Science Sparks @ ACTREC
Publications
- 1. Shafiq N, Kumar A, Cherian JJ, Madan T, Kshirsagar N, Mukherjee A, Vij S, Singh PK, Srivastava G, Visala A, Kumar A, Soman A, Kotakonda HK, Joglekar S, Joshi M, Udupa V, Poomali A, Noronha NB, Gogtay N, Krishnamurthy MN, Mohapatra S, Saha N, Gota V, Pradhan AK, Chatterjee P, Kumar A, Chaturvedi A, Balasundaram MK, Prakash G, Kakkar AK, Malhotra S (2026). Regulatory and ethical frameworks for first-in-human clinical trials in India: Proceedings of a codesigned capacity-building workshop. Clinical Drug Investigation.
- 2. Singh AG, Mahajan A, Sinha S, Shetty R, Mohanty S, Kumar A, Chakrabarty N, Joshi P, Nair S, Laskar SG, Prabhash K, Chaturvedi P (2026). Tumour growth kinetics and stage progression during treatment delay in oral squamous cell carcinoma. Oral Oncology.
- 3. Juneja A, Sahay A, Padwale P, Patil A, Pai T, Panjwani P, Joshi S, Wadasadawala T, Popat P, Shet TM, Gupta S, Desai SB (2026). Concordance of conventional two-tier HER2 classification versus three-tier classification (including HER2-low status) in invasive breast carcinoma: a retrospective real-world analysis. Journal of Clinical Pathology.
- 4. Shinde P, Ak A, Agarwal P, Kamalnath J, Joshi K, Prajapati K, Jain J, Mulani J, Gupta A, Mittal P, Sawant P, Agarwal JP, Cozzi L, Chopra S (2026). Spatially fractionated radiotherapy using straight and bending virtual rods as an alternative for cervical cancer brachytherapy-results from preclinical in-silico dose comparison and quality assurance. British Journal of Radiology.
- 5. Sakhare N, Muralidharan S, Kumar D, Dutta S, Gnanasekar R, Paradkar S, Mitra A, Mohanty B, Mirapurkar A, Mathur A, Chaudhari P, Bose K (2026). Synthesis and evaluation of 99mTc essential analogue of DUPA PSMA inhibitor for its potential use in prostate cancer imaging. ChemistrySelect. 11(21): e06967.
- 6. Noguera NI, Hasan SK and Cicconi L (2026) Evaluating differentiation therapy and biomarkers in myeloid malignancies. Frontiers in Oncology. 16:1867602.
- 7. Dey S, Anne S, Rath S, Nandhana R, Gulia S, Dash B, Menon S, Rekhi B, Baheti A, Sable N, Popat P, Tandon S, Ghosh K, Gurram L, Parab SS, Logkumer AN, Jhadhav S, Chopra S, Surappa ST, Bansal V, Balsarkar G, Deodhar K, Maheshwari A, Ghosh J, Gupta S (2026). Malignant ovarian germ cell tumor-survival and reproductive outcomes and patterns of relapse. Cancer Medicine. 15(6):e71936.

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