Centre, Mumbai, India; Homi Bhabha National Institute, India
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Tata Memorial Centre, Mumbai, India; Homi Bhabha National Institute, India
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- Department of Surgical Oncology, Tata Memorial Centre, Mumbai, India; Homi Bhabha National Institute, India
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- Department of Surgical Oncology, Tata Memorial Centre, Mumbai, India; Homi Bhabha National Institute, India
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Tata Memorial Centre, Mumbai, India; Homi Bhabha National Institute, India
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Tata Memorial Centre, Mumbai, India; Homi Bhabha National Institute, India
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- Department of Surgical Oncology, Tata Memorial Centre, Mumbai, India; Homi Bhabha National Institute, India
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Tata Memorial Centre, Mumbai, India; Homi Bhabha National Institute, India
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- Department of Radiology, Tata Memorial Centre, Mumbai, India; Homi Bhabha National Institute, India
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- Department of Surgical Pathology, Tata Memorial Centre, Mumbai, India; Homi Bhabha National Institute, India
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- Department of Surgical Pathology, Tata Memorial Centre, Mumbai, India; Homi Bhabha National Institute, India
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- Department of Surgical Pathology, Tata Memorial Centre, Mumbai, India; Homi Bhabha National Institute, India
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- Department of Surgical Pathology, Tata Memorial Centre, Mumbai, India; Homi Bhabha National Institute, India
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- Department of Surgical Pathology, Tata Memorial Centre, Mumbai, India; Homi Bhabha National Institute, India
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- Department of Surgical Oncology, Tata Memorial Centre, Mumbai, India; Homi Bhabha National Institute, India
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- Department of Surgical Oncology, Tata Memorial Centre, Mumbai, India; Homi Bhabha National Institute, India
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- Department of Surgical Oncology, Tata Memorial Centre, Mumbai, India; Homi Bhabha National Institute, India
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- Department of Surgical Oncology, Tata Memorial Centre, Mumbai, India; Homi Bhabha National Institute, India
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Bajpai J, Pradeep V, Nandhana R, Mohanty S, Chougle Q, Engineer M, Rath S, Joshi S, Wadasadawala T, Popat P, Pathak R, Gulia S, Ghosh J, Bhargava P, Srinivas S, Shet T, Sarin R, Badwe R, Gupta S. 162P Unique challenges and outcomes of young breast cancers from a tertiary care cancer centre in India. Ann Oncol 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.annonc.2021.03.176] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022] Open
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Sachdeva KS, Arora N, Solanki R, Singla R, Sarin R, Bhatnagar A, Khanna A, Atahavale A, Shridhar R, Barua SR, Parmar M, Farooq SI, Ramachandran R, Alavadi U, Swamickan R, Tonsing J, Patel Y, Singla N. Strengthened capacity of India´s bedaquiline Conditional Access Programme for introducing new drugs and regimens. Int J Tuberc Lung Dis 2021; 24:1067-1072. [PMID: 33126941 DOI: 10.5588/ijtld.20.0136] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND: Addressing TB in India is critical to meeting global targets. With the scale-up of diagnostic networks and the availability of new TB drugs, India had the opportunity to improve the detection and treatment outcomes in drug-resistant TB (DR-TB).OBJECTIVE: To document how the introduction of new drugs and regimens is helping India improve the care of DR-TB patients.DESIGN: In 2016, India´s National TB Programme (NTP) introduced bedaquiline (BDQ) under a Conditional Access Programme (BDQ-CAP) at six sites after providing extensive training and strengthening laboratory testing, pre-treatment evaluation, active drug safety monitoring and management (aDSM) and follow-up systems.RESULTS: An interim analysis reflected earlier and better culture conversion rates: 83% of the 620 patients converted within a median time of 60 days. However, 248 serious adverse events were reported, including 73 deaths (12%) and 100 cardiotoxicity events (16.3%). Encouraged by the evidence of safety and efficacy of BDQ, the NTP took steps to systematically expand its access to cover the entire population by 2018.CONCLUSION: The cautious yet focused approach used to introduce BDQ under BDQ-CAP paved the way for the rapid introduction of delamanid, as well as the shorter treatment regimen and the all-oral regimen for DR-TB.
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- K S Sachdeva
- Central TB Division, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India, New Delhi
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- International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease South East Asia, New Delhi
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- BJ Medical College and Hospital, Ahmedabad
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- National Institute for TB and Respiratory Disease, New Delhi
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- National Institute for TB and Respiratory Disease, New Delhi
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- Rajan Babu Institute for Pulmonary Medicine and Tuberculosis, New Delhi
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- Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi, New Delhi
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- King Edward Memorial College & Group of TB Hospital, Mumbai
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- Government Hospital of Thoracic Medicine, Chennai
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- World Health Organisation, India Country Office, New Delhi
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- International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease South East Asia, New Delhi
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- World Health Organisation, India Country Office, New Delhi
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- United States Agency for International Development India, New Delhi, India
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- United States Agency for International Development India, New Delhi, India
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- International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease South East Asia, New Delhi
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- Central TB Division, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India, New Delhi
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- National Institute for TB and Respiratory Disease, New Delhi
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Sarin R, Somsekhar SP, Kumar R, Pawan G, Sumeet J, Pramoj J, Vaishali Z, Firoz P, Parikh PM, Aggarwal S, Koul R. Practical consensus recommendations for tumor margins and breast conservative surgery. South Asian J Cancer 2020; 7:72-78. [PMID: 29721467 PMCID: PMC5909299 DOI: 10.4103/sajc.sajc_105_18] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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My suggestion: There is no difference in survival of breast cancer patients treated with either mastectomy or with breast conservation therapy combined with external beam radiotherapy. A positive margin (s) is an important factor contributing to the increased risk of local recurrence. However, in published literature, there is a lack of consensus on the definition of acceptable margin (s). As a result decision process about need for re-excision after positive margins remains uncrear.
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- R Sarin
- Department of Surgical Oncology, Apollo Indraprastha Hospital, New Delhi, India
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- Department of Surgical Oncology, Manipal Hospital, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
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- Department of Surgical Oncology, Rajiv Gandhi Cancer Hospital, New Delhi, India
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- Department of Surgical Oncology, Jaypee Hospital, Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India
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- Department of Surgical Oncology, Fortis Hospital, Mohali, Punjab, India
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- Department of Surgery, Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, New Delhi, India
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- Department of Surgical Oncology, Max Hospital, New Delhi, India
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- Department of Surgical Oncology, Apollo Indraprastha Hospital, New Delhi, India
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- Department of Oncology, Shalby Cancer and Research Institute, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, New Delhi, India
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- Department of Surgical Oncology, Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, New Delhi, India
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Bharatuar A, Kar M, Khatri S, Goswami V, Sarin R, Dawood S, Iyenger R, Ganvir M, Parikh PM, Aggarwal S, Talwar V. Practical consensus recommendaton for adjuvant bone-modifying agents in breast cancer. South Asian J Cancer 2020; 7:91-95. [PMID: 29721471 PMCID: PMC5909303 DOI: 10.4103/sajc.sajc_109_18] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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Bone-modifying therapy is a primary research interest in breast cancer. Several features contribute to the importance of the bone environment in the management of breast cancer. Firstly, bone metastases represent the most common site of breast cancer metastases and secondly, the emergence of cancer treatment-induced bone loss (CTIBL) among breast cancer survivors and patients is of increasing concern. In the adjuvant setting, bisphosphonates can be given to prevent and treat tumor therapy-induced bone loss in premenopausal and postmenopausal women and, owing to their beneficial effect on bone turnover, have also been evaluated for prevention of bone metastases occurrence. Expert oncologists discusses on the update on the approaches of Bone-modifying Agents and its treatment options. This expert group used data from published literature, practical experience and opinion of a large group of academic oncologists to arrive at this practical consensus recommendations for the benefit of community oncologists.
