DOI: 10.1055/s-00049561

South Asian Journal of Cancer

Issue 04 · Volume 03 · October 2014 DOI: 10.1055/s-010-50033

Editorial

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Parikh, P. M.: More on the tobacco menace in India
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Bansal, Shweta: Chronic myeloid leukemia in children, do we have all the answers?

TABACCO, THE MENACE : Original Article

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Thakur, Durgesh; Gupta, Anmol; Thakur, Anita; Mazta, Salig Ram; Sharma, Deepak: Prevalence of cigarette smoking and its predictors among school going adolescents of North India
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Reddy, Mamatha G.S.; Kakodkar, Pradnya V.; Singh, Akanksha: Tobacco use, Body Mass Index, and Potentially Malignant Disorders among petrol fillers in Pimpri-Pune (India): A descriptive study
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Goel, Sonu; Tripathy, Jaya Prasad; Singh, Rana J.; Lal, Pranay: Smoking trends among women in India: Analysis of nationally representative surveys (1993–2009)

LEUKEMIAS : Original Article

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Linga, Vijay Gandhi; Ganta, Ranga Raman; Kalpathi, Krishnamani Iyer; Gundeti, Sadashivudu; Rajappa, Senthil J.; Digumarti, Raghunadharao; Paul, Tara Roshni; Tandon, Ashwani: Response to imatinib mesylate in childhood chronic myeloid leukemia in chronic phase: In pursuit of perfection
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Hagag, Adel Abdelhaleim; Shebl, Shebl S.; El-Fadaly, Nabih H.: Frequency of 11q23/MLL gene rearrangement in Egyptian childhood acute myeloblastic leukemia: Biologic and clinical significance

OESOPHAGEAL CANCER : Original Article

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Lal, Punita; Nautiyal, Vipul; Chaudhuri, Tamojit; Verma, Mranalini; Das, Koilpillai Joseph Maria; Kumar, Shaleen: Is aspiration as detected on pretreatment video fluorography, a harbinger of poor quality of life and early mortality in cancers of the upper aerodigestive tract treated with radiotherapy?
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Ravishankaran, Praveen; Krishnamurthy, Arvind: Prognostic value of metastatic lymph nodal ratio in squamous cell carcinoma of esophagus: A three-step extrapolative study

TREATMENT TOXICITY : Original Article

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Bagri, Puneet Kumar; Kapoor, Akhil; Kalwar, Ashok; Singhal, Mukesh Kumar; Singh, Daleep; Narayan, Satya: Comparative analysis of cisplatin-induced nephrotoxicity in head and neck cancer and carcinoma cervix during concurrent chemoradiotherapy
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Malgonde, Monika S.; Kumar, Manoj: Radiotherapy-enhanced ototoxicity in elderly

URO-ONCOLOGY : Original Article

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Singh, Vishwajeet; Mandal, Swarnendu; Patil, Sachin; Sinha, Rahul Janak; Gupta, Dheeraj Kumar; Sankhwar, Satya Narayan: Urodynamic and continence assessment of orthotropic neobladder reconstruction following radical cystectomy in bladder cancer; a prospective, blinded North Indian tertiary care experience

SOUTH ASIAN UPDATE : An update

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Sah, Kailash Prasad; Arora, Ramandeep Singh; Sapkota, Sulav; Poudel, Yamuna; Pizer, Barry: Pediatric oncology services in Nepal

Letters to Editor

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Sharma, Mukesh; Gupta, Manish; Fotedar, Vikas; Sharma, Anjna: Methotrexate, an attractive agent for palliation in head and neck cancers
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Krishnatreya, Manigreeva; Kataki, Amal C.; Sharma, Jagannath D.; Borthakur, Bibhuti Bhusan; Kalita, Manoj: Epidemiology of primary small cell carcinoma of the esophagus: A retrospective study
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Deshmukh, Sanjay D.; Khandeparkar, Siddhi Gaurish Sinai; Gogate, Bageshri P.; Kesari, Mrunal: A rare case of nonfamilial polyposis coli with immunohistochemical observations with mucin product genes MUC2 and MUC5AC in adenoma-carcinoma progression
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Eivazi-Ziaei, Jamal; Asvadi, I.; Esfahani, A.; Vaez, J.; Pourzand, A.; Shabanloei, R.; Sattari, M. R.: Chemotherapy-induced amenorrhea in patients suffering from breast cancer in the Northwest of Iran
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Jain, Silky; Jain, Sandeep; Kapoor, Gauri: Imatinib-associated massive upper gastrointestinal hemorrhage and hepatic encephalopathy in a child with Philadelphia positive acute lymphoblastic leukemia: A case report and review of the literature
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Gogia, Ajay; Mehta, Prashant; Pramanik, Raja; Gupta, Ritu: Chronic lymphocytic leukemia with massive ascites: An unusual presenting manifestation
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Aggarwal, Himanshi; Kumar, Pradeep: Cancer notification in India: An update
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Wiwanitkit, Viroj: Urine biomarker for benzene exposure and precancerous chromosome damage among gas station attendants in Bangkok, trend after implementation of declaration of standards for control of air quality

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Khandeparkar, Siddhi Gaurish Sinai; Gogate, Bageshri P.; Deshmukh, Sanjay D.; Dwivedi, Smriti S.: A rare case of spindle cell lipoma of broad ligament presenting as a pelvic mass