Poonamalle P. Bapsy,                               M.D., D.M. 
                               
                              Senior Consultant  
                           
                         
                                  
         
                                                    
                                                    
                            Apollo Hospital 
                           
                                                                              
                            154/11, Bannerghatta Road 
                           
                                                                              
                            Department of Oncology 
                           
                                                    
                            Bangalore - 560 076                                 
                           
                                                    
                            Karnataka                                 
                           						  
                                                            
                           
                                                    
                            E-mail: ppbapsy@yahoo.com 
                           
                                                                              
                            Phone: +91-80-26304050, 26304051 
                           
                                                    
                            Mobile: +91-9845624793 
                           
                          
                               
                           
                          
                            URL:   http://www.apollohospitalsbangalore.com/pdf/consultants/dr_bapsy_pp.pdf  
                           
                          
                          						  
                              
                           
						  
	                                                       
                            Area of Specialization:  
                           
                          
                          
  
     
    Oncology 
   
     
                          
                        
                           
                           
                         
                         
                                                    
                                                    
                          
                             
                           
                                                    
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				1. 
			
				James, R., Thriveni, K., Krishnamoorthy, L., Deshmane, V., Bapsy, P. P.  and Ramaswamy, G.  Clinical outcome of adjuvant endocrine treatment according to Her-2/neu status in breast cancer. The Indian Journal of Medical Research.  2011.  133, 70-75. [PubMed]  
		 
		
			
				2. 
			
				Devaraju, C. J., Lokanatha, D., Bapsy, P. P. , Suresh, A. V., Viswanath, G. and Sandhya, B.  Risk scoring for predicting mucositis in Indian patients with esophageal carcinoma receiving concurrent chemoradiotherapy. Gastrointestinal Cancer Research : GCR.  2009.  3, 4-6. [PubMed]  
		 
		
			
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				Reddy, C. O., Anuradha, V., Mukherjee, G. and Bapsy, P. P.   Defining age cut off age for "Young patients" with breast cancer. Indian Journal of Cancer.  2008.  45, 182. [PubMed]  
		 
		
			
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				Attili, V. S., Babu, K. G., Lokanatha, D., Bapsy, P. P. , Ramachandra, C. and Rajshekar, H.  Bone metastasis in hepatocellular carcinoma: need for reappraisal of treatment. Journal of Cancer Research and Therapeutics.  2008.  4, 93-94. [PubMed]  
		 
		
			
				5. 
			
				Adurthi, S., Sahoo, T., Chakka, K., Radhika, B., Appaji, L., Bapsy, P. , Ramesh, C. and Jayshree, R.  Acute toxoplasmosis in nonstem cell transplant patients with haematological malignancies: a study from a regional cancer institute in South India. Hematological Oncology.  2008.  26, 229-233. [PubMed]  
		 
		
			
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				Attili, V. S., Bapsy, P. P.,  Anupama, G. and Lokanatha, D.  Irreversible sensorineural hearing loss due to Imatinib. Leukemia Research.  2008.  32, 991-992. [PubMed]  
		 
		
			
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				Attili, V. S., Chandra, R. C., Anupama, G., Loknath, D., Bapsy, P. P . ,  Dadhich, H. K. and Babu, G. K.  Treatment outcome and cost-effectiveness analysis of two chemotherapeutic regimens (BEP vs. VIP) for poor-prognosis metastatic germ cell tumors. Journal of Cancer Research and Therapeutics.  2007.  3, 150-152. [PubMed]  
		 
		
			
				8. 
			
				Thriveni, K., Deshmane, V., Bapsy, P. P. , Krishnamoorthy, L. and Ramaswamy, G.  Clinical utility of serum human epidermal receptor-2/neu detection in breast cancer patients. The Indian Journal of Medical Research.  2007.  125, 137-142. [PubMed]  
		 
		
			
				9. 
			
				Govind, B., Attili, V. S., Bapsy, P. P.  and Anupama, G.  Imatinib-induced optic neuritis in a patient of chronic myeloid leukemia. International Ophthalmology.  2007.  27, 43-44. [PubMed]  
		 
		
			
				10. 
			
