Publications by authors named "V Harikumar"
Background The newly introduced 'Elective programme', a voluntary special study module in the final phase of the undergraduate medical curriculum, offers scope for new immersive, self-directed learning opportunities. We describe a programme of study for learning 'medical sociology' through the innovative use of humanities in medicine. Methods Our elective module, called 'Community Health and Rock Music' (CHaRM), was a 2-week programme, merging the curricular subject of community health with 'rock music' as an exposure to the 'counter-culture' outside of the medical world.
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- A study was conducted to analyze how often dermatologic surgeons face challenges in identifying the locations of skin cancer tumors before surgery.
- Out of over 17,000 cases, only 0.60% involved uncertain sites, with these cases more common in older, male patients who had biopsies done over a month prior.
- Surgeons commonly used various methods to confirm tumor locations, achieving success in identifying 82% of these uncertain sites, while some surgeries were delayed, especially for non-facial tumors.
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- Extramammary Paget disease (EMPD) is a rare skin cancer often found on vulvar and penoscrotal areas, with its origin and how different types affect treatment still unclear.
- The study aimed to analyze demographics, tumor traits, and treatment methods for various subtypes of EMPD, relying on data from multiple trusted medical databases.
- Findings revealed that vulvar EMPD diagnoses are often delayed and have high recurrence rates (34%), while penoscrotal EMPD has a lower recurrence rate (14%) but more cases involve regional or distant spread.*