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- A Bharatuar
- Department of Medical Oncology, Patel Hospital, Jallandhar, Punjab, India
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Peerless Hospital, Kolkata, West Bengal, India
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- Department of Medical Oncology, SMH Curie Cancer Center, New Delhi, India
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Max Hospital, Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India
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- Department of Surgical Oncology, Indraprastha Apollo Hospital, New Delhi, India
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Dubai Health Authority, Dubai, UAE
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Mazumdar Shaw Cancer Center, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, New Delhi, India
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- Department of Oncology, Shalby Cancer and Research Institute, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, New Delhi, India
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Rajiv Gandhi Cancer Institute, New Delhi, India
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Karmakar S, Pathak R, Barman R, K R, Wadasadawala T, Sarin R. Toxicity and Dosimetric Analysis of Early Breast Cancer (EBC) Patients Treated with Ultra-Hypofractionated Weekly Radiotherapy (RT) and Simultaneous Integrated Tumor Bed Boost. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2020.07.1114] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Srzentić K, Fornelli L, Tsybin YO, Loo JA, Seckler H, Agar JN, Anderson LC, Bai DL, Beck A, Brodbelt JS, van der Burgt YEM, Chamot-Rooke J, Chatterjee S, Chen Y, Clarke DJ, Danis PO, Diedrich JK, D'Ippolito RA, Dupré M, Gasilova N, Ge Y, Goo YA, Goodlett DR, Greer S, Haselmann KF, He L, Hendrickson CL, Hinkle JD, Holt MV, Hughes S, Hunt DF, Kelleher NL, Kozhinov AN, Lin Z, Malosse C, Marshall AG, Menin L, Millikin RJ, Nagornov KO, Nicolardi S, Paša-Tolić L, Pengelley S, Quebbemann NR, Resemann A, Sandoval W, Sarin R, Schmitt ND, Shabanowitz J, Shaw JB, Shortreed MR, Smith LM, Sobott F, Suckau D, Toby T, Weisbrod CR, Wildburger NC, Yates JR, Yoon SH, Young NL, Zhou M. Interlaboratory Study for Characterizing Monoclonal Antibodies by Top-Down and Middle-Down Mass Spectrometry. J Am Soc Mass Spectrom 2020; 31:1783-1802. [PMID: 32812765 PMCID: PMC7539639 DOI: 10.1021/jasms.0c00036] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/02/2023]
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The Consortium for Top-Down Proteomics (www.topdownproteomics.org) launched the present study to assess the current state of top-down mass spectrometry (TD MS) and middle-down mass spectrometry (MD MS) for characterizing monoclonal antibody (mAb) primary structures, including their modifications. To meet the needs of the rapidly growing therapeutic antibody market, it is important to develop analytical strategies to characterize the heterogeneity of a therapeutic product's primary structure accurately and reproducibly. The major objective of the present study is to determine whether current TD/MD MS technologies and protocols can add value to the more commonly employed bottom-up (BU) approaches with regard to confirming protein integrity, sequencing variable domains, avoiding artifacts, and revealing modifications and their locations. We also aim to gather information on the common TD/MD MS methods and practices in the field. A panel of three mAbs was selected and centrally provided to 20 laboratories worldwide for the analysis: Sigma mAb standard (SiLuLite), NIST mAb standard, and the therapeutic mAb Herceptin (trastuzumab). Various MS instrument platforms and ion dissociation techniques were employed. The present study confirms that TD/MD MS tools are available in laboratories worldwide and provide complementary information to the BU approach that can be crucial for comprehensive mAb characterization. The current limitations, as well as possible solutions to overcome them, are also outlined. A primary limitation revealed by the results of the present study is that the expert knowledge in both experiment and data analysis is indispensable to practice TD/MD MS.
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- Kristina Srzentić
- Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208-0001, United States
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- Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208-0001, United States
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- Spectroswiss, EPFL Innovation Park, Building I, 1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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- University of California-Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California 90095, United States
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- Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208-0001, United States
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- Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, United States
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- National High Magnetic Field Laboratory, Tallahassee, Florida 32310, United States
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- University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia 22901, United States
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- Centre d'immunologie Pierre Fabre, 74160 Saint-Julien-en-Genevois, France
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- Biogen, Inc., Cambridge, Massachusetts 02142-1031, United States
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- The University of Edinburgh, EH9 3FJ Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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- Consortium for Top-Down Proteomics, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02142, United States
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- The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, California 92037, United States
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- Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, 1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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- University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, United States
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- University of Maryland, Baltimore, Maryland 21201, United States
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- University of Maryland, Baltimore, Maryland 21201, United States
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- University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712-1224, United States
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- National High Magnetic Field Laboratory, Tallahassee, Florida 32310, United States
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- University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia 22901, United States
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- Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas 77030-3411, United States
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- The University of Edinburgh, EH9 3FJ Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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- University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia 22901, United States
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- Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208-0001, United States
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- Spectroswiss, EPFL Innovation Park, Building I, 1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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- University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, United States
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- National High Magnetic Field Laboratory, Tallahassee, Florida 32310, United States
- Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida 32310-4005, United States
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- Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, 1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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- University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, United States
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- Leiden University Medical Centre, 2300 RC Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, Washington 99354, United States
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- University of California-Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California 90095, United States
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- Genentech, Inc., South San Francisco, California 94080-4990, United States
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- Biogen, Inc., Cambridge, Massachusetts 02142-1031, United States
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- Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, Washington 99354, United States
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- University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, United States
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- University of Antwerp, 2000 Antwerp, Belgium
- University of Leeds, LS2 9JT Leeds, United Kingdom
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- Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208-0001, United States
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- National High Magnetic Field Laboratory, Tallahassee, Florida 32310, United States
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- Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri 63110, United States
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- The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, California 92037, United States
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- University of Maryland, Baltimore, Maryland 21201, United States
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- Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas 77030-3411, United States
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- Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, Washington 99354, United States
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Biju G, Sarin R, Wadasadawala T, Pathak R, Agarwal J. SP-074: Advances in Breast RT. Radiother Oncol 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/s0167-8140(20)30594-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Bhargava P, Shenoy R, Rathnasamy N, Gulia S, Bajpai J, Ghosh J, Rath S, Budrukkar A, Shet T, Patil A, Nair N, Popat P, Wadasadawala T, Sarin R, Kannan S, Badwe R, Gupta S. Clinical profile and outcome of HER2 positive breast cancer patients with brain metastases treated with HER2 targeted therapy: Real-world experience. Ann Oncol 2019. [DOI: 10.1093/annonc/mdz242.047] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Wadasadawala T, Sinha S, Parmar V, Verma S, Kannan S, Mondal M, Pathak R, Sarin R, Gaikar M. Comparison of subjective, objective and patient reported cosmetic outcomes between accelerated partial breast irradiation (APBI) and whole breast radiotherapy (WBRT): a prospective propensity score matched pair analysis. Breast 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/s0960-9776(19)30307-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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Wadasadawala T, Parmar V, Sinha S, Mondal M, Jain U, Kannan S, Pathak R, Sarin R. PO-1014: Comparison of subjective and objective assessment of cosmetic outcome following breast brachytherapy. Radiother Oncol 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/s0167-8140(18)31324-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/14/2022]
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Wang YA, Wu D, Auclair JR, Salisbury JP, Sarin R, Tang Y, Mozdzierz NJ, Shah K, Zhang AF, Wu SL, Agar JN, Love JC, Love KR, Hancock WS. Integrated Bottom-Up and Top-Down Liquid Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry for Characterization of Recombinant Human Growth Hormone Degradation Products. Anal Chem 2017; 89:12771-12777. [PMID: 29096433 DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.7b03026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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With the advent of biosimilars to the U.S. market, it is important to have better analytical tools to ensure product quality from batch to batch. In addition, the recent popularity of using a continuous process for production of biopharmaceuticals, the traditional bottom-up method, alone for product characterization and quality analysis is no longer sufficient. Bottom-up method requires large amounts of material for analysis and is labor-intensive and time-consuming. Additionally, in this analysis, digestion of the protein with enzymes such as trypsin could induce artifacts and modifications which would increase the complexity of the analysis. On the other hand, a top-down method requires a minimum amount of sample and allows for analysis of the intact protein mass and sequence generated from fragmentation within the instrument. However, fragmentation usually occurs at the N-terminal and C-terminal ends of the protein with less internal fragmentation. Herein, we combine the use of the complementary techniques, a top-down and bottom-up method, for the characterization of human growth hormone degradation products. Notably, our approach required small amounts of sample, which is a requirement due to the sample constraints of small scale manufacturing. Using this approach, we were able to characterize various protein variants, including post-translational modifications such as oxidation and deamidation, residual leader sequence, and proteolytic cleavage. Thus, we were able to highlight the complementarity of top-down and bottom-up approaches, which achieved the characterization of a wide range of product variants in samples of human growth hormone secreted from Pichia pastoris.
