Science Sparks @ ACTREC
01 December 2025Publications
- 1. Shetty MP, Sule P, Kulkarni SD, Chaudhari P, Bharati S (2025). Asialoglycoprotein receptor-mediated delivery of copper to hepatic tumors exerted inhibitory effect on tumor growth and progression. Biometals.
- 2. Nandy K, Parray A, Dhaiya A, Chopde A, Menon V, Ostwal V, Ramaswamy A, Bhargav P, Bhandare MS, Shrikhande SV, Chaudhari VA (2025). The Role of HIPEC in Isolated Cytology-Positive Gastric Cancer: Nodal Metastasis Dominates Prognosis, HIPEC Remains Unproven. Annals of Surgical Oncology.
- 3. Ghosh M, Hoysal DR, Deshpande A, Badwe RA (2025). Letter to the Editor "Impact of Time to Surgery Post Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy on Breast Cancer Outcomes: A Retrospective Study of Patients Enrolled in the I-SPY 2 Clinical Trial". Annals of Surgical Oncology.
- 4. Palkar PA, John G, Chekuri G, Chatterjee A, Kunwar A, Goda JS. Radioprotectors & mitigators in radiation therapy: Harnessing diverse pathways for optimizing clinical outcomes. Indian Journal of Medical Research. 162(3):343-366.
- 5. Masrani N, Tulsian A, Shetty SS, Patil V, Qureshi SS (2025). Uncommon Location for Pelvic Ganglioneuroblastoma: Pelvic Nebenorgane. Journal of Indian Associaiton of Pediatric Surgeons. 30(6):789-791.
- 6. Mhatre S, Dutta D, Iyer A, Golapkar SV, Mishra A, Krishnatreya M, George GS, Doibale PN, Dun Y, Wang Z, Jahagirdar O, Chaturvedi P, Rajaraman P, Wang CP, Chaturvedi A, Kar S, Dikshit R, Chatterjee N (2025). A genome-wide association study of buccal mucosa cancer in India and multi-ancestry meta-analysis discovers risk loci and gene-environment interactions. EBioMedicine.
- 7. Jain Y, Shukla V, Tripathi M, Venkatachalam M, Suresh A, Kapoor A, Pujari L, Chowdhury Z, Thakur S, Manda D, Kalra S, Purandare N (2025). Role of Gallium 68 fibroblast activation protein inhibitor PET/CT in the initial evaluation of gastric adenocarcinoma: a single-institution retrospective study. Nuclear Medicine Communications.
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Press Information Bureau, 29/11/2025
This landmark study represents a significant advance in our understanding of the genetic and environmental factors driving buccal mucosa cancer, a disease that imposes a heavy burden in India and across South Asia. By conducting the largest genome-wide association study of its kind and integrating...
Indian Express, 27/11/2025
Researchers have found a critical vulnerability in triple-negative breast cancer, which makes up almost 31 per cent of breast cancer cases in India.Led by Dr Nandini Verma, principal investigator from the Cancer Research Institute (CRI) division of TMC-ACTREC, they have found that although chemotherapy kills...
News-Medical, 26/11/2025
The research team found that the missing tumor-driving gene, known as PRKCI, results in tumors that are less aggressive. The missing gene also cultivates a more powerful immune response to tumors. Surprisingly, the research team found the improved immune response occurs with help from unexpected...
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