Sujathan  K,                               Ph.D. 
                               
                              Associate Professor  
                           
                         
                                  
         
                                                    
                                                    
                            Regional Cancer Center, Thiruvananthapuram 
                           
                                                                              
                            DIVISION OF CANCER RESEARCH 
                           
                                                                              
                            REGIONAL CANCER CENTRE, 
                           
                                                    
                            THIRUVANANTHAPURAM - 695 011                                 
                           
                                                    
                            Kerala                                 
                           						  
                                                            
                           
                                                    
                            E-mail: ksujathan@gmail.com 
                           
                                                                              
                            Phone: 91-0471-2522282 
                           
                                                    
                            Mobile:  9446517966 
                           
                                                    
                            Fax: 91-0471-2447454  
                           
                  
                          						  
                              
                           
						  
	                             
                            Positions Held:  
                           
                                                    
                            
                                
                                  Position  
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                                  Senior Cytotechnologist  
                                  Regional Cancer Center, Thiruvananthapuram 
                                  
								  1997-2005 
                                 
                                                                
                                  Cytotechnologist  
                                  Regional Cancer Center, Thiruvananthapuram 
                                  
								  1987-1996 
                                 
                                                            
 
                           
                          
                              
                           
                                                                              
                            Area of Specialization:  
                           
                          
                          
  
     
    Pathology 
   
    
     
    Proteomics 
   
    
     
    Oncology 
   
                            
  
     
    Medical Image Analysis 
   
    
                          
                        
                           
                           
                         
                         
                                                    
                                                    
                          
                             
                           
                                                    
                            Publications:  
                           
                          
                            
	 
	
		
			
				1. 
			
				Sujathan, K., Jayasree, K. and Remani, P.  Significance of a galactose specific plant lectin for the differential diagnosis of adenocarcinoma cells in effusion. Journal of Cytology / Indian Academy of Cytologists.  2009.  26, 134-139. [PubMed]  
		 
		
			
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				Pillai, K. R., Sujathan, K., Mani, K. S., Jayalal, K. S. and Somanathan, T.  Psammoma bodies in cervical smear in association with keratinizing squamous cell carcinoma of cervix: a case report. Diagnostic Cytopathology.  2009.  37, 450-454. [PubMed]  
		 
		
			
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				Pillai, K. R., Sujathan, K., Madhavan, J. and Abraham, E. K.  Significance of silver-stained nucleolar organizer regions in early diagnosis and prognosis of oral squamous cell carcinoma: a multivariate analysis. In Vivo.  2005.  19, 807-812. [PubMed]  
		 
		
			
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				Pillai, K. R., Remani, P., Kannan, S., Sujathan, K., Mathew, B., Vijayakumar, T., Nair, M. K. and Menon, V. P.  Lectin histochemistry of oral premalignant and malignant lesions: correlation of JFL and PNA binding pattern with tumour progression. European Journal of Cancer. Part B, Oral Oncology.  1996.  32B, 32-37. [PubMed]  
		 
		
			
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				Sujathan, K., Kannan, S., Remani, P., Pillai, K. R., Chandralekha, B., Amma, N. S. and Nair, M. K.  Differential expression of jackfruit-lectin-specific glycoconjugates in metastatic adenocarcinoma and reactive mesothelial cells-a diagnostic aid in effusion cytology. Journal of Cancer Research and Clinical Oncology.  1996.  122, 433-436. [PubMed]  
		 
		
			
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				Kannan, S., Chandran, G. J., Pillai, K. R., Mathew, B., Sujathan, K., Nalinakumary, K. R. and Nair, M. K.  Expression of p53 in leukoplakia and squamous cell carcinoma of the oral mucosa: correlation with expression of Ki67. Clinical Molecular Pathology.  1996.  49, M170-5. [PubMed]  
		 
		
			
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				Sujathan, K., Kannan, S., Pillai, K. R., Chandralekha, B., Amma, N. S. and Nair, M. K.  Significance of AgNOR count in differentiating malignant cells from reactive mesothelial cells in serous effusions. Acta Cytologica.  1996.  40, 724-728. [PubMed]  
		 
		
			
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				Sujathan, K., Kannan, S., Pillai, K. R., Mathew, A., Joseph, M., Symalakumari, B. and Nair, M. K.  Implications of gynaecological abnormalities in pre-selection criteria for cervical screening: preliminary evaluation of 3602 subjects in south India. Cytopathology : Official Journal of the British Society For Clinical Cytology.  1995.  6, 75-87. [PubMed]  
		 
		
			
