Survival of patients with cervical cancer in India - findings from 11 population based cancer registries under National Cancer Registry Programme.

Background: Cancer survival data from Population Based Cancer Registries (PBCR) reflect the average outcome of patients in the population, which is critical for cancer control efforts. Despite decreasing incidence rates, cervical cancer is the second most common female cancer in India, accounting for 10% of all female cancers. The objective of the study is to estimate the five-year survival of patients with cervical cancer diagnosed between 2012 and 2015 from the PBCRs in India.

Breast cancer survival in India across 11 geographic areas under the National Cancer Registry Programme.

Background: Population-based cancer survival is a key indicator for assessing the effectiveness of cancer control by a health care system in a specific geographic area. Breast cancer is the most common cancer among women in India, accounting for over one quarter of all female cancers. The objective of this study was to estimate the 5-year survival of female patients who were diagnosed with breast cancer between 2012 and 2015 from the existing Population-Based Cancer Registries (PBCRs) in India.

An assessment of childhood cancer care services in India - gaps, challenges and the way forward.

Background: Childhood cancers are emerging as an essential concern in India where there is lack of a specific programme component or policy to address childhood cancer control. There is limited information on the status and quality of childhood cancer care services in India. This paper describes the childhood cancer care services available at secondary and tertiary-level hospitals in India through a cross sectional study design.

Amalgamation of MnWO nanorods with amorphous carbon nanotubes for highly stabilized energy efficient supercapacitor electrodes.

Enhanced electrochemical performance of supercapacitors can be achieved through optimal hybridization of electroactive nanomaterials, as it effectively increases the overall surface area and ensures greater electrolyte-electrode interaction. This work reports the realization of a manganese tungstate and amorphous carbon nanotube (MnWO4-aCNT) hybrid and its utilization as the electrodes for a solid-state asymmetric supercapacitor. Large-scale synthesis of aCNTs was carried out via an economical solid-state reaction at low temperature and the walls of these nanotubes were decorated with MnWO4 nanorods via a surfactant-free in situ hydrothermal process.

Incorporation of VO nanorods into perovskite photodetectors as an alternative approach to enhance device performance: a step towards stability against ambient water species.

Numerous reports have been made in the literature on the usability of a halide perovskite, namely methyl ammonium lead iodide (CH3NH3PbI3), as a light harvesting material. Suitable optimization in material composition and synthesis has led to an improvement in device performance. However, the susceptibility of CH3NH3PbI3 towards atmospheric water is an alarming issue which hinders its long-term application in day-to-day life.

Patterns of Cancer Incidence and Mortality in North- Eastern India: The First Report from the Population Based Cancer Registry of Tripura.

Background: There is, till date no population-based data regarding cancer patterns in North- Eastern India, dictating the need to understand the epidemiology of cancer in this population for its effective management.

Methods: This is the first report of the Population Based Cancer Registry (PBCR) in Tripura (2010-2014). The protocol involves active collection of data on all cancer cases from Tripura through staff visit in more than 150 sources of incident and mortality registration, government and private hospitals, municipal corporation, etc.

Suspicious-Region Segmentation From Breast Thermogram Using DLPE-Based Level Set Method.

Segmentation of suspicious regions (SRs) of a thermal breast image (TBI) is a very significant and challenging problem for the identification of breast cancer. Therefore, in this work, we have proposed an active contour model for the segmentation of the SRs in TBI. The proposed segmentation method combines three significant steps.

Population-based cancer screening programmes in low-income and middle-income countries: regional consultation of the International Cancer Screening Network in India.

The reductions in cancer morbidity and mortality afforded by population-based cancer screening programmes have led many low-income and middle-income countries to consider the implementation of national screening programmes in the public sector. Screening at the population level, when planned and organised, can greatly benefit the population, whilst disorganised screening can increase costs and reduce benefits. The International Cancer Screening Network (ICSN) was created to share lessons, experience, and evidence regarding cancer screening in countries with organised screening programmes.

TGFβ C-509T, TGFβ T869C, XRCC1 Arg194Trp, IKBα C642T, IL4 C-590T Genetic polymorphisms combined with socio-economic, lifestyle, diet factors and gastric cancer risk: A case control study in South Indian population.

Background: Gastric cancer is worldwide the third major cause of cancer related death. Risk factors for gastric cancer includes Helicobacter pylori infection, gastric ulcer, less hygienic condition, use of tobacco, alcohol consumption, use of salted, smoked food, genetic alterations etc. In order to identify the risk factors associated with gastric cancer in South Indian population a case-control study involving 200 proven gastric cancer cases and 400 controls was conducted.

DNA Repair Mechanism Gene, XRCC1A ( Arg194Trp) but not XRCC3 ( Thr241Met) Polymorphism Increased the Risk of Breast Cancer in Premenopausal Females: A Case-Control Study in Northeastern Region of India.