				Attili, V. S., Rama, C., Dadhich, H. K., Sahoo, T. P., Anupama, G. and Bapsy, P. P.   Unusual metastasis in colorectal cancer. Indian Journal of Cancer.  2006.  43, 93-95. [PubMed]  
		 
		
			
				11. 
			
				Jayshree, R. S., Shafiulla, M., George, J., David, J. K.,  Bapsy, P. P .   and Chakrabarti, A.  Microscopic, cultural and molecular evidence of disseminated invasive aspergillosis involving the lungs and the gastrointestinal tract. Journal of Medical Microbiology.  2006.  55, 961-964. [PubMed]  
		 
		
			
				12. 
			
				Attili, S. V., Chandra, C. R., Hemant, D. K., Bapsy, P. P. , RamaRao, C. and Anupama, G.  Retroperitoneal inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor. World Journal of Surgical Oncology.  2005.  3, 66. [PubMed]  
		 
		
			
				13. 
			
				Singhal, N., Bapsy, P. P. , Babu, K. G. and Sahoo, T. P.  Waldenstrom's macroglobulinemia. The Journal of the Association of Physicians of India.  2004.  52, 981-985. [PubMed]  
		 
		
			
				14. 
			
				Prabhash, K., Babu, K. G., Ravi, S., Girish, M. H. and Bapsy, P. P.    Docetaxel-induced onycholysis. The Journal of the Association of Physicians of India.  2004.  52, 167-168. [PubMed]  
		 
		
			
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				Singhal, N., Bapsy, P. P.,  Babu, K. G. and George, J.  Chronic myeloid leukemia. The Journal of the Association of Physicians of India.  2004.  52, 410-416. [PubMed]  
		 
		
			
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				Prabhash, K., Loknath, D., Babu, K. G., Girish, M. H., Biswas, S. and Bapsy, P. P.   Acute lymphoblastic leukemia with extramedullary relapse in bone. The Journal of the Association of Physicians of India.  2004.  52, 262. [PubMed]  
		 
		
			
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				Mohammed, S., Sahoo, T. P., Jayshree, R. S., Bapsy, P. P.  and Hema, S.  Sino-oral zygomycosis due to Absidia corymbifera in a patient with acute leukemia. Medical Mycology : Official Publication of the International Society For Human and Animal Mycology.  2004.  42, 475-478. [PubMed]  
		 
		
			
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				Devi, V. L., Prabhash, K., Malathi, M., Madhumathi, D. S. and Bapsy, P. P.   Uncommon manifestations of common malignancies: case 2. Chronic lymphocytic leukemia and multiple myeloma in the same patient. Journal of Clinical Oncology .  2004.  22, 3192-3193. [PubMed]  
		 
		
			
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				Prabhash, K. and Bapsy, P. P.   New frontiers of therapy in hemato-oncology. The Journal of the Association of Physicians of India.  2003.  51, 1123-1127. [PubMed]  
		 
		
			
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				Prabhash, K., Babu, K. G., Balu, S., Haritha, C. and Bapsy, P. P.   Hodgkin's disease and pilocytic astrocytoma--a synchronous presentation. The Journal of the Association of Physicians of India.  2003.  51, 833-834. [PubMed]  
		 
		
			
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				Bapsy, P. P. , Prabhash, K., Babu, K. G. and Girish, M. H.  Gastrointestinal stromal tumour--a paradigm shift in management of solid tumours. The Journal of the Association of Physicians of India.  2003.  51, 801-804. [PubMed]  
		 
		
			
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				Prabhash, K., Loknath, D., Babu, K. G., Hasib, A. G., Biswas, S. and Bapsy, P. P.   Chronic myeloid leukemia with osteolytic bone involvement. The Journal of the Association of Physicians of India.  2003.  51, 740-741. [PubMed]  
		 
		
			
