Research


Medical science is developing at a rapid pace. Education and research keep medical staff at Yashoda apace of worldwide developments and train them to offer world-class medical care.

The center is actively doing clinical projects under various aspects of terminally ill cancer patients. To summarize

Ongoing Projects

  • Study of sativex for pain relief in patients with advanced malignancy. (Spray) [nct00530764]
  • Vinflunine vs. paclitaxel aling with gemcitabine in treating patients with previously treated metastatic breast cancer study of bavituximab plus paclitaxel and carboplatin in patients with non -small cell lung cancer [NCT00687817]
  • A phase iii study of alpharadin (radium-223) in patients with symptomatic hormone refractory prostate cancer with skeletal metastases (alsympca) experiencing uncontrolled pain [NCT00699751]

Besides the above we have more than a dozen protocols in pipe line for various indications in patients with terminally ill malignancies


Publications

  • The consultant in various departments had the following publications either in abstract from or in full text forms
  • Assessment of the utility and validation of an indigenously developed quality of life (QOL) questionnaire in local language in cancer patients of Andhra Pradesh, India. UICC world cancer congress, Geneva 2008. Abstract pos a 305
  • Effect of smoking on the chemotherapy complication rates in patients of stage IIIB - IV non small cell lung cancer journal of thoracic oncology.3 (4) supplement 1: s1-s8, April 2008
  • Correlation of psychological outcome with final cosmetic results in patients undergoing breast conservation surgery; a tertiary cancer experience. ASCO breast cancer symposium 2007
  • Family impact of clinical trials: ijmpo annual conference, Patna 2006
  • Correlation of dose to dysphagia/ aspiration related structures by conformal treatment of head and neck cancers and quality of life.
  • Correlation of dose to dysphagia/ aspiration related structures by conformal treatment of head and neck cancers and quality of life.
  • C srinivas, Et al Need for objective criteria for selection of patients for palliative radiotherapy Oncology 2008 May; 87 (2):308.
  • C srinivas, Et Altered Fractionated Radiotherapy in Head and Neck cancer : in response to the MARCH met - analysis by Bourhis et al. Lancet