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- Yu Annie Wang
- Barnett Institute and Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Northeastern University , 360 Huntington Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, United States
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- Barnett Institute and Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Northeastern University , 360 Huntington Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, United States
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- Barnett Institute and Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Northeastern University , 360 Huntington Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, United States
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- Barnett Institute and Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Northeastern University , 360 Huntington Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, United States
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- Barnett Institute and Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Northeastern University , 360 Huntington Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, United States
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- Barnett Institute and Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Northeastern University , 360 Huntington Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, United States
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- Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology , 500 Main Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02142, United States
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- Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology , 500 Main Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02142, United States
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- Barnett Institute and Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Northeastern University , 360 Huntington Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, United States
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- BioAnalytix Inc. , 790 Memorial Drive, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, United States
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- Barnett Institute and Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Northeastern University , 360 Huntington Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, United States
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- Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology , 500 Main Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02142, United States
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- Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology , 500 Main Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02142, United States
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- Barnett Institute and Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Northeastern University , 360 Huntington Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, United States
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Telkhade T, Wadasadawala T, Upereti R, Sarin R, Jalali R, Badwe R, Parmar V, Gupta S, Budrukkar A. OC-0569: Comparison of clinical outcome of APBI by interstitial brachytherapy as per ESTRO & ASTRO guidelines. Radiother Oncol 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/s0167-8140(17)31009-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Wadasadawala T, Krishnamurthy R, Gayake U, Phurailatpam R, Paul S, Sarin R. PO-0923: Does catheter entry-exit dosimetry correlate with grade of skin marks after breast brachytherapy? Radiother Oncol 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/s0167-8140(17)31360-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Sarin R, Khandrika L, Hanitha R, Avula A, Batra M, Kaul S, Raj H, Shivkumar S, Gupta S, Khan E, Bhandari T, Prasad S, Reddy VA, Swarnalata G, Bakre M, Chatterjee S, Jain J. Epidemiological and survival analysis of triple-negative breast cancer cases in a retrospective multicenter study. Indian J Cancer 2017; 53:353-359. [PMID: 28244455 DOI: 10.4103/0019-509x.200682] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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INTRODUCTION This is a retrospective study with data collected from breast cancer cases from five major Apollo Hospitals across India, as part of a biobanking process. One aspect of our study focused specifically on data from triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) cases. The aim of this study was to analyze epidemiology, treatment options, and survival of the patients with TNBC. Our goal was to draw conclusions on the preponderance of the disease and also to understand the outcomes using the existing therapy options. MATERIALS AND METHODS Data were collected after due ethical clearances and were coded with regard to patient identifiers to protect patient privacy. Data were not only from the various departments of the respective hospitals and the treating physicians but also from the follow-up made by hospital staff and social workers. RESULTS About 20% of all cases of breast cancer comprised TNBC. Although the disease is generally thought to be an early onset disease, there was no major difference in the median age of diagnosis of TNBC compared to other breast cancer cases. More than 85% of the TNBC cases were of early stage disease with <4% of the cases of metastatic cancer. Data on follow-up were somewhat sporadic as a good number of cases were lost to follow-up, but from the available data, recurrence rate was about 11%. Death, when it occurred, was mostly in the early periods of treatment with 35% of the events occurring before 3 years. The overall survival rates beyond 3 years were more than 86%. CONCLUSIONS Data and sample collection are an ongoing process, so we expect this data set to be enriched with more cases and longer duration of follow-up in a year. Preliminary analysis sheds light on the potential of such a collection both for understanding the epidemiology of the disease and also for conducting future studies with an eye toward improving treatment outcomes.
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- R Sarin
- Indraprastha Apollo Hospitals, New Delhi, India
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- Sapien Biosciences Pvt. Ltd., Hyderabad, Telangana, India
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- Sapien Biosciences Pvt. Ltd., Hyderabad, Telangana, India
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- Sapien Biosciences Pvt. Ltd., Hyderabad, Telangana, India
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- Sapien Biosciences Pvt. Ltd., Hyderabad, Telangana, India
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- Indraprastha Apollo Hospitals, New Delhi, India
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- Apollo Speciality Hospital, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
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- Apollo Hospital Enterprises, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
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- Apollo Gleneagles Hospitals, Kolkata, West Bengal, India
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- Apollo Gleneagles Hospitals, Kolkata, West Bengal, India
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- Apollo Hospital Enterprises, Hyderabad, Telangana, India
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- Apollo Hospital Enterprises, Hyderabad, Telangana, India
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- Apollo Hospital Enterprises, Hyderabad, Telangana, India
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- Apollo Hospital Enterprises, Hyderabad, Telangana, India
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- OncoStem Diagnostics Pvt. Ltd., Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
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- Indraprastha Apollo Hospitals, New Delhi, India
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Wadasadawala T, Nair N, Lewis S, Budrukkar A, Parmar V, Gupta S, Ghosh J, Shet T, Badwe R, Sarin R. Clinical Profile and Outcome of Various Stages of Breast Cancer Treated at a Tertiary Cancer Centre. Clin Oncol (R Coll Radiol) 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/j.clon.2016.10.026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Lewis S, Wadasadawala T, Budrukkar A, Chakraborty S, Gupta S, Parmar V, Jalali R, Sarin R. Assessment of Patient Satisfaction of Outpatient Care in the Multidisciplinary Breast Clinic. Clin Oncol (R Coll Radiol) 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/j.clon.2016.10.025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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Sarin R, Wadasadawala T, Kannan S, Gudi S, Rishi A, Budrukkar A, Parmar V, Shet T, Desai S, Gupta S, Badwe R. Predicting loco-regional recurrence risk in T1, T2 breast cancer with 1–3 positive axillary nodes postmastectomy: Development of a predictive nomogram. Indian J Cancer 2017; 54:352-357. [DOI: 10.4103/ijc.ijc_178_17] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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Jain AK, Puri MM, Sarin R. Black brown discoloration and hairy tongue - A rare linezolid side effect. Indian J Tuberc 2016; 64:44-46. [PMID: 28166916 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijtb.2016.06.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/12/2015] [Accepted: 06/24/2016] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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INTRODUCTION Linezolid was approved for clinical use for methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus and vancomycin-resistant Enterococci. Additionally it is used in the management of drug resistant tuberculosis. It is well-tolerated however bone marrow suppression and neuropathies may occur in patients taking this antibiotic for more than 2 weeks. Black discoloration and black hairy tongue (BHT) due to linezolid is rarely reported. We report two cases of BHT. CASE REPORTS Two patients of drug resistant pulmonary tuberculosis developed benign hairy tongue with linezolid 600mg per day. In both the cases black colored/hairy tongue was reported within 2-3 weeks of linezolid treatment. Both patients improved after withdrawal of linezolid. Subsequent reintroduction of linezolid with good oral hygiene was well tolerated and both patients completed the treatment of 2 years duration without any recurrence. CONCLUSION Black discoloration and BHT is a rare but transient adverse reaction with linezolid. Reintroduction of linezolid with good oral hygiene is well tolerated.