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				Pillai, K. R., Sujathan, K., Kannan, S., Abraham, E. K., Mathew, B., Amma, N. S., Nair, M. K. and Menon, V. P.  Argyrophilic nucleolar organizer regions in the evaluation of tumour progression in the oral mucosa: correlation with tissue pathology. Journal of Cancer Research and Clinical Oncology.  1994.  120, 723-726. [PubMed]  
		 
		
			
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				Pillai, K. R., Remani, P., Kannan, S., Mathew, A., Sujathan, K., Vijayakumar, T. and Nair, M. K.  Jack fruit lectin-specific glycoconjugate expression during the progression of cervical intraepithelial neoplasia: a study on exfoliated cells. Diagnostic Cytopathology.  1994.  10, 342-346.  [PubMed]  
		 
		
			
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				Veena VS, Preethi S George, Jayasree K, Sujathan K . Cytological analysis of  sputum:the simplest and preliminary method of lung cancer diagnosis-a retrospective analysis of 8690 samples of symptomatic patients. Int J Scientific and Res  . 2012. 2(12), 1-6.    
		 
		
			
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				IssacNiwas, Palanisamy P, Sujathan  K ,  Bengtsson E. Analysis of nuclei textures of fine needle aspirated cytology images for breast cancer                                diagnosis using Complex Daubechies wavelets Signal Processing (2012), http://dx.doi.   Org /10.1016/ j.sigpro.2012.06.029.   
		 
		
			
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				Sajith Kecheril S, Venkataraman D, Suganthi J and Sujathan  K .  Segmentation of lung glandular cells using multiple color spaces. IJCSEA           journal  2012. 2(3),147-158.    
		 
		
			
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				Sujathan  K ,  Thara Somanathan, Nimi G. K., Preethi Sara George, Elizabeth K. Abraham and Remani P. Down regulation of galectin in primary tumor tissues of breast predict axillary lymph node metastasis. Journal of Cancer Research and Experimental Oncology   . 2011. 3(4), 37-49.   
		 
		
			
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				Sujathan K , Thara Somanathan, Remani P. Expression of Galectin-1, Galectin-3 and T-Antigen in BreastCarcinoma Tissues and its Significance in Axillary Lymph Node Infiltration. Recent Research in Science and Technology . 2011. 3(6), 85-90. 
		 
		
			
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				Laija. S. Nair, Mahesh S, Smitha L.S, Sujathan. K  and Remani P.  Expression of Canavalia gladiata lectin in leukemic cells. J Cancer Science and Therapy  2011. 3, 4 
		 
		
			
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				Sujathan K , Thara Somanathan, Laija S. Nair, Smitha L.S, Remani P. Endogenous Expression of Galectins and Tissue Binding Profile of a Galactose Specific Plant Lectin in Cervical Intra Epithelial Neoplasia: It’s Significance to Assess the Malignant Potential. J Exp Sci.   2010.1(8), 39-44. 
		 
		
			
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				Sujathan K , Elizabeth K Abraham. Breast Lump Suspected for Carcinoma Diagnosed as Filarial granuloma by FNAC: A report of two cases. Austral- Asian J of Cancer.  2005. 4, 57-59.   
		 
		
			
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				Sujathan K , Thara Somanathan, Gabius H.G. Endogenous expression of Galectin 1, Galectin 3 and a galactose specific plant lectin binding in cervical intraepithelial neoplasia. Its significance to assess the malignant potential. Indian  J Med  Res . 2005. 121, 108. 
		 
		
			
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				 Remani P, Smitha L.S, Laija S. Nair, Sujathan K  and Rekha A. Nair. Altered expression of Momordica charantia lectin specific cell surface glycoconjugates in oral premalignant and malignant lesions. Trends in Glycoscience and Glycotechnology . 2004. 16, 33-36.  
		 
		
			
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				Sujathan K.  Objective criteria of internal quality control. Hand book on Quality assurance in Pap smear. Edited by Sujathan K,Chandralekha B and Sreedevi Amma NS, WHO, DGHS & Regional Cancer Centre, Trivandrum. 2001. 26-35. 
		 
		
			
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				 Sujathan K,  Pillai K.R, Kannan S, Chandralekha B, Mathew A, Nair MK. Cytodiagnosis of serous effusions: A combined approach to morphological features in Pap and MGG stained smears and a modified cellblock technique. J Cytology .  2000. 17(2), 89-95.  
		 
