Publications by authors named "Bharat Rangarajan"

is an intestinal protozoan with oral-fecal transmission. Infection is predominantly located in the small intestine. Giardiasis causes intraepithelial lymphocytosis in the small intestine which causes false-positive fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) uptake mimicking malignancy.

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Background: Regorafenib is considered a standard of care as third-line therapy in metastatic colorectal cancers (mCRCs).

Materials And Methods: The study was based on a computerized clinical data form sent to oncologists across the country for entry of anonymized patient data. The data entry form was conceived and generated by the coordinating center's (Tata Memorial Hospital) gastrointestinal medical oncologists and disseminated through personal contacts at academic conferences as well as through E-mail to various oncologists across India.

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Renal cell carcinoma (RCC) of the native kidney accounts for <5% of all malignancies found in transplant recipients. There have been only a few reported cases comprising of few renal transplant patients with RCC of native kidneys due to the relative rarity of the condition. Fluorine-18 Fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG)-positron emission tomography (PET)/computed tomography (CT) is used in the staging of RCC.

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