Rajiv  Sarin,                               M.D., F.R.C.R 
                               
                              Director  
                           
                         
                                  
         
                                                    
                                                    
                            Advanced Centre for Treatment Research and Education in Cancer 
                           
                                                                                                        
                            Tata Memorial Centre, Kharghar 
                           
                                                    
                            Navi Mumbai - 410 208                                 
                           
                                                    
                            Maharashtra                                 
                           						  
                                                            
                           
                                                    
                            E-mail: director.lab@actrec.gov.in, drrajivsarin@rediffmail.com 
                           
                                                                              
                            Phone: +91-22-27405075, 27405000, Extn. 5529 
                           
                                                    
                            Fax: +91-22-27412893  
                           
                  
                          
                               
                           
                          
                            URL:   http://actrec.gov.in/pi-webpages/RajivSarin/rs-index.htm  
                           
                          
                          						  
                              
                           
						  
	                             
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                                  Director  
                                  Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai, India 
                                  
								  2005-Present 
                                 
                                                            
 
                           
                          
                              
                           
                                                                              
                            Area of Specialization:  
                           
                          
                          
  
     
    Genetics 
   
                            
  
     
    Radiation Oncology 
   
    
                          
                        
                           
                           
                         
                         
                                                    
                                                    
                          
                             
                           
                                                    
                             Research Summary:  
                           
                                                    
                            
                                                                
                                   
                                  Genetic alterations in step-wise carcinogenesis model 
                                 
                                                                
                                   
                                  Genetic predisposition to cancer from low penetrance genes and their interaction with various endogenous or environmental factors in common cancers 
                                 
                                                            
 
                           
                          
                              
                           
                                                    
                            Publications:  
                           
                          
                            
	
		
			
				1. 
			
				Mahantshetty, U., Jamema, S., Engineer, R., Deshpande, D., Sarin, R. , Fogliata, A., Nicolini, G., Clivio, A., Vanetti, E., Shrivastava, S. and Cozzi, L.  Whole abdomen radiation therapy in ovarian cancers: a comparison between fixed beam and volumetric arc based intensity modulation. Radiation Oncology.  2010.  5, 106. [PubMed]  
		 
		
			
				2. 
			
				Sarin R.   Ultra-targeted APBI using TARGIT-a cautionary note. Nature Reviews. Clinical Oncology.  2010.  7, 675-676. [PubMed]  
		 
		
			
				3. 
			
				Munshi, A., Dutta, D., Kakkar, S., Budrukkar, A., Jalali, R., Sarin, R. , Gupta, S., Parmar, V. and Badwe, R.  Comparison of early quality of life in patients treated with radiotherapy following mastectomy or breast conservation therapy: a prospective study. Radiotherapy and Oncology : Journal of the European Society For Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology.  2010.  97, 288-293. [PubMed]  
		 
		
			
				4. 
			
