Sushma  Agrawal,                               M.D., D.N.B. 
                               
                              Additional Professor  
                           
                         
                                  
         
                                                    
                                                    
                            Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow, India 
                           
                                                                              
                            Dept. of Radiotherapy, Sanjay Gandhi PGI 
                           
                                                                              
                            Rae Bareilly Road 
                           
                                                    
                            Lucknow - 226 014                                 
                           
                                                    
                            Uttar Pradesh                                 
                           						  
                                                            
                           
                                                    
                            E-mail: sagrawal@sgpgi.ac.in, sushmaagrawal@yahoo.co.uk 
                           
                                                    
                               
                           
                          
                            URL:   http://www.sgpgi.ac.in/RTnew/faculty.html#sushma  
                           
                          
                          						  
                              
                           
						  
	                             
                            Positions Held:  
                           
                                                    
                            
                                
                                  Position  
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                                  Associate Professor  
                                  Department of Radiotherapy, Sanjay Gandhi PGI, Lucknow 
                                  
								  2009-2011 
                                 
                                                                
                                  Assistant Professor  
                                  Department of Radiotherapy, Sanjay Gandhi PGI, Lucknow 
                                  
								  2004-2009 
                                 
                                                                
                                  Assistant Professor  
                                  Radiation Oncology, Regional Cancer Centre, Indira Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences, Patna 
                                  
								  2001-2004 
                                 
                                                                
                                  Consultant Radiation Oncologist  
                                  Mahavir Cancer Hospital, Patna. 
                                  
								  1999-2001 
                                 
                                                            
 
                           
                          
                              
                           
                                                                              
                            Area of Specialization:  
                           
                          
                          
  
     
    Radiology 
   
    
     
    Oncology 
   
     
                          
                        
                           
                           
                         
                         
                                                    
                                                    
                          
                             
                           
                                                    
                             Research Summary:  
                           
                                                    
                            
                                                                
                                   
                                  Respiration management and Image guidance in thoracic cancers 
                                 
                                                                
                                   
                                  Concurrent chemoradiotherapy protocols in lung cancers 
                                 
                                                                
                                   
                                  Radical chemoradiotherapy in hepatobiliary cancers, preoperative chemoradiotherapy in gall bladder cancers, postoperative chemoradiotherapy in hepatobiliary cancers. 
                                 
                                                                
                                   
                                  Management of early and locally advanced breast cancers, fractionation protocols, image guidance. 
                                 
                                                            
 
                           
                          
                              
                           
                                                    
                            Publications:  
                           
                          
                            
	
		
			
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				Chaturvedi, P., Tulsyan, S., Agarwal, G., Lal, P., Agarwal, S., Mittal, R. D. and Mittal, B.  Influence of ABCB1 genetic variants in breast cancer treatment outcomes. Cancer Epidemiology.  2013.  [PubMed]  
		 
		
			
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				Agrawal, S., Awasthi, R., Singh, A., Haris, M., Gupta, R. K. and Rathore, R. K.  An exploratory study into the role of dynamic contrast-enhanced (DCE) MRI metrics as predictors of response in head and neck cancers. Clinical Radiology.  2012.  67, e1-5. [PubMed]  
		 
		
			
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				Agrawal, S., Goel, A. K. and Lal, P.  Participation in decision making regarding type of surgery and treatment-related satisfaction in North Indian women with early breast cancer. Journal of Cancer Research and Therapeutics.  2012.  8, 222-225. [PubMed]  
		 
		
			
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				Agrawal, S., Maurya, A. K., Shrivastava, K., Kumar, S., Pant, M. C. and Mishra, S. K.  Training the trainees in radiation oncology with telemedicine as a tool in a developing country: a two-year audit. International Journal of Telemedicine and Applications.  2011.  2011, 230670. [PubMed]  
		 
		
			
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				Agrawal, S., Bajpai, R., Agrawal, R. K. and Gupta, T. C.  Bilateral synchronous seminoma with bilateral cryptorchidism of the testis. Indian Journal of Urology : IJU : Journal of the Urological Society of India.  2010.  26, 587-589. [PubMed]  
		 
		
			
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				Datta, N. R. and Agrawal, S.  Does the evidence support the use of concurrent chemoradiotherapy as a standard in the management of locally advanced cancer of the cervix, especially in developing countries? Clinical Oncology.  2006.  18, 306-312. [PubMed]  
		 
		
			
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				Agrawal, S., Datta, N. R., Mishra, S. K., Kumar, S., Tandon, V., Ayyagari, S. and Agarwal, A.  Adjuvant therapy in invasive thymoma: an audit of cases treated over an 8 year period. Indian Journal of Cancer.  1999.  36, 46-56. [PubMed]  
		 
	 
	
		
			
				
					1. Agrawal.S. Challenges in optimizing chemoradiation in locally advanced nonsmall-cell lung cancers in India. South Asian Journal of Cancer.  2013. (Accepted for publication.
				
					2. Agrawal. S. Clinical relevance of radiation pneumonitis in breast cancers. South Asian Journal of Cancer.  2013. 2,19-20.
				