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- A K Jain
- Senior Consultant National Institute of Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases, New Delhi, India.
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- Chest Physician (SAG), National Institute of Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases, New Delhi, India
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- Director, National Institute of Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases, New Delhi, India
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Singhal R, Myneedu VP, Arora J, Singh N, Bhalla M, Verma A, Sarin R. Early detection of multi-drug resistance and common mutations in Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates from Delhi using GenoType MTBDRplus assay. Indian J Med Microbiol 2015; 33 Suppl:46-52. [PMID: 25657156 DOI: 10.4103/0255-0857.150879] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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PURPOSE There is scarcity of prevalence data of multi-drug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) data and common mutations responsible in North India. This study aimed to detect MDR-TB among MDR-TB suspects from Delhi and mutation patterns using GenoType MTBDRplus assay. MATERIALS AND METHODS All MDR suspects in five districts of New Delhi were referred to the laboratory from 1 st October 2011 to 31 st December 2012 as per criterion defined by Programmatic Management of Drug Resistant Tuberculosis (PMDT). GenoType MTBDRplus assay was performed on 2182 samples or cultures and mutations in the rpoB gene for rifampicin (RIF) and katG and inhA genes for isoniazid (INH) were analyzed. RESULTS A total of 366 (16.8%) MDR-TB cases were diagnosed. MDR rate was found to be 32%, 16.6% and 10.2% during criterion A, B and C respectively. The most common mutation detected for RIF was S531L (59.0%) and for INH was S315T1 (88.3%). Mutations S531L and S315T1 occurred significantly higher in MDR strains as compared to RIF mono-resistant and INH mono-resistant strains, respectively. Average laboratory turn-around time (TAT) for dispatch of result to districts for test conducted on samples was 4.4 days. CONCLUSION GenoType MTBDRplus is a useful assay for rapid detection of MDR-TB. The common mutations for RIF and INH were similar to those seen in other regions. However, mutations determining MDR strains and mono-resistant strains differed significantly for both RIF and INH.
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- Department of Microbiology, National Institute of Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases, New Delhi, India
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Arora J, Sidiq Z, Sharma S, Singhal R, Bhalla M, Couvin D, Sarin R, Rastogi N, Myneedu VP. Phylogenetic associations with drug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates in a paediatric population. Int J Tuberc Lung Dis 2015; 18:1172-9. [PMID: 25216830 DOI: 10.5588/ijtld.14.0173] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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SETTING Department of Microbiology, National Institute of Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases, New Delhi, India. OBJECTIVES As paediatric tuberculosis (TB) is a surrogate marker for actively transmitted disease in a community, we investigated drug resistance patterns of 97 Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex strains isolated from children and explored their phylogenetic associations. DESIGN A total of 111 paediatric patients who attended the out-patient department during the study period 2009-2011 and whose sputum samples were sent to the Microbiology Department for liquid culture and drug susceptibility testing (DST) were included in this study. DST and spoligotyping were performed on cultures positive for M. tuberculosis complex. RESULTS DST against four first-line drugs showed that 31 of 97 (32%) strains were pan-susceptible, while 66/97 (68%) were resistant to at least one drug, including 55/97 (56.7%) that were resistant to at least isoniazid and rifampicin (i.e., multidrug-resistant). The majority of the isolates (n = 81/90, 90%) belonged to the principal genetic group 1 strains, the most predominant spoligotyping clusters being spoligotyping international type (SIT)1/Beijing (n = 28), SIT26/CAS1-Delhi (n = 27) and SIT53/T1 (n = 6). CONCLUSION The involvement of Beijing and CAS1-Delhi clades in paediatric TB patients suggests that these two lineages play a major role in ongoing active transmission.
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- J Arora
- Department of Microbiology, National Institute of Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases, New Delhi, India
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- Department of Microbiology, National Institute of Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases, New Delhi, India
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- Department of Paediatrics, National Institute of Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases, New Delhi, India
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- Department of Microbiology, National Institute of Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases, New Delhi, India
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- Department of Microbiology, National Institute of Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases, New Delhi, India
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- World Health Organization Supranational Tuberculosis Reference Laboratory, Tuberculosis & Mycobacteria Unit, Institut Pasteur de la Guadeloupe, Abymes, France
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- Department of TB and Chest, National Institute of Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases, New Delhi, India
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- World Health Organization Supranational Tuberculosis Reference Laboratory, Tuberculosis & Mycobacteria Unit, Institut Pasteur de la Guadeloupe, Abymes, France
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- Department of Microbiology, National Institute of Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases, New Delhi, India
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Wadasadawala T, Visariya B, Sarin R, Upreti RR, Paul S, Phurailatpam R. Use of tomotherapy in treatment of synchronous bilateral breast cancer: dosimetric comparison study. Br J Radiol 2015; 88:20140612. [PMID: 25605345 DOI: 10.1259/bjr.20140612] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVE Synchronous malignancy in both breasts is a rare incidence. The present study aims at dosimetric comparison of conventional bitangential radiotherapy (RT) technique with conventional [field-in-field (FIF)] and rotational [Helical TomoTherapy(®) and TomoDirect™ (TD); Accuray Inc., Sunnyvale, CA] intensity-modulated RT for patients with synchronous bilateral breast cancer (SBBC). METHODS CT data sets of 10 patients with SBBC were selected for the present study. RT was planned for all patients on both sides to whole breast and/or chest wall using the above-mentioned techniques. Six females with breast conservation on at least one side also had a composite plan along with tumour bed (TB) boost using sequential electrons for bitangential and FIF techniques or sequential helical tomotherapy (HT) boost (for TD) or simultaneous integrated boost (SIB) for HT. RESULTS All techniques produced acceptable target coverage. The hotspot was significantly lower with FIF technique and HT but higher with TD. For the organs at risk doses, HT resulted in significant reduction of the higher dose volumes. Similarly, TD resulted in significant reduction of the mean dose to the heart and total lung by reducing the lower dose volumes. All techniques of delivering boost to the TB were comparable in terms of target coverage. HT-SIB markedly reduced mean doses to the total lung and heart by specifically lowering the higher dose volumes. CONCLUSION This study demonstrates the cardiac and pulmonary sparing ability of tomotherapy in the setting of SBBC. ADVANCES IN KNOWLEDGE This is the first study demonstrating feasibility of treatment of SBBC using tomotherapy.