				Hudson, T. J., Anderson, W., Artez, A., Barker, A. D., Bell, C., Bernabe, R. R., Bhan, M. K., Calvo, F., Eerola, I., Gerhard, D. S., Guttmacher, A., Guyer, M., Hemsley, F. M., Jennings, J. L., Kerr, D., Klatt, P., Kolar, P., Kusada, J., Lane, D. P., Laplace, F., Youyong, L., Nettekoven, G., Ozenberger, B., Peterson, J., Rao, T. S., Remacle, J., Schafer, A. J., Shibata, T., Stratton, M. R., Vockley, J. G., Watanabe, K., Yang, H., Yuen, M. M., Knoppers, B. M., Bobrow, M., Cambon-Thomsen, A., Dressler, L. G., Dyke, S. O., Joly, Y., Kato, K., Kennedy, K. L., Nicolas, P., Parker, M. J., Rial-Sebbag, E., Romeo-Casabona, C. M., Shaw, K. M., Wallace, S., Wiesner, G. L., Zeps, N., Lichter, P., Biankin, A. V., Chabannon, C., Chin, L., Clement, B., de, A., Degos, F., Ferguson, M. L., Geary, P., Hayes, D. N., Hudson, T. J., Johns, A. L., Kasprzyk, A., Nakagawa, H., Penny, R., Piris, M. A., Sarin, R. , Scarpa, A., Shibata, T., van, d. e., Futreal, P. A., Aburatani, H., Bayes, M., Botwell, D. D., Campbell, P. J., Estivill, X., Gerhard, D. S., Grimmond, S. M., Gut, I., Hirst, M., Lopez-Otin, C., Majumder, P., Marra, M., McPherson, J. D., Nakagawa, H., Ning, Z., Puente, X. S., Ruan, Y., Shibata, T., Stratton, M. R., Stunnenberg, H. G., Swerdlow, H., Velculescu, V. E., Wilson, R. K., Xue, H. H., Yang, L., Spellman, P. T., Bader, G. D., Boutros, P. C., Campbell, P. J., Flicek, P., Getz, G., Guigo, R., Guo, G., Haussler, D., Heath, S., Hubbard, T. J., Jiang, T., Jones, S. M., Li, Q., Lopez-Bigas, N., Luo, R., Muthuswamy, L., Ouellette, B. F., Pearson, J. V., Puente, X. S., Quesada, V., Raphael, B. J., Sander, C., Shibata, T., Speed, T. P., Stein, L. D., Stuart, J. M., Teague, J. W., Totoki, Y., Tsunoda, T., Valencia, A., Wheeler, D. A., Wu, H., Zhao, S., Zhou, G., Stein, L. D., Guigo, R., Hubbard, T. J., Joly, Y., Jones, S. M., Kasprzyk, A., Lathrop, M., Lopez-Bigas, N., Ouellette, B. F., Spellman, P. T., Teague, J. W., Thomas, G., Valencia, A., Yoshida, T., Kennedy, K. L., Axton, M., Dyke, S. O., Futreal, P. A., Gerhard, D. S., Gunter, C., Guyer, M., Hudson, T. J., McPherson, J. D., Miller, L. J., Ozenberger, B., Shaw, K. M., Kasprzyk, A., Stein, L. D., Zhang, J., Haider, S. A., Wang, J., Yung, C. K., Cross, A., Liang, Y., Gnaneshan, S., Guberman, J., Hsu, J., Bobrow, M., Chalmers, D. R., Hasel, K. W., Joly, Y., Kaan, T. S., Kennedy, K. L., Knoppers, B. M., Lowrance, W. W., Masui, T., Nicolas, P., Rial-Sebbag, E., Rodriguez, L. L., Vergely, C., Yoshida, T., Grimmond, S. M., Biankin, A. V., Bowtell, D. D., Cloonan, N., deFazio, A., Eshleman, J. R., Etemadmoghadam, D., Gardiner, B. A., Kench, J. G., Scarpa, A., Sutherland, R. L., Tempero, M. A., Waddell, N. J., Wilson, P. J., McPherson, J. D., Gallinger, S., Tsao, M. S., Shaw, P. A., Petersen, G. M., Mukhopadhyay, D., Chin, L., DePinho, R. A., Thayer, S., Muthuswamy, L., Shazand, K., Beck, T., Sam, M., Timms, L., Ballin, V., Lu, Y., Ji, J., Zhang, X., Chen, F., Hu, X., Zhou, G., Yang, Q., Tian, G., Zhang, L., Xing, X., Li, X., Zhu, Z., Yu, Y., Yu, J., Yang, H., Lathrop, M., Tost, J., Brennan, P., Holcatova, I., Zaridze, D., Brazma, A., Egevard, L., Prokhortchouk, E., Banks, R. E., Uhlen, M., Cambon-Thomsen, A., Viksna, J., Ponten, F., Skryabin, K., Stratton, M. R., Futreal, P. A., Birney, E., Borg, A., Borresen-Dale, A. L., Caldas, C., Foekens, J. A., Martin, S., Reis-Filho, J. S., Richardson, A. L., Sotiriou, C., Stunnenberg, H. G., Thoms, G., van, d. e., van't, V., Calvo, F., Birnbaum, D., Blanche, H., Boucher, P., Boyault, S., Chabannon, C., Gut, I., Masson-Jacquemier, J. D., Lathrop, M., Pauporte, I., Pivot, X., Vincent-Salomon, A., Tabone, E., Theillet, C., Thomas, G., Tost, J., Treilleux, I., Calvo, F., Bioulac-Sage, P., Clement, B., Decaens, T., Degos, F., Franco, D., Gut, I., Gut, M., Heath, S., Lathrop, M., Samuel, D., Thomas, G., Zucman-Rossi, J., Lichter, P., Eils, R., Brors, B., Korbel, J. O., Korshunov, A., Landgraf, P., Lehrach, H., Pfister, S., Radlwimmer, B., Reifenberger, G., Taylor, M. D., von, K., Majumder, P. P., Sarin, R. , Rao, T. S., Bhan, M. K., Scarpa, A., Pederzoli, P., Lawlor, R. A., Delledonne, M., Bardelli, A., Biankin, A. V., Grimmond, S. M., Gress, T., Klimstra, D., Zamboni, G., Shibata, T., Nakamura, Y., Nakagawa, H., Kusada, J., Tsunoda, T., Miyano, S., Aburatani, H., Kato, K., Fujimoto, A., Yoshida, T., Campo, E., Lopez-Otin, C., Estivill, X., Guigo, R., de, S., Piris, M. A., Montserrat, E., Gonzalez-Diaz, M., Puente, X. S., Jares, P., Valencia, A., Himmelbaue, H., Quesada, V., Bea, S., Stratton, M. R., Futreal, P. A., Campbell, P. J., Vincent-Salomon, A., Richardson, A. L., Reis-Filho, J. S., van, d. e., Thomas, G., Masson-Jacquemier, J. D., Aparicio, S., Borg, A., Borresen-Dale, A. L., Caldas, C., Foekens, J. A., Stunnenberg, H. G., van't, V., Easton, D. F., Spellman, P. T., Martin, S., Barker, A. D., Chin, L., Collins, F. S., Compton, C. C., Ferguson, M. L., Gerhard, D. S., Getz, G., Gunter, C., Guttmacher, A., Guyer, M., Hayes, D. N., Lander, E. S., Ozenberger, B., Penny, R., Peterson, J., Sander, C., Shaw, K. M., Speed, T. P., Spellman, P. T., Vockley, J. G., Wheeler, D. A., Wilson, R. K., Hudson, T. J., Chin, L., Knoppers, B. M., Lander, E. S., Lichter, P., Stein, L. D., Stratton, M. R., Anderson, W., Barker, A. D., Bell, C., Bobrow, M., Burke, W., Collins, F. S., Compton, C. C., DePinho, R. A., Easton, D. F., Futreal, P. A., Gerhard, D. S., Green, A. R., Guyer, M., Hamilton, S. R., Hubbard, T. J., Kallioniemi, O. P., Kennedy, K. L., Ley, T. J., Liu, E. T., Lu, Y., Majumder, P., Marra, M., Ozenberger, B., Peterson, J., Schafer, A. J., Spellman, P. T., Stunnenberg, H. G., Wainwright, B. J., Wilson, R. K. and Yang, H.  International network of cancer genome projects. Nature.  2010.  464, 993-998. [PubMed]  
		 
