PO-0961: Evolution of mr image based brachytherapy in cervical cancers at Tata Memorial Hospital

Adjuvant radiation therapy in gall bladder cancers: 10 years experience at Tata Memorial Hospital.

INTRODUCTION AND PURPOSE In gall bladder cancers, even after curative surgery, survivals are dismal and loco-regional failure accounts for 40-86%. Although these are considered radio-resistant, adjuvant radiation, with or without chemotherapy, has been tried to improve loco-regional control and overall survival rates. With an aim to evaluate the natural history of gall bladder cancers, role of ...

The Blood-Bank at the Tata Memorial Hospital, Bombay

Walking in beauty at Sage Memorial Hospital.

GANADO, ARIZ—As Sage Memorial Hospital begins its second century of service to people here in the heart of the Navajo Nation, this unique facility located on a compound of 110 acres of high desert in northeastern Arizona faces problems unimagined by the Presbyterian missionaries who founded it in 1901. At the same time, a cadre of dedicated health care professionals, augmented by a frequently c...

Dosimetric Studies in Image-Guided Adaptive Brachytherapy in Gynecological Cancers: A Journey to Successful Implementation

Implementation of Image-guided adaptive brachytherapy (IGABT) in India and other developing countries is a major challenge due to the resources, expertise and financial constraints. The basis of this thesis was to address various issues related to transition and successful implementation of IGABT in clinical routine.[1] Tata Memorial Hospital (TMH), Mumbai has a long tradition of being active i...

Improving the efficiency of image guided brachytherapy in cervical cancer

Brachytherapy is an essential component of the treatment of locally advanced cervical cancers. It enables the dose to the tumor to be boosted whilst allowing relative sparing of the normal tissues. Traditionally, cervical brachytherapy was prescribed to point A but since the GEC-ESTRO guidelines were published in 2005, there has been a move towards prescribing the dose to a 3D volume. Image gui...