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- T Wadasadawala
- 1 Department of Radiation Oncology, Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai, India
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Jalali R, Gupta T, Goswami S, Krishna U, Dutta D, Deodhar J, Kannan S, Sarin R. PT-06 * RANDOMIZED TRIAL OF HIGH-PRECISION CONFORMAL RADIATION THERAPY COMPARED TO CONVENTIONAL RADIOTHERAPY IN PRESERVATION OF LONG-TERM NEURO-COGNITIVE OUTCOMES IN YOUNG PATIENTS WITH PROGRESSIVE OR RESIDUAL BENIGN/LOW-GRADE BRAIN TUMORS. Neuro Oncol 2014. [DOI: 10.1093/neuonc/nou266.6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Myneedu VP, Behera D, Verma AK, Bhalla M, Singh N, Arora J, Singhal R, Mathur M, Lal P, Sarin R. Xpert® MTB/RIF assay for tuberculosis diagnosis: evaluation in an Indian setting. Int J Tuberc Lung Dis 2014; 18:958-60. [DOI: 10.5588/ijtld.13.0328] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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- V. P. Myneedu
- Department of Microbiology, Lala Ram Sarup Institute of Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases, New Delhi, India
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- Department of Microbiology, Lala Ram Sarup Institute of Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases, New Delhi, India
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- Department of Microbiology, Lala Ram Sarup Institute of Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases, New Delhi, India
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- Department of Microbiology, Lala Ram Sarup Institute of Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases, New Delhi, India
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- Department of Microbiology, Lala Ram Sarup Institute of Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases, New Delhi, India
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- Department of Microbiology, Lala Ram Sarup Institute of Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases, New Delhi, India
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- Department of Microbiology, Lala Ram Sarup Institute of Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases, New Delhi, India
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- Department of Microbiology, Lala Ram Sarup Institute of Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases, New Delhi, India
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- Department of Microbiology, Lala Ram Sarup Institute of Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases, New Delhi, India
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- Department of Microbiology, Lala Ram Sarup Institute of Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases, New Delhi, India
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Kunheri B, Arjunan A, Krishnan P, Pillai B, Prasad S, Bernier-Chastagner V, Desandes E, Carrie C, Alapetite C, Hankinson T, Jones D, Handler M, Foreman N, Liu A, Smiley NP, Alden T, Hartsell W, Fangusaro J, Hill-Kayser CE, Lustig RA, Minturn JE, Both S, Waanders AJ, Belasco JB, Armstrong C, Phillips PC, Fisher MJ, Hill-Kayser CE, Paltin I, Lustig RA, Fisher MJ, Both S, Belasco JB, Cole KA, Waanders AJ, Phillips PC, Minturn JE, Wells E, Vezina G, Kilburn L, Rood B, Crozier F, Hwang E, Packer R, Janssens GO, van den Bosch S, van Kollenburg PG, Gidding CE, Schieving JH, Kaanders JH, van Lindert EJ, Kramer K, Pandit-Taskar N, Souweidane MM, Wolden S, DeSelm C, Cheung NKV, Lassen-Ramshad Y, Hansen J, Seiersen K, Petersen JBB, Mahajan A, Grosshans D, Ris D, Chintagumpala M, Okcu F, McAleer MF, Moore B, Stancel H, Minard C, Guffey D, Kahalley L, Blomgren K, Zhou K, Xie C, Zhu C, McAleer MF, Zhao Z, Weinberg J, Sandberg D, Hughes D, Mahajan A, Anderson P, Guha-Thakurta N, Muller K, Hoffmann M, Seidel C, Warmuth-Metz M, Pietsch T, Kordes U, Sander A, Rossler J, Graf N, Scheithauer H, Kortmann RD, Kramm CM, von Bueren AO, Gunther J, Sato M, Chintagumpala M, Jo E, Paulino A, Adesina A, Ketonen L, Jones J, Su J, Okcu F, Khatua S, Dauser R, Whitehead W, Weinberg J, Mahajan A, Gandola L, Pecori E, Biassoni V, Chiruzzi C, Schiavello E, Meroni S, Spreafico F, Pignoli E, Massimino M, Jalali R, Krishna U, Gupta T, Goswami S, Deodhar J, Dutta D, Kannan S, Goel A, Sarin R, Sastry J, Ronghe M, Murphy D, Forbes K, Jones R, Cowie F, Brown J, Indelicato D, Goksel EO, Tezcanli E, Bilge H, Yasemin, Yarar Y, Sato M, Gunther J, Mahajan A, Jo E, Paulino A, Adesina A, Jones J, Ketonen L, Su J, Okcu M, Khatua S, Dauser R, Whitehead W, Weinberg J, Chintagumpala M, Paulino A, Jo E, Sato M, Su J, Okcu MF, Mahajan A, Dauser R, Whitehead W, Adesina A, Chintagumpala M, Danielsson A, Tisell M, Rydenhag B, Caren H. RADIATION ONCOLOGY. Neuro Oncol 2014; 16:i117-i122. [PMCID: PMC4046296 DOI: 10.1093/neuonc/nou080] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 09/10/2023] Open
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Puri MM, Jain AK, Kumar L, Sarin R. Total replacement of a lung by tuberculosis pneumatocele--an unusual post-tuberculosis sequel. Indian J Tuberc 2014; 61:162-165. [PMID: 25509941] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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Total replacement of a lung by pneumatocele in pulmonary tuberculosis is rare. The formation of pneumatoceles in adult pulmonary tuberculosis can occur before, during or after anti-tuberculosis treatment. A case of pneumatocele formation in a 19-year young female following pulmonary tuberculosis is reported. The left lung was completely replaced by pneumatocele. Total replacement of a lung by pneumatocele inspite of successful chemotherapy of tuberculosis is rare and should be considered as one of the differential diagnosis for acquired cysts of the lung.
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Javed S, Barkatali B, Siddiqui M, Sarin R. Combined avulsion fracture of the tibial tuberosity and lateral tibial plateau in an adolescent: case report. Malays Orthop J 2013; 7:82-4. [PMID: 25722815 PMCID: PMC4341058 DOI: 10.5704/moj.1303.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Avulsion of the tibial tuberosity is uncommon. It is usually
an athletic injury, accounting for less than 3% of all
epiphyseal injuries. We report the case of an avulsion
fracture of the tibial tuberosity with unusual articular
involvement of the lateral tibial plateau treated with open
reduction and internal fixation using cancellous screws. The
result was excellent, with complete union of the fracture site,
full range of movement at three months and return to normal
athletic activity within six months with no complications.