	 
	 
  
                           
                         
                                                    
                            Grant Support:  
                           
                                                    
                            
                                
                                  Project Title  
                                  Role  
                                  Funding Agency   
                                  Sanction Number  
                                  Sanction Date  
                                 
                                                                
                                  Development of medical image Analyzer for Cervical Cancer (CerviSCAN) 
                                  Principal Investigator 
                                  Department of Information Technology, Government of India 
                                   
                                  
                                  
								  
								  
								  
								  
								  
								  
								  
								  2009-2012								   
                                 
                                                                
                                  Identification of Biomarkers for thyroid malignancies in FNAC 
                                  Principal Investigator 
                                  Department of Biotechnology, Government of India 
                                   
                                  
                                  
								  
								  
								  
								  
								  
								  
								  
								  2010-2012								   
                                 
                                                                
                                  Proteome analysis of malignant cells and its precursors of uterine cervix 
                                  Principal Investigator 
                                  State Council for Science Technology and Envioronment,Govt.of Kerala 
                                   
                                  
                                  
								  
								  
								  
								  
								  
								  
								  
								  2012-2015								   
                                 
                                                                
                                  Trivandrum Corporation Cancer Control Programme 
                                  Co-Investigator 
                                  Corporation of Trivandrum  
                                   
                                  
                                  
								  
								  
								  
								  
								  
								  
								  
								  2008-2012								   
                                 
                                                                
                                  . Role of Cervical HPV infection in progression or regressions of a Pap smear 			Diagnosis of ASC_US in women attending the Gynec OPD of a Women and Children Hospital 
                                  Co-Investigator 
                                  State Council for Science Technology and Envioronment,Govt.of Kerala 
                                   
                                  
                                  
								  
								  
								  
								  
								  
								  
								  
								  2009-2012								   
                                 
                                                                
                                  Evaluation of the ant-tumor and immunomodulatory properties of Deoxy 			Elephantopus and Isodeoxy elephantopus isolated from Elephantopus scaber 
                                  Co-Investigator 
                                  State Council for Science Technology and Envioronment,Govt.of Kerala 
                                   
                                  
                                  
								  
								  
								  
								  
								  
								  
								  
								  2009-2012								   
                                 
                                                                
                                  Cancer Control programme in the Tribal Population of Palghat District of Kerala state 
                                  Co-Investigator 
                                  Department of SC&ST Devt., Govt. of Kerala 
                                   
                                  
                                  
								  
								  
								  
								  
								  
								  
								  
								  2010-2013								   
                                 
                                                                
                                  Prevention and control of Cancer among the Tribal population of Idukki District of Kerala state 
                                  Co-Investigator 
                                  Department of SC&ST Devt., Govt. of Kerala 
                                   
                                  
                                  
								  
								  
								  
								  
								  
								  
								  
								  2010-2013								   
                                 
                                                              
                                 
 
                           
                          
                              
                           
                                                    
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                                            Education  
 
                                           
                                                                                    
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                                            Ph.D.                                                    in Cancer Biology, 				
				 
                                                    Annamalai University                                                                        
 
                                           
                                                                                    
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                                            M.Sc.                                                    in Life Sciences, 				
				 
                                                    Annamalai University                                                                        
 
                                           
                                                                                    
                                            Honors and Awards  
 
                                           
                                                                                    
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                                            1998 - Sathya Monga National Award of the Indian Academy of Cytologist for the best published work on immunocytopathology       
 
                                           
                                                                                    
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                                            1996 - Indira Vasudev National Award and Gold Medal of Indian Association of Biomedical Scientists for the best Research work on cancer for the work entitled Visual Inspection plus Symptom history as a Preselection criteria for cervical Cancer detection in Developing countries       
 
                                           
                                                                                    
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                                            1994 - Jwala Devi National Award of Indian Academy of Cytologists for the best research work presented in the National Conference of Indian Academy of Cytologists         
 
                                           
                                                                                    
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                                            1991 - Jwala Devi National Award of Indian Academy of Cytologists for the Best Research work presented in the National Conference of Indian Academy of Cytologists       
 
                                           
                                                                                    
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                                            Society for Biotechnologists (India) – Life Member       
 
                                           
                                                                                    
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                                            Indian Association for cancer Research – Life Member       
 
                                           
                                                                                  
                                       
                                       
                                   
                              
 
                             
                          
                        
                            
                               
                             
                            
                                                                
                                  
                                    
                                      Type of Neoplasms 
 
                                     
                                                                                                                                                                                    
                                      Breast 
 
                                     
									                                    
                                      
                                          Female                                      
 
                                     
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
                                      Female genital system 
 
                                     
									                                    
                                      
                                          Cervix                                      
 
                                     
                                                                                                            
                                      Endocrine system 
 
                                     
									                                    
                                      
                                          Thyroid gland