		
			
				5. 
			
				Sarin R.   From 3D to 5D radiotherapy: a blitzkrieg of DTH! Journal of Cancer Research and Therapeutics.  2009.  5, 223-224. [PubMed]  
		 
		
			
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				Kinhikar, R. A., Jamema, S. V., Pai, R., Zubin, M., Gupta, T., Dhote, D. S., Deshpande, D. D., Shrivastava, S. K. and Sarin, R.   Dosimetric validation of first helical tomotherapy Hi-Art II machine in India. Journal of Medical Physics / Association of Medical Physicists of India.  2009.  34, 23-30. [PubMed]  
		 
		
			
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				Dwarakanath, B. S., Singh, D., Banerji, A. K., Sarin, R. , Venkataramana, N. K., Jalali, R., Vishwanath, P. N., Mohanti, B. K., Tripathi, R. P., Kalia, V. K. and Jain, V.  Clinical studies for improving radiotherapy with 2-deoxy-D-glucose: present status and future prospects. Journal of Cancer Research and Therapeutics.  2009.  5 Suppl 1, S21-6. [PubMed]  
		 
		
			
				8. 
			
				Swamidas, V. J., Mahantshetty, U., Vineeta, G., Engineer, R., Deshpande, D. D., Sarin, R.  and Shrivastava, S. K.  Treatment planning of epithelial ovarian cancers using helical tomotherapy. Journal of Applied Clinical Medical Physics / American College of Medical Physics.  2009.  10, 3003. [PubMed]  
		 
		
			
				9. 
			