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				Singhal, N. and Bapsy, P. P.   Breast cancer and adjuvant chemotherapy. The National Medical Journal of India.  2003.  16, 214-215. [PubMed]  
		 
		
			
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				Bapsy, P. P. , Prabhash, K., Babu, K. G., Balu, S. and Biswas, S.  Mixed germ cell tumour with skin metastasis. The Journal of the Association of Physicians of India.  2003.  51, 322-323. [PubMed]  
		 
		
			
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				Prabhash, K., Babu, K. G., Ravi, S., Girish, M. H. and Bapsy, P. P.   Staphylococcal scalded skin syndrome. The Lancet Infectious Diseases.  2003.  3, 442. [PubMed]  
		 
		
			
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				Sundareshan, T. S., Prabhash, K. and Bapsy, P. P.   Deletion of 6q23 as sole abnormality in acute myelocytic leukemia. Cancer Genetics and Cytogenetics.  2003.  143, 87-88. [PubMed]  
		 
		
			
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				Kumari, P., Mukherjee, G., Rao, C. R., Devi, M. G., Biswas, S., Appaji, L., Arunakumari, B. S., Padma, M., Bapsy, P. P.  and Sundareshan, T. S.  Cytogenetic study of non-Hodgkin lymphoma from South India. histologic and geographic correlations. Cancer Genetics and Cytogenetics.  2003.  141, 14-19. [PubMed]  
		 
		
			
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				Sridhar, H., Jayshree, R. S., Bapsy, P. P. , Appaji, L., Navin, K., Shafiulla, M. and VijayKumar, B. R.  Invasive aspergillosis in cancer. Mycoses.  2002.  45, 358-363. [PubMed]  
		 
		
			
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				Babu, K. G., Lokanath, D., Kumar, P., Harita, S., Nimit, N., Girish, R. and Bapsy, P. P.   A difficult diagnosis? The Lancet Oncology.  2002.  3, 332. [PubMed]  
		 
		
			
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				Doval, D. C., Kumar, R. V., Kannan, V., Sabitha, K. S., Misra, S., Vijay, K., Hegde, P., Bapsy, P. P. , Mani, K., Shenoy, A. M. and Kumarswamy, S. V.  Osteosarcoma of the jaw bones. The British Journal of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery.  1997.  35, 357-362. [PubMed]  
		 
		
			
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				Kannan, V., Bapsy, P. P. , Anantha, N., Doval, D. C., Vaithianathan, H., Banumathy, G., Reddy, K. B., Kumaraswamy, S. V. and Shenoy, A. M.  Efficacy and safety of granulocyte macrophage-colony stimulating factor (GM-CSF) on the frequency and severity of radiation mucositis in patients with head and neck carcinoma. International Journal of Radiation Oncology, Biology, Physics.  1997.  37, 1005-1010. [PubMed]  
		 
		
			
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				Doval, D. C., Pavithran, K., Acharya, R. S., Kannan, V., Mukherjee, G. and Bapsy, P. P.   Ewing's sarcoma with central nervous system metastasis--report of two cases. Indian Journal of Cancer.  1997.  34, 26-29. [PubMed]  
		 
		
			
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				Pavithran, K., Doval, D. C., Mukherjee, G., Kannan, V., Kumaraswamy, S. V. and Bapsy, P. P.   Rhabdomyosarcoma of the oral cavity--report of eight cases. Acta Oncologica.  1997.  36, 819-821. [PubMed]  
		 
		
			
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				Pavithran, K., Doval, D. C., Ravi, S., Mittal, R. and Bapsy, P. P.   Cardiac metastasis from carcinoma breast--a case report. Indian Journal of Medical Sciences.  1997.  51, 15-17. [PubMed]  
		 
		
			
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				Doval, D. C., Kannan, V., Mukherjee, G., Shenoy, A. M., Shariff, M. H. and Bapsy, P. P.   Synovial sarcoma of the neck. European Archives of Oto-rhino-laryngology .  1997.  254, 246-250. [PubMed]  
		 
		
			