					3. Agrawal S,  Kheruka S.C,  Karthick Raj  M,  Maria Das K.J, Lal P and Gambhir S. Utility of SPECT for metabolic and functional lung imaging in radiation therapy treatment planning for lung cancer. Indian Journal of Nuclear Medicine . 2012. 27, 10-15.  
				
					4. Agrawal S, Datta N.R. Screening Mammography, Mammology . 2007. 3, 19-28.
				
					5. Asthana A.K, Khanna.A.K, Usha.M.D, Shah.A and Agarwal.S. Neoadjuvant chemotherapy and radiotherapy in advanced breast cancer. Journal of Clinical Radiotherapy and Oncology.  1996.11,12-15.
				
					6.  Kumar.S, Datta.N.R, Agrawal.S and Ayyagari.S. Adjuvant therapy in colon and rectal cancers. Hospital Today. 1999. IV(no.12), 585-591. 
				
					7. Alok Kumar and Agrawal S. Comparison of calibration procedures of Iridium – 192 sources used in high dose rate brachytherapy system. Indian Journal of Pure and Applied Physics.  2003. 41, 253-257.
				
					8. Agrawal S. Osteosarcoma of the Calcaneum. Indian Journal of Radiology.  2002. 124. 578-579.
				
					9. Agrawal S, Singh N and Agrawal R.K. Carcinoma ovary with cutaneous metastases. Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology of India.  2004. 54, 3:298.
				
					 
			 
		 
	 
	 
  
                           
                         
                                                    
                            Book Chapters:  
                           
                          
                             
                           
                          
                            
                                                                
                                   
                                  S.Kumar,N.R.Datta, S.Agrawal, S.Ayyagari.Role of radiotherapy in carcinoma oesophagus. Book chapter in ‘Debates in G.I. Surgery’,D.Sharma(Ed).Bhanot publications,1998,43-51.  
                                 
                                                            
 
                           
                                                    
                              
                           
                                                    
                            Grant Support:  
                           
                                                    
                            
                                
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                                  Concurrent chemoradiation with docetaxel in locally advanced lung cancers: A pilot study 
                                  Principal Investigator 
                                  Intramural 
                                   
                                  
                                  
								  
								  
								  
								  
								  
								  
								  
								  2011-2012								   
                                 
                                                                
                                  Preoperative chemoradiation for unresectable gall bladder cancers : a feasibility study. 
                                  Principal Investigator 
                                  Intramural 
                                   
                                  
                                  
								  
								  
								  
								  
								  
								  
								  
								  2011-2012								   
                                 
                                                                
                                  Utility of dynamic  MRI as a predictor of response in locally advanced head and neck cancers 
                                  Principal Investigator 
                                  Intramural 
                                   
                                  
                                  
								  
								  
								  
								  
								  
								  
								  
								  2007-2008								   
                                 
                                                                
                                  Utility of SPECT for metabolic and functional lung imaging in radiation therapy treatment planning for lung cancer 
                                  Principal Investigator 
                                  Intramural 
                                   
                                  
                                  
								  
								  
								  
								  
								  
								  
								  
								  2005-2006								   
                                 
                                                              
                                 
 
                           
                          
                              
                           
                                                    
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                                            Education  
 
                                           
                                                                                    
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                                            M.B.B.S.                                                    in General Medicine				
				 
                                                                                                                            
 
                                           
                                                                                    
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                                            M.D.                                                    in Radiotherapy				
				 
                                                                                                                            
 
                                           
                                                                                    
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                                            D.N.B.                                                    in Radiotherapy				
				 
                                                                                                                            
 
                                           
                                                                                    
                                            Honors and Awards  
 
                                           
                                                                                    
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                                            Awarded the ICMR  International fellowship for Young Scientists, undertaken at the VUMC, Amsterdam, from April 2010 to June 2010. 
 
                                           
                                                                                    
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                                            Awarded the UICC, ICRETT fellowship , project on adaptive radiotherapy in head and neck cancers carried out in Royal Marsden Hospital and Institute of Cancer Research , Fulham Road, London, UK, from 1th June 2007 to 30th June 2007 
 
                                           
                                                                                    
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                                            Awarded the UICC, ICRETT fellowship , project on stereotactic radiotherapy in brain tumors carried out in Royal Marsden Hospital and Institute of Cancer Research , Fulham Road, London, UK, from 4th June 2002 to 3rd July 2002.  
 
                                           
                                                                                    
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                                            Awarded the best paper award for the paper entitled, “A randomised study of concurrent low dose cisplatin and radiotherapy with radiotherapy alone in advanced head and neck cancers” at the XIIth U.P. Chapter of the Association of Radiation Oncologists of India, Aligarh, April 4,1999. 
 
                                           
                                                                                    
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                                            Life member of the Association of Radiation Oncologists of India.(LM No.572) 
 
                                           
                                                                                    
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                                            ESTRO since 2003 
 
                                           
                                                                                    
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                                            IASLC since 2009 
 
                                           
                                                                                  
                                       
                                       
                                   
                              
 
                             
                          
                        
                            
                               
                             
                            
                                                                
                                  
                                    
                                      Type of Neoplasms 
 
                                     
                                                                                                            
                                      Pulmonary system 
 
                                     
									                                    
                                      
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                                      Breast 
 
                                     
									                                    
                                      
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                                      Hepatobiliary system