Written by experts from the globally renowned Tata Memorial Centre (TMC) in Mumbai, this book provides a crisp and highly distilled review of clinical aspects of oncology, primarily for postgraduate students and fellows. TMC Textbook of Oncology covers the basic principles of oncology, solid tumors, hematologic cancers, and special topics such as oncological emergencies, pain management, intensive care, and the impact of comorbidities. Chapters have been structured uniformly covering epidemiology, clinical presentation and evaluation, principles of multidisciplinary management and stage-wise management and prognosis. Each chapter has been further extensively reviewed by an eminent national or international expert.
This textbook is an extension of the annual Evidence Based Meetings that TMC has conducted since 2002, wherein experts have distilled the evidence for diagnostic and therapeutic strategies in oncology not only on strength of evidence but also on applicability in avariety of settings. The Textbook will provide the reader with a glimpse into the clinical decision-making process at TMC, which is an institution that provides cancer care to all sections of the society.
An essential read for all students and practitioners in this field as a reference as well as practical aid in clinical decision making.
Author Biography:
Prof. Rajendra A Badwe completed his MBBS from the King Edward Memorial Hospital, Mumbai in 1978 followed by MS in General Surgery from the same institution. Subsequently he trained at Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai, Toronomon Hospital, Tokyo, and the Royal Marsden Hospital, London. He joined Tata Memorial Centre in the Department of Surgical Oncology (Breast Cancer Unit) as a faculty member in 1992 and has been the Director of TMC since 2008. He is an internationally renowned breast cancer surgeon and researcher with seminal contributions in several themes including use of peri-operative interventions to improve long-term outcomes. He has received numerous national and international awards, including the Padma Shri by the Government of India in 2013.
Prof. Sudeep Gupta completed his MBBS, MD and DM (Medical Oncology) from the All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi in 2000 and has been a faculty member in the Department ofMedical Oncology, Tata Memorial Centre since 2001 and the Director of Advanced Centre for Treatment, Research and Education in Cancer (ACTREC), Navi Mumbai since 2018. His areas of expertise include breast cancer, gynecological cancers, clinical trial design, investigator-driven and industry sponsored clinical trials, tumor evolution, and endocrine treatment resistance in breast cancer. He led the landmark study which established the superiority of concurrent chemoradiation over neoadjuvant chemotherapy-surgery in locally advanced cervical cancer.
Prof. Shailesh V Shrikhande completed his MBBS (1992) and MS (General Surgery, 1997) from Lokmanya Tilak Municipal Medical College, Mumbai. He joined Tata Memorial Centre as a faculty member in 2002 and is currently the Deputy Director of Tata Memorial Hospital and Head of Gastrointestinal and Hepato-Pancreatic-Biliary Surgical Unit. He is an internationally acclaimed pancreatic cancer surgeon and has performed over 1200 Whippleoperations. He is a renowned teacher, has conducted 60 masterclass teaching demonstrations of gastrointestinal surgeries, been a visiting Professor to eight institutions in Europe, Japan and USA, edited nine oncology textbooks, authored 77 book chapters and published over 300 scientific papers. He is the President-Elect of the Asia Pacific HPB Association and Secretary General-Elect of the International Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Association (IHPBA). He has received numerous accolades and awards including the prestigious Honorary Fellowship of the American Surgical Association.
Prof. Siddhartha Laskar completed his MBBS from Guwahati Medical College and MD (Radiation Oncology) from Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai in 1996, and has been a faculty member in the Department of Radiation Oncology, Tata Memorial Centre since 2000. He specialises in the treatment of pediatric, bone & soft tissue, and hematolymhoid malignancies, with special expertise in interstitial brachytherapy and proton therapy. He has been an executive committee member of the International Society of Pediatric Radiation Oncology and chairman of the Sarcoma Group of the Indian Pediatric Oncology Group (InPOG). He serves as an expert faculty for the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) & the European Society for Therapeutic Radiotherapy/Oncology (ESTRO) and is also a steering committee member of the International Lymphoma Radiation Oncology Group (ILROG). Dr Laskar is a recipient of the prestigious Nollenberg Prize for research in bone sarcomas and has more than 150 publications in peer-reviewed national & international journals and books.
