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COLLEGE OF ONCOLOGICAL
SCIENCES
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Comprising patient care, research and education, the Cancer Institute (WIA)
is a shining example of the comprehensive approach to cancer control.
The academic spectrum of the Dr.Muthulakshmi College of Oncological
Sciences, the first college of Oncological Sciences to be established in
the country, ranges from the continuing medical education for the
medical undergraduate and the practitioner to the sophisticated doctoral
and post-doctoral programmes of the scientists.
The Institute offered the superspeciality degrees of the M.Ch Surgical
and DM Medical Oncology for the first time in India. It also offers the
DMRT and MD courses in Radiation Oncology. The Institute is recognized by
Dr.MGR Medical University, Madras University and Anna University for
Doctoral studies in Oncology. The Institute is the only center in the
country for the M.Sc. Degree in Medical Physics of the Anna University.
Besides these degree courses, the Institute also trains Radiotherapy
Technicians and Cytotechnicians. Continuing medical education for the
family physicians, general surgeons and post graduate students of the
region is an integral part of the college activities.
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ONGOING PROJECTS |
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A prospective
study on tobacco attributable mortality - in collaboration with
University of Oxford - CTSU Unit, Oxford & World Bank |
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A case control
study on colorectal cancer - A collaborative study with Nagoya City
University Medical School, Japan |
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Estimating stage
specific survival rates of selected incident cancers for the years
1996-1998 in Chennai (Madras), India - A collaborative study with IARC -
IARC, Lyon |
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The
International collaborative reanalysis of etiological factors in breast
cancer - in collaboration with "Collaborative group on hormonal factors
in breast cancer" - ICRF, Cancer Epidemiology unit, Oxford, U.K.
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High dose rate
versus low dose rate brachytherapy for carcinoma of the uterine cervix:
a randomized comparison of the efficacy and normal tissue morbidity -
DAE, India |
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Regional
hyperthermia combined with radiotherapy for locally advanced cervical
cancers - DAE, India & IAEA |
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Clinical trial
of twice daily long term low dose oral Etoposide and 5 week low dose
Bleomycin with concomitant use of hyperfractionated radiotherapy for
patients with locally advanced carcinoma of the uterine cervix -
Khandelwal |
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Pilot Study Of
MCP 943 in ALL - NCI, Betheseda, USA |
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A study on drug
escalation to improve survival in non-metastatic extremity osteosarcoma
- Sir Ratan Tata Trust |
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Evaluation of
the role of 99mTc Sesta MIBI in assessment of response of limb sarcoma
to pre-operative chemotherapy - DAE |
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Role of
Scintimammography in the evaluation of response to Neo-adjuvant chemo
radiotherapy in Ca breast. - DAE, India |
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Identification
of genes involved in radioresponsiveness in cervical cancer using
differential display. - DAE, India |
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Cell cycle
regulatory molecules in normal, dysplastic and malignant cervical
epithelium - DST, India |
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14. |
Role of
cytokines in cervical cancer - Indo-French project |
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ATLAS project (5
year project) |
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Quality of life
following Head & Neck surgery |
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Study of
Helicobacter pylori in patients presenting with gastric symptoms and to
evaluate any possible role with gastric cancer. |
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To study whether
presence of multiple sex chromatin bodies in adenocarcinoma cells can be
a useful criterion to distinguish these from reactive (benign)
mesothelial cells in women with effusions. |
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19. |
Minimal residual
disease in T cell - Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia using PCR-Heteroduplex
analysis |
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20. |
p53 status in
T-ALL |
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p16 status in
T-ALL |
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Molecular
abnormalities in lymphoma patients. |
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Immunophenotyping of Acute lymphoblastic leukemia - NCI, Betheseda, USA
and Cancer Institute (WIA) |
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DNA Analysis in
Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia Cases - NCI, Betheseda, USA and Cancer
Institute (WIA) |
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Immunophenotypic
characterisation of NHL cases - NCI, Betheseda, USA and Cancer Institute
(WIA) |
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Prognostic
Marker Study in Breast Carcinoma Cases |
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Study on the
ultrastructural and immunohistochemical evaluation of NHL/HD cases.
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Ultrastructural
studies using fine needle aspiration biopsies (FNAB). |
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Routine electron
microscopy using paraffin block sections and rapid processing technique
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Expression of
EGFR in Breast cancer and Head and Neck Cancer |
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Studies on
c-erbB-2 as target for diagnosis and therapy of breast cancer
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Agar phantom
studies using intracavitary electrode in Thermotron RF 8 machine.
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