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- Department of Trauma and Orthopaedics, Royal Blackburn Hospital, Blackburn, United Kingdom
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- Department of Trauma and Orthopaedics, Royal Blackburn Hospital, Blackburn, United Kingdom
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- Department of Trauma and Orthopaedics, Royal Blackburn Hospital, Blackburn, United Kingdom
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- Department of Trauma and Orthopaedics, Royal Blackburn Hospital, Blackburn, United Kingdom
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Chadha VK, Sarin R, Narang P, John KR, Chopra KK, Jitendra R, Mendiratta DK, Vohra V, Shashidhara AN, Muniraj G, Gopi PG, Kumar P. Trends in the annual risk of tuberculous infection in India. Int J Tuberc Lung Dis 2013; 17:312-9. [PMID: 23321394 DOI: 10.5588/ijtld.12.0330] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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SETTING Twenty-four districts in India. OBJECTIVES To evaluate trends in annual risk of tuberculous infection (ARTI) in each of four geographically defined zones in the country. STUDY DESIGN Two rounds of house-based tuberculin surveys were conducted 8-9 years apart among children aged 1-9 years in statistically selected clusters during 2000-2003 and 2009-2010 (Surveys I and II). Altogether, 184,992 children were tested with 1 tuberculin unit (TU) of purified protein derivative (PPD) RT23 with Tween 80 in Survey I and 69,496 children with 2TU dose of PPD in Survey II. The maximum transverse diameter of induration was measured about 72 h after test administration. ARTI was computed from the prevalence of infection estimated using the mirror-image method. RESULTS Estimated ARTI rates in different zones varied between 1.1% and 1.9% in Survey I and 0.6% and 1.2% in Survey II. The ARTI declined by respectively 6.1% and 11.7% per year in the north and west zones; no decline was observed in the south and east zones. National level estimates were respectively 1.5% and 1.0%, with a decline of 4.5% per year in the intervening period. CONCLUSION Although a decline in ARTI was observed in two of the four zones and at national level, the current ARTI of about 1% in three zones suggests that further intensification of TB control activities is required.
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- Epidemiology and Research Division, National Tuberculosis Institute, Bangalore, India.
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Pandey R, Mehrotra D, Kumar S, Mahdi A, Sarin R. Mitochondrial DNA damage as a biomarker for exposure to tobacco in oral precancer. Br J Oral Maxillofac Surg 2012. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bjoms.2012.04.213] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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Makroo R, Chowdhry M, Fauzdar A, Mishra M, Srivastava P, Bhaudauria P, Kaul S, Sarin R, Das P, Dua H. Her2/neu gene amplification in breast carcinoma patients: Our experience with fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) technique. Apollo Medicine 2012. [DOI: 10.1016/j.apme.2012.05.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/28/2022] Open
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Budrukkar A, Sarin R, Jalali R, Munshi A, Badwe R, Seth T, Parmar V, Deshpande D. 5125 POSTER Five Year Clinical Outcome in 109 Women With Clinically Palpable Tumours (1-3 cm) Treated With Accelerated Partial Breast Irradiation Using Interstitial Brachytherapy. Eur J Cancer 2011. [DOI: 10.1016/s0959-8049(11)71567-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Falzon D, Jaramillo E, Schünemann HJ, Arentz M, Bauer M, Bayona J, Blanc L, Caminero JA, Daley CL, Duncombe C, Fitzpatrick C, Gebhard A, Getahun H, Henkens M, Holtz TH, Keravec J, Keshavjee S, Khan AJ, Kulier R, Leimane V, Lienhardt C, Lu C, Mariandyshev A, Migliori GB, Mirzayev F, Mitnick CD, Nunn P, Nwagboniwe G, Oxlade O, Palmero D, Pavlinac P, Quelapio MI, Raviglione MC, Rich ML, Royce S, Rüsch-Gerdes S, Salakaia A, Sarin R, Sculier D, Varaine F, Vitoria M, Walson JL, Wares F, Weyer K, White RA, Zignol M. WHO guidelines for the programmatic management of drug-resistant tuberculosis: 2011 update. Eur Respir J 2011; 38:516-28. [PMID: 21828024 DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00073611] [Citation(s) in RCA: 474] [Impact Index Per Article: 36.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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The production of guidelines for the management of drug-resistant tuberculosis (TB) fits the mandate of the World Health Organization (WHO) to support countries in the reinforcement of patient care. WHO commissioned external reviews to summarise evidence on priority questions regarding case-finding, treatment regimens for multidrug-resistant TB (MDR-TB), monitoring the response to MDR-TB treatment, and models of care. A multidisciplinary expert panel used the Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development and Evaluation (GRADE) approach to develop recommendations. The recommendations support the wider use of rapid drug susceptibility testing for isoniazid and rifampicin or rifampicin alone using molecular techniques. Monitoring by sputum culture is important for early detection of failure during treatment. Regimens lasting ≥ 20 months and containing pyrazinamide, a fluoroquinolone, a second-line injectable drug, ethionamide (or prothionamide), and either cycloserine or p-aminosalicylic acid are recommended. The guidelines promote the early use of antiretroviral agents for TB patients with HIV on second-line drug regimens. Systems that primarily employ ambulatory models of care are recommended over others based mainly on hospitalisation. Scientific and medical associations should promote the recommendations among practitioners and public health decision makers involved in MDR-TB care. Controlled trials are needed to improve the quality of existing evidence, particularly on the optimal composition and duration of MDR-TB treatment regimens.
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- Stop TB Dept, World Health Organization, Geneva 27, Switzerland.
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Sharma PK, Jamema SV, Kaushik K, Budrukkar A, Jalali R, Deshpande DD, Tambe CM, Sarin R, Munshi A. Electron arc therapy for bilateral chest wall irradiation: treatment planning and dosimetric study. Clin Oncol (R Coll Radiol) 2010; 23:216-22. [PMID: 21185700 DOI: 10.1016/j.clon.2010.09.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/09/2009] [Revised: 07/13/2010] [Accepted: 09/10/2010] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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AIMS The treatment of patients with synchronous bilateral breast cancer is a challenge. We present a report of dosimetric data of patients with bilateral chest walls as the target treated with electron arc therapy. MATERIALS AND METHODS Ten consecutive patients who had undergone electron arc therapy to the bilateral chest wall for breast cancer were analysed. After positioning and immobilisation, patients underwent computed tomography scans from the neck to the upper abdomen. Electron arc plans were generated using the PLATO RTS (V1.8.2 Nucletron) treatment planning system. Electron energy was chosen depending upon the depth and thickness of the planning target volume (PTV). For all patients, the arc angle ranged between 80 and 280° (start angle 80°, stop angle 280°). The homogeneity index, coverage index and doses to organs at risk were evaluated. The patient-specific output factor and thermoluminescence dosimetry (TLD) measurements were carried out for all patients. The total planned dose to the PTV was 50Gy/25 fractions/5 weeks. RESULTS The mean PTV (± standard deviation) was 568.9 (±116)cm(3). The mean PTV coverage was 89 (±5.8)% of the prescribed dose. For the right lung, the mean values of D(1) and D(10) were 46 (±7.6) and 30 (±9)Gy, respectively. For the left lung, the mean values of D(1) and D(10) were 45 (±7) and 27 (±8)Gy, respectively. For the heart, the mean values of D(1), D(5) and D(10) were 21 (±15), 13.5 (±12) and 9 (±9)Gy, respectively. The mean values of TLD at various pre-specified locations on the chest wall surface were 1.84, 1.82, 1.82, 1.89 and 1.78Gy, respectively CONCLUSION The electron arc technique for treating the bilateral chest wall is a feasible and pragmatic technique. This technique has the twin advantages of adequate coverage of the target volume and sparing of adjacent normal structures. However, compared with other techniques, it needs a firm quality assurance protocol for dosimetry and treatment delivery.
