Science Sparks @ ACTREC
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Publications
- 1. Rossi L, Bijman R, Chopra S, Mittal P, Panda S, Westerveld H, Christianen M, Kolkman-Deurloo IK, Breedveld S, Nout R, Heijmen B (2025). Rule-based AI automated adaptive treatment planning for image guided cervical cancer brachytherapy. Brachytherapy.
- 2. Gundavda K, Rajavelu N, Chopde A, Rane P, Ostwal V, Ramaswamy A, Gudi S, Kaushal RK, Deodhar K, Chaudhari V, Shrikhande S, Bhandare M (2025). Intraoperative revision of a positive proximal resection margin is associated with improved survival in patients undergoing resection for gastroesophageal junction and proximal third gastric adenocarcinoma. Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery. 29(9): 102123
- 3. Chaubal R, Talker E, Chitra J, Kadam R, Gardi N, Ursekar R, Kadam A, Singh A, Sale S, Pandey S, Madhav M, Raja A, Mukhare R, Parab P, Shetty N, Gala K, Kulkarni S, Gandhi KA, Gulia S, Joshi S, Shet T, Gupta S (2025). Genomic landscape of hormone therapy-resistant HR-positive, HER2-negative breast cancer. Breast Cancer Research and Treatment.
- 4. Kar S, Chakraborty A, Lakshminarayanan N, Rajesh C, Chaudhuri P, Ray MK, Bose K, Banerjee S, Basu S, Mallia MB (2025). Convenient one-pot synthesis of 1-(4-(4-(2-[18F]fluoroethoxy)phenyl)piperazin-1-yl)ethanone ([18F]FEt-PPZ) for imaging tumors expressing sigma-1 receptors. RSC Advances. 15(29):23943-23953.
- 5. Khanna D, Vishwakarma R, Sharma AN, Budukh A, Verma RK, Riguvanshi A, Mahmood F, Chaturvedi P, Pradhan S (2025). Epidemiology of adolescent and young adult cancer and associated disparities in cancer pattern and care in India: findings from Varanasi's population-based cancer registry, 2017-2019. Cancer Causes and Control.
- Thesis
Pratham Prakash Phadte. 2025. Investigating role of MAPK-ERK & PIK3CA-AKT signalling on autophagic flux in Ovarian Cancer Stem Cells.( LIFE09201804001) (Guide: Dr. Pritha Ray)

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