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				Pavithran, K., Doval, D. C., Rao, C. R., Bapsy, P. P.  and Anantha, N.  Pediatric solitary plasmacytoma. Acta Oncologica.  1997.  36, 83-84. [PubMed]  
		 
		
			
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				Lakshminarasimhan, S., Doval, D. C., Rajashekhar, U., Mukherjee, G., Kannan, V., Devi, L. and Bapsy, P. P.   Pre leukemic granulocytic sarcoma of vagina. A case report with review of literature. Indian Journal of Cancer.  1996.  33, 145-148. [PubMed]  
		 
		
			
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				Doval, D. C., Rao, C. R., Saitha, K. S., Vigayakumar, M., Misra, S., Mani, K., Bapsy, P. P.  and Kumaraswamy, S. V.  Magliant melanoma of the oral cavity: report of 14 cases from a regional cancer centre. European Journal of Surgical Oncology .  1996.  22, 245-249. [PubMed]  
		 
		
			
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				Doval, D. C., Rao, C. R., Misra, S., Devi, L., Srinivas, V., Chandrashekar, M. and Bapsy, P. P.   Isolated granulocytic sarcoma of the breast. Annals of Oncology .  1996.  7, 424-425. [PubMed]  
		 
		
			
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				Devi, V. L., Doval, D. C., Rao, C. R. and Bapsy, P. P.   Spinal epidural granulocytic sarcoma: A rare presentation of acute myeloid leukemia. Annals of Saudi Medicine.  1996.  16, 212-214. [PubMed]  
		 
		
			
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				Doval, D. C., Rao, C. R., Acharya, R., Reddy, B. K. and Bapsy, P. P.   Hepatocellular carcinoma metastatic to bones (Case report with review of literature). Indian Journal of Cancer.  1995.  32, 31-35. [PubMed]  
		 
		
			
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				Bapsy, P. P. , Doval, D. C., Kannan, V. and Anantha, N.  Hematopoietic growth factors in radiation mucositis. The Journal of the Association of Physicians of India.  1995.  Suppl 3, 11-13. [PubMed]  
		 
		
			
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				Doval, D. C., Kannan, V., Acharya, R. S., Mukherjee, G., Shenoy, A. M. and Bapsy, P. P.   Rhabdomyosarcoma of the tongue. The British Journal of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery.  1994.  32, 183-186. [PubMed]  
		 
		
			
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				Doval, D. C., Naresh, K. N., Sabitha, K. S., Vijaykumar, M., Bapsy, P. P.,  Anantha, N. and Kumarswamy, S. V.  Carcinoma of the urinary bladder metastatic to the oral cavity. Indian Journal of Cancer.  1994.  31, 8-11. [PubMed]  
		 
		
			
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				Doval, D. C., Kannan, V., Acharya, R., Mukherjee, G., Chandrashekhar, M. and Bapsy, P. P.   Bronchial embryonal rhabdomyosarcoma--a case report. Acta Oncologica.  1994.  33, 832-833. [PubMed]  
		 
		
			
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				Doval, D. C., Kannan, V., Kumaraswamy, S. V., Reddy, B. K., Bapsy, P. P.  and Rao, C. R.  Mandibular metastasis in hepatocellular carcinoma. International Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery.  1992.  21, 97-98. [PubMed]  
		 
	 
	 
  
                           
                         
                                                    
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                                            M.D.                                                    in Medicine				
				 
                                                                                                                            
 
                                           
                                                                                    
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                                            D.M.                                                    in Medical Oncology				
				 
                                                                                                                            
 
                                           
                                                                                    
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                                            2005, Senior Research Fellow, Oxford University, Oxford, UK       
 
                                           
                                                                                    
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                                            Vasantha Memorial Award for Women Oncologist, Coimbatore, India           
 
                                           
                                                                                    
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                                            2003, Indian Society of Hematology and Blood Transfusion Oration, New Delhi                          
 
                                           
                                                                                    
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                                            2002, Paul Harris Award by Rotary                        
 
                                           
                                                                                    
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                                            European School of Medical Oncology