Publications by authors named "K Gubbala"

Posting of visual data in the social network has now become a common trend. Mainly, users are posting selfies or facial images over the social media that depict various moods at different instances. This has attracted the attention of researchers to come up with facial expression mining from social media images.

View Article and Find Full Text PDF

Objective: To compare the diagnostic power of CT scan to a combination of exploratory laparoscopy (EXL) and CT scan in patients with stage IIIC-IV Ovarian Cancer (OC) by anatomic areas. To investigate if adding EXL to CT can reduce unnecessary laparotomy.

Methods: In the period 2009-2017, 350 consecutive patients with FIGO Stage IIIC-IV OC underwent CT and EXL prior to Visceral-Peritoneal debulking (VPD) and were included in the study.

View Article and Find Full Text PDF

In the UK, more than 3,200 new cases of cervical cancer are diagnosed each year. Early stage cervical cancer (IA2-IB1) treatment comprises central surgery mainly in the form of radical hysterectomy or fertility sparing surgery including trachelectomy as well as systematic pelvic lymphadenectomy to detect metastases and adjust treatment accordingly. Given the variation in determining the lymph node (LN) status, a major prognosticator, we reviewed the current UK practice of LN assessment in women undergoing surgery for early cervical cancer.

View Article and Find Full Text PDF

Objective: In this study we describe the technique of the En-bloc resection of the pelvis (EnBRP) in 10 standardised and reproducible steps, whereby all pelvic organs, except the bladder, are removed together with the peritoneum. In addition, we compare the surgical and survival outcomes of patients who underwent upfront vs. interval surgery.

View Article and Find Full Text PDF

Introduction: Applications of mathematical modeling may provide an insight into the timing of surveillance modalities. We aimed to determine the optimal magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) interval for the detection of surgically treated early cervical cancer asymptomatic recurrence by using a mathematical model for volumetric tumor growth time.

Methods: We assumed that tumor volume increases by a factor equal to the basis of natural logarithms (e~2.

View Article and Find Full Text PDF