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- P K Sharma
- Department of Medical Physics & Radiation Safety, International Oncology Centre, Fortis Hospital, Noida, India
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Gupta T, Dutta D, Trivedi S, Upasani M, Jalali R, Sarin R. Assessment of compliance to treatment and efficacy of a resource-sparing hypofractionated radiotherapy regimen in patients with poor-prognosis high-grade gliomas. J Cancer Res Ther 2010; 6:272-7. [PMID: 21119252 DOI: 10.4103/0973-1482.73353] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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INTRODUCTION The optimal radiotherapeutic management of poor-prognosis (elderly and/or poor performance status) high-grade gliomas (HGG) remains controversial. Hypofractionated radiotherapy (hypoRT) has been shown to be non-inferior to daily conventionally fractionated radiotherapy. This study aimed to assess the compliance to treatment and efficacy of a resource-sparing hypoRT regimen in this subset. MATERIALS AND METHODS The resource-sparing hypoRT regimen was delivered once weekly (5Gy/fraction) for seven fractions to a total dose of 35Gy in seven fractions over six weeks. Compliance to planned treatment and factors that could potentially influence it were analyzed. RESULTS Between January 2004 and October 2009, 63 patients with poor-prognosis HGG (age range 40-78 years; Karnofsky performance score ≤70) were offered resource-sparing hypoRT regimen. Twenty eight of 63 patients completed planned course of treatment giving a treatment compliance rate of 44%. Six (9.5%) patients did not receive even a single fraction of radiation after simulation/planning. Thirty eight patients (60%) received ≥3 fractions and were on treatment for at least two weeks. Performance status (P = 0.05) and grade (P = 0.04) significantly impacted upon compliance. Median overall survival for the cohort of 28 patients who completed planned course of treatment was 7.4 months (95% confidence interval: 4.4-10.5 months). CONCLUSIONS The treatment compliance to a resource-sparing once-weekly hypoRT regimen in poor-prognosis HGG has been somewhat suboptimal and discouraging, possibly due to the protracted scheduling over six weeks. Over 60% of patients were on treatment for two weeks, suggesting that short-course schedules could more likely ensure compliance.
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- T Gupta
- Department of Radiation Oncology, Tata Memorial Hospital, Tata Memorial Centre, Dr Ernest Borges Road, Parel, Mumbai 400012, India
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Wadasadawala T, Pandey A, Agarwal JP, Jalali R, Laskar SG, Chowdhary S, Budrukkar A, Sarin R, Deshpande D, Munshi A. Radiation therapy with implanted cardiac pacemaker devices: a clinical and dosimetric analysis of patients and proposed precautions. Clin Oncol (R Coll Radiol) 2010; 23:79-85. [PMID: 21041071 DOI: 10.1016/j.clon.2010.08.031] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/15/2010] [Revised: 07/14/2010] [Accepted: 07/19/2010] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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AIMS To report the radiation planning dosimetric aspects and clinical outcomes of patients with implanted cardiac pacemakers. MATERIALS AND METHODS Between 2005 and 2009, eight patients with in situ cardiac pacemakers of varied primary site were treated at our hospital. All patients underwent computed tomography-based treatment planning. The target volumes, organs at risk and pacemaker device were all contoured. A treatment plan optimally covering the target area and maximally sparing the pacemaker was generated. All patients were evaluated at baseline, during radiotherapy and after radiotherapy conclusion by a cardiologist as well as pacemaker company personnel. RESULTS The median age at presentation was 67 (range 53-77) years. There were three men with head and neck primaries, two men with lung primaries and three women with breast primaries. The prescribed dose ranged from 45 to 70 Gy in 25-35 fractions with a daily dose of 1.8-2.0 Gy. Four patients had the pacemaker implanted on the same side as the radiotherapy target. The dose ranges for the minimum, mean and maximum doses to the pacemaker were 0.06-2.0, 0.07-20.6 and 0.14-60.0 Gy, respectively. Radiation therapy was safely delivered in all patients without any untoward effects. At 5 months of median follow-up, all patients were well with no malfunction of the pacemaker. CONCLUSION A series of eight patients with in situ pacemakers treated with radiotherapy is reported. Radiotherapy can be safely delivered in patients with implanted cardiac pacemakers. However, it mandates a cautious approach in planning and treatment delivery to ensure the least possible dose to the pacemaker. Close liaison with the cardiologist and a pacemaker clinic before, during and after the course of treatment is essential to ensure patient safety.
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- T Wadasadawala
- Department of Radiation Oncology, Tata Memorial Hospital, Parel, Mumbai, India
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Furst DE, Venkatraman MM, Krishna Swamy BG, McGann M, Booth-LaForce C, Ram Manohar P, Sarin R, Mahapatra A, Krishna Kumar PR. Well controlled, double-blind, placebo-controlled trials of classical Ayurvedic treatment are possible in rheumatoid arthritis. Ann Rheum Dis 2010; 70:392-3. [DOI: 10.1136/ard.2010.136226] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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Sarin R, Singla R, Visalakshi P, Jaiswal A, Puri MM, Khalid UK, Mathuria K, Singla N, Behera D, Sharma PP. Smear microscopy as surrogate for culture during follow up of pulmonary MDR-TB patients on DOTS Plus treatment. Indian J Tuberc 2010; 57:134-140. [PMID: 21043311] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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BACKGROUND DOTS Plus site at LRS Institute, New Delhi, covering 1.8 million population. AIMS To ascertain if sputum smear could be used as a surrogate for culture during intensive phase of treatment of MDR-TB patients thereby enabling early shift from intensive phase to continuation phase, reducing the need for frequent cultures and saving time and cost in their management. METHODS The study is a retrospective analysis of 138 MDR-TB patients on DOTS Plus treatment whose sputum samples were simultaneously subjected to smear microscopy and culture, monthly during Intensive Phase and once in two months during Continuation Phase. Sputum results in the treatment card were supplemented from laboratory register, if required, and analyzed. Predictive values, sensitivity and specificity of smear were compared with culture results. RESULTS The Negative Predictive Value (NPV) of smear was high from the 3rd month onwards (above 91%), at four months 98% or more and approached 100% from eight months onwards. The specificity of smear test gradually increased during treatment and from five months onwards, it was above 90%. CONCLUSIONS Considerable correlation was observed between sputum smear and culture during follow up of DOTS Plus treatment in the Intensive Phase. Accordingly, sputum smears can be recommended instead of culture.
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- R Sarin
- Department of TB Control & Training, LRS Institute of TB & Respiratory Diseases, New Delhi.
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Sharma P, Munshi A, Budrukkar A, Jamema S, Tambe C, Jalali R, Sarin R, Deshpande D, Shrivastava S. Electron Arc Therapy for Bilateral Chest Wall Irradiation: Treatment Planning and Dosimetric Study. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2009. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2009.07.1637] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Wadasadawala T, Budrukkar A, Chopra S, Badwe R, Hawaldar R, Parmar V, Jalali R, Sarin R. Quality of life after accelerated partial breast irradiation in early breast cancer: matched pair analysis with protracted whole breast radiotherapy. Clin Oncol (R Coll Radiol) 2009; 21:668-75. [PMID: 19734028 DOI: 10.1016/j.clon.2009.07.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/30/2009] [Revised: 07/22/2009] [Accepted: 07/23/2009] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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AIMS To compare the quality of life of women with early breast cancer treated with either accelerated partial breast irradiation (APBI) or whole breast radiotherapy (WBRT). MATERIALS AND METHODS After matching for the American Brachytherapy Society criteria, the general European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer (EORTC) QLQ-C30 and the breast cancer-specific BR23 modules were given to 48 women (23 APBI and 25 WBRT) who attended the radiotherapy clinic between May 2006 and December 2006 at Tata Memorial Hospital. RESULTS The median follow-up of patients in both groups was 3 years. The reliability and validity of the English and translated versions of the questionnaires were tested by Cronbach alpha (0.67-0.96) and Pearson's correlation for scale-scale correlation statistic (0.013-0.505). The scores for social functioning and financial difficulties in QLQ-C30 showed a trend towards a better outcome in the APBI group (P=0.025 and 0.019, respectively) and body image in BR23 was significantly better in the APBI group as compared with the WBRT group (P=0.005). When the analysis was restricted to women receiving chemotherapy in order to eliminate the confounding effect of the heterogeneous use of chemotherapy in the WBRT group, the difference in social functioning was not significant. However, financial difficulties and body image showed a trend towards a worse outcome in the WBRT group. CONCLUSION Favourable long-term results of APBI in terms of superior body image perception and lesser financial difficulties compared with WBRT need to be confirmed in larger prospective studies investigating the effect of APBI on quality of life and health economics in different ethnic groups and health care set-ups.
