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Science Sparks @ ACTREC
Date Image20th July 2026 Vol. No. 15 ; Issue No.744
Publications

1. Nandy K, Parray AM, Karun H, Bairannavar VS, Chaudhari V, Shrikhande SV, Bhandare M (2026). Redefining post-pancreatectomy haemorrhage: Bleeding sources, cryptogenic events, and predictors of severity—analysis of 1,722 consecutive pancreaticoduodenectomies. Surgery.

2. Agrawal A, Gnanasegran G, Agrawal K, Kulkarni P, Palanivel P, Ghosh S, Dev I, Mv M, Choudhury S (2026). PET/CT Normal Variants and Pitfalls in Paediatric Disorders. Seminars in Nuclear Medicine.

3. Ghanekar S, Raj JAT, Thiruselvan GK, Kulkarni R, Soni M, Chatterjee A, Patro I, Goda JS. Pharmacological Targeting of Peroxisome Proliferator-activated Receptors for Prevention of Radiation-induced Cognitive Decline. Annals of Neurosciences.

Site of the Week

CAncer Imaging Biobank (CAIB): CAIB is a repository of de-identified cancer imaging data — histopathology whole-slide images, radiology studies, and linked clinical/pathology annotations — collected from patients treated at Tata Memorial Centre / ACTREC and other collaborating National Institutes, made available to researchers to accelerate cancer AI research in India and internationally

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Interesting Reads

Shay JES, Chi F, Tzouanas CN, Han S, Zhang X, Ten Hoeve J, Williams KJ, Neptun S, Sever T, Fuentes I, Bhatia SN, Calibasi-Kocal G, Vander Heiden MG, Shalek AK, Yilmaz ÖH (2026). Ketogenic diet mediates intestinal tumorigenesis through lipids not ketones. Nature.

Video of the Week
Radiation after Cystectomy (the BART trial) : A Timeless Problem, A Timely Solution
Upcoming Events
World Head & Neck Cancer Day 2026.

July 24, 2026,

At ACTREC, Tata Memorial Centre, Kharghar, Navi Mumbai

IMPACT 2026 : Three Day Manuscript Writing Workshop

August 21-23, 2026

At ACTREC, Tata Memorial Centre, Kharghar, Navi Mumbai

ISOCON 2026: Precision Oncology With Collaboration

August 7-9, 2026

At Taj Surajkund, Delhi NCR

Do You Know?

In 2009 researchers described how a single small intestinal stem cell could expand to crypt-villus organoids in culture without a mesenchymal niche.

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Cancer News
Early inflammation signal drives oral cancer development, highlights path for immunoprevention.

Eurekalert, 16/07/2026

The researchers identified suppressive myeloid cells that appear early on and have higher levels of IL-1α, SLC2A1 and SPP1 activity but have weak interferon signaling, which normally supports immune defense...

FDA fully approves Selpercatinib for RET-Positive tumors.

Oncology News Central, 15/07/2026

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) fully approved selpercatinib (Retevmo) for adults and children aged 2 years and older with locally advanced or metastatic solid tumors that have a RET gene fusion who have disease progression...

DNA-shredding CRISPR enzyme takes aim at cancer cells.

Nature, 14/07/2026

A bacterial self-destruct mechanism has been repurposed as a potential therapy, selectively eliminating diseased cells including tumour cells in mouse models of cancer.

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