X-ray repair cross complementary group gene is one of the most studied candidate gene involved in different types of cancers. Studies have shown that X-ray repair cross complementary genes are significantly associated with increased risk of breast cancer in females. Moreover, studies have revealed that X-ray repair cross complementary gene polymorphism significantly varies between and within different ethnic groups globally.

Designing of Ground-Truth-Annotated DBT-TU-JU Breast Thermogram Database Toward Early Abnormality Prediction.

The advancement of research in a specific area of clinical diagnosis crucially depends on the availability and quality of the radiology and other test related databases accompanied by ground truth and additional necessary medical findings. This paper describes the creation of the Department of Biotechnology-Tripura University-Jadavpur University (DBT-TU-JU) breast thermogram database. The objective of creating the DBT-TU-JU database is to provide a breast thermogram database that is annotated with the ground-truth images of the suspicious regions.

Analytical Study of Short- and Long-term Results of Home-based Palliative Care Services to Cancer Patients.

Aims And Object: Identification and selection of patients suffering from terminal stage in bed ridden condition upto village level and to determine the type of palliative care need. Also to asses the effectiveness of the palliative care provided at the bed side.

Materials: All registered patients under palliative care of Regional Cancer Centre, Agartala from 2014 April to 2016 March.

TLR2∆22 (-196-174) significantly increases the risk of breast cancer in females carrying proline allele at codon 72 of TP53 gene: a case-control study from four ethnic groups of North Eastern region of India.

Breast cancer (BC) is the second most common cancer in women. In the North Eastern Region (NER) of India, BC is emerging as an important concern as evidenced by the data available from population and hospital-based cancer registries. Studies on genetic susceptibility to BC are important to understand the increase in the incidence of BC in NER.

Effect of operating parameters on mechanical expression of solvent-soaked soybean-grits.

Oil from soybean is obtained mostly by solvent extraction of soybean flakes. Legislation banning the use of hexane as solvent for extracting edible vegetable oil has forced a search for an alternative solvent and for developing a suitable oil recovery process. Expellers are being used for obtaining vegetable oil by mechanical means (expression) from oil seeds having oil content higher than 20 %.

Sol-gel synthesized SnO2 nanoparticles and their properties.

Sol-gel synthesized SnO2 nanoparticles with an average size of 2.0 nm obtained at 373 K were gradually annealed to 673 K in air for 25 minutes. Sequentially taken transmission electron microscopy (TEM) images showed that particle agglomeration of these non-matrix SnO2 nanocrystals was a very slow process.

Multipod znO nanoforms: low temperature synthesis and characterization.

ZnO nanotetrapods were synthesized by a simple thermal evaporation of Zn powder at a relatively low temperature approximately 600 degrees C. The tetrapods have four legs with hexagonal cross-section. Interpenetrating growth was observed in some of these nanotetrapods.

No association between seropositivity for hepatitis C virus and lichen planus: a case control study.

Background: The epidemiological association of lichen planus (LP) with hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection has been recorded from some countries and HCV RNA3 has been isolated from lesional skin in patients with LP and chronic HCV infection. The observed geographical differences regarding HCV infection and LP could be immuno-genetically related.

Aim: To determine whether HCV has a causal relationship with LP.

Acute tumour lysis syndrome after oral fludarabine in a patient with chronic lymphocytic leukaemia.

Acute tumour lysis syndrome (TLS) is a very rare complication of cytotoxic therapy in patients with chronic lymphocytic leukaemia (CLL). We report a patient with CLL who developed tumour lysis syndrome twice after oral fludarabine therapy. Both times TLS developed more than 2 weeks after the initiation of therapy.

Long-term management of chronic DIC associated with inoperable aortic aneurysm with low molecular weight heparin.

Chronic DIC is a rare complication of aortic aneurysm. Surgical correction is the treatment of choice but for inoperable patients or those with continued DIC after surgery heparin can be used to control the coagulopathy. A case with inoperable multiple aortic aneurysm and chronic DIC managed successfully with dalteparin over a long period is discussed in this report.

Platinum compounds and therapy related acute promyelocytic leukemia.

Therapy related acute promyelocytic leukemia (ta-APL) is a rare complication of chemotherapy for other malignant tumors. We report two such cases, one of whom was exposed only to carboplatin two years before developing ta-APL and the other one was treated with cisplatin, etoposide and bleomycin five years prior to developing ta-APL.

Severe hypomagnesaemia with tetany following ESHAP protocol.

BACKGROUND: One patient with B-cell Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma developed severe hypomagnesaemia and tetany 15 days after the first course of treatment with ESHAP protocol. This prompted a careful look at the incidence and severity of hypomagnesaemia during treatment with this combination chemotherapy. METHOD: This patient and two further patients having the same treatment were monitored for hypomagnesaemia throughout their treatment period.