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- T Wadasadawala
- Department of Radiation Oncology, Tata Memorial Hospital, Parel, Mumbai, India
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Cozzi L, Jamema S, Mahantshetty U, Cozzi AF, Goel V, Engineer R, Deshpande D, Sarin R, Shrivastava S. A PLANNING STUDY FOR WHOLE ABDOMEN RADIOTHERAPY WITH RAPIDARC OR IMRT IN OVARIAN CANCERS. Radiother Oncol 2009. [DOI: 10.1016/s0167-8140(12)73091-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Singla R, Sarin R, Khalid UK, Mathuria K, Singla N, Jaiswal A, Puri MM, Visalakshi P, Behera D. Seven-year DOTS-Plus pilot experience in India: results, constraints and issues. Int J Tuberc Lung Dis 2009; 13:976-981. [PMID: 19723377] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/28/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND India is initiating the DOTS-Plus strategy at the national level. OBJECTIVES To highlight the results, constraints and issues of a pilot DOTS-Plus experience in an urban setting in India. METHODS Records of 126 patients with multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) enrolled from January 2002 to December 2006, who received a daily fully supervised standardised treatment regimen under a pilot DOTS-Plus study in India, were analysed retrospectively. RESULTS Of the 126 patients enrolled, 61% were cured, 19% died, 18% defaulted and 3% failed treatment. There was an average delay of 5 months in the diagnosis of MDR-TB and a subsequent delay of approximately 3.3 months in initiating treatment. Of the 24 patients who died, 29% did so within a month of starting treatment. Migration was the most common reason for default. Cycloserine (CYC) had to be stopped in 15 patients and kanamycin (KM) in five due to major adverse effects. CONCLUSIONS The DOTS-Plus programme in resource-poor settings may provide reasonable results; however, it may confront significant operational difficulties in the timely diagnosis and early initiation of treatment. Early diagnosis and start of treatment may prevent some deaths. Default is commonly due to migration. CYC proved to be the most toxic drug, followed by KM.
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- R Singla
- Department of Tuberculosis and Chest Diseases, Lala Ram Sarup Institute of Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases, New Delhi, India
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Sharma DS, Gupta T, Jalali R, Master Z, Phurailatpam RD, Sarin R. High-precision radiotherapy for craniospinal irradiation: evaluation of three-dimensional conformal radiotherapy, intensity-modulated radiation therapy and helical TomoTherapy. Br J Radiol 2009; 82:1000-9. [PMID: 19581313 DOI: 10.1259/bjr/13776022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 84] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022] Open
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This study aimed to establish the feasibility of intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) in craniospinal irradiation (CSI) using conventional linear accelerator (IMRT_LA) and compare it dosimetrically with helical TomoTherapy (IMRT_Tomo) and three-dimensional conformal radiotherapy (3DCRT). CT datasets of four previously treated patients with medulloblastoma were used to generate 3DCRT, IMRT_LA and IMRT_Tomo plans. A CSI dose of 35 Gy was prescribed to the planning target volume (PTV). IMRT_LA plans for tall patients were generated using an intensity feathering technique. All plans were compared dosimetrically using standardised parameters. The mean volume of each PTV receiving at least 95% of the prescribed dose (V(95%)) was >98% for all plans. All plans resulted in a comparable dose homogeneity index (DHI) for PTV_brain. For PTV_spine, IMRT_Tomo achieved the highest mean DHI of 0.96, compared with 0.91 for IMRT_LA and 0.84 for 3DCRT. The best dose conformity index was achieved by IMRT_Tomo for PTV_brain (0.96) and IMRT_LA for PTV_spine (0.83). The IMRT_Tomo plan was superior in terms of reduction of the maximum, mean and integral doses to almost all organs at risk (OARs). It also reduced the volume of each OAR irradiated to various dose levels, except for the lowest dose volume. The beam-on time was significantly longer in IMRT_Tomo. In conclusion, IMRT_Tomo for CSI is technically easier and potentially dosimetrically favourable compared with IMRT_LA and 3DCRT. IMRT for CSI can also be realised on a conventional linear accelerator even for spinal lengths exceeding maximum allowable field sizes. The longer beam-on time in IMRT_Tomo raises concerns about intrafraction motion and whole-body integral doses.
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- D S Sharma
- Department of Medical Physics, Tata Memorial Hospital, Parel, India.
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Wadasadawala T, Jalali R, Munshi A, Gupta T, Kalyani N, Menon H, Sarin R, Goel A. Five-year survival data in newly diagnosed glioblastoma treated with radiotherapy along with concurrent and adjuvant temozolomide. J Clin Oncol 2009. [DOI: 10.1200/jco.2009.27.15_suppl.e13009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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e13009 Background: We report 5-year survival data in patients with newly diagnosed glioblastoma treated with radiotherapy along with concurrent and adjuvant temozolomide (TMZ). Methods: Between March 2001 to April 2008, 81 patients with newly diagnosed histopathologically proven glioblastoma underwent surgery followed by external radiotherapy to a total dose of 60 Gy in 30 fractions over 6 weeks. Concurrent oral TMZ (75 mg/m2) was given daily with RT followed by adjuvant TMZ for 5 days every 28 days for six cycles (150 mg/m2 for the first cycle and 200 mg/m2 for rest of the cycles). Patients were monitored clinicoradiologically as per standard practice. Results: Patients aged between 11–73 years with a median age of 49 years (60 males, 21 females). Forty per cent of patients underwent a gross total resection of tumour, 44% had partial resection, and 16% an open or stereotactic biopsy only. 79% of the patients had a post-operative Karnofsky Performance Score (KPS) of >80. All six adjuvant cycles were completed in 68%. The 2-, 3-, 4-, and 5-year survival was 34%, 24%, 11%, and 11%, respectively (95% CI 14.03–21.96). The median overall and progression-free survival was 18 (2–92 months) and 16 months (2–72 months), respectively. On multivariate analysis, completion of all six cycles of adjuvant TMZ was associated with significantly better survival (p = 0.000). Neurological performance score (NPS) of 2–3 (p = 0.06) and Recursive Partitioning Analysis class V (p = 0.093) showed a trend towards poorer outcome. Treatment was generally well tolerated with only 2.5% of patients developing grade 3 anemia, leucopoenia, and neutropenia. Grade 3 or 4 thrombocytopenia was seen in 5% patients. Conclusions: Concurrent radiotherapy and TMZ followed by adjuvant TMZ results in encouraging survival even at a long follow-up. No significant financial relationships to disclose.
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- T. Wadasadawala
- Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai, India; KEM Hospital, Mumbai, India
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- Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai, India; KEM Hospital, Mumbai, India
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- Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai, India; KEM Hospital, Mumbai, India
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- Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai, India; KEM Hospital, Mumbai, India
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- Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai, India; KEM Hospital, Mumbai, India
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- Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai, India; KEM Hospital, Mumbai, India
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- Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai, India; KEM Hospital, Mumbai, India
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- Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai, India; KEM Hospital, Mumbai, India
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