Publications by authors named "N Ballari"
Background: Though anthracyclines are the commonly used chemotherapeutics for cancer treatment, close monitoring of patients is required due to its well reported cardiotoxicity. The present study evaluates the role of biomarkers [N-terminal pro-B-type natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP) and high sensitivity cardiac troponin-T (hs-cTnT)] in early prediction of cardiotoxicity in patients with breast and ovarian cancer who received anthracyclines.
Methods: This was a single-center observational study conducted between August-2018 and January-2020.
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- The study aimed to compare the effectiveness and toxicity of two radiation techniques for treating locally advanced cervical cancer: traditional 3DCRT and advanced IG-IMRT, to lessen side effects while maintaining tumor control.
- Conducted as a randomized trial, 173 patients were evaluated after being treated with external beam radiation and brachytherapy, with results showing IG-IMRT led to significantly reduced acute toxicities while maintaining similar tumor control rates to 3DCRT.
- The findings suggest that using IG-IMRT with personalized margins might be a better option for minimizing treatment-related side effects in patients with locally advanced cervical carcinoma.
Background: Series on radiotherapy (RT) practice in pediatric malignancies are limited in India as only a few centers practice pediatric RT, particularly under anesthesia. We aimed to study the clinical profile of pediatric cancer patients treated with RT and to analyze various challenges in pediatric RT under anesthesia.
Materials And Methods: The data were prospectively maintained in Microsoft Excel spreadsheets.
Background: A secondary lesion in the thyroid gland is a rare clinical scenario diagnosed preoperatively during the evaluation of a neck mass, postoperatively in a thyroidectomy specimen or in autopsy studies. Even though the thyroid gland is highly vascular, secondary malignant lesions are rare accounting for 0.2% of all thyroid malignancies.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFMucoepidermoid carcinoma (MEC) is most common malignancy of minor salivary glands in adults. Pulmonary MEC is extremely uncommon comprising of only 0.1%-0.
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