				Jalali, R., Mallick, I., Dutta, D., Goswami, S., Gupta, T., Munshi, A., Deshpande, D. and Sarin, R.   Factors influencing neurocognitive outcomes in young patients with benign and low-grade brain tumors treated with stereotactic conformal radiotherapy. International Journal of Radiation Oncology, Biology, Physics.  2010.  77, 974-979. [PubMed]  
		 
		
			
				10. 
			
				Jalali, R., Dutta, D., Srinivas, C., Munshi, A., Limaye, U., Goel, A., Deshpande, D. and Sarin, R.   Micromultileaf collimator-based stereotactic radiosurgery for selected arteriovenous malformations: technique and preliminary experience. Journal of Cancer Research and Therapeutics.  2009.  5, 186-191. [PubMed]  
		 
		
			
				11. 
			
				Murthy, V., Moiyadi, A., Sawant, R. and Sarin, R.   Clinical considerations in developing dendritic cell vaccine based immunotherapy protocols in cancer. Current Molecular Medicine.  2009.  9, 725-731. [PubMed]  
		 
		
			
				12. 
			
				Jalali, R., Raut, N., Arora, B., Gupta, T., Dutta, D., Munshi, A., Sarin, R.  and Kurkure, P.  Prospective evaluation of radiotherapy with concurrent and adjuvant temozolomide in children with newly diagnosed diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma. International Journal of Radiation Oncology, Biology, Physics.  2010.  77, 113-118. [PubMed]  
		 
		
			
				13. 
			
				Shome, D., Poddar, N., Sharma, V., Sheorey, U., Maru, G. B., Ingle, A., Sarin, R. , Banavali, S., Dikshit, R., Jain, V., Honavar, S. and Bellare, J.  Does a nanomolecule of Carboplatin injected periocularly help in attaining higher intravitreal concentrations? Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science.  2009.  50, 5896-5900. [PubMed]  
		 
		
			
				14. 
			
				Gupta, T., Sarin, R. , Jalali, R., Sharma, S., Kurkure, P. and Goel, A.  A pragmatic clinicopathobiological grouping/staging system for gliomas: proposal of the Indian TNM subcommittee on brain tumors. Neurology India.  2009.  57, 247-251. [PubMed]  
		 
		
			
				15. 
			
				Budrukkar, A., Jalali, R., Dutta, D., Sarin, R. , Devlekar, R., Parab, S. and Kakde, A.  Prospective assessment of quality of life in adult patients with primary brain tumors in routine neurooncology practice. Journal of Neuro-oncology.  2009.  95, 413-419. [PubMed]  
		 
		
			
				16. 
			
				Wadasadawala, T., Sarin, R. , Budrukkar, A., Jalali, R., Munshi, A. and Badwe, R.  Accelerated partial-breast irradiation vs conventional whole-breast radiotherapy in early breast cancer: a case-control study of disease control, cosmesis, and complications. Journal of Cancer Research and Therapeutics.  2009.  5, 93-101. [PubMed]  
		 
		
			
				17. 
			
				Munshi, A., Pai, R. H., Phurailatpam, R., Budrukkar, A., Jalali, R., Sarin, R. , Deshpande, D. D., Shrivastava, S. K. and Dinshaw, K. A.  Do all patients of breast carcinoma need 3-dimensional CT-based planning? A dosimetric study comparing different breast sizes. Medical Dosimetry : Official Journal of the American Association of Medical Dosimetrists.  2009.  34, 140-144. [PubMed]  
		 
		
			
				18. 
			
				Sarin R.   Inverse planning for the T1--T2 conundrum in translation research. Journal of Cancer Research and Therapeutics.  2009.  5, 1-2. [PubMed]  
		 
		
			
				19. 
			
				Sarin R.   HPV vaccine for primary prevention of cervical cancer in developing countries: the missing links. Journal of Cancer Research and Therapeutics.  2008.  4, 105-106. [PubMed]  
		 
		
			
				20. 
			
				Jalali, R., Dutta, D., Kamble, R., Gupta, T., Munshi, A., Sarin, R.  and Dinshaw, K.  Prospective assessment of activities of daily living using modified Barthel's Index in children and young adults with low-grade gliomas treated with stereotactic conformal radiotherapy. Journal of Neuro-oncology.  2008.  90, 321-328. [PubMed]  
		 
		
			
				21. 
			
				Sarin R.   Criteria for deciding cost-effectiveness for expensive new anti-cancer agents. Journal of Cancer Research and Therapeutics.  2008.  4, 1-2. [PubMed]  
		 
		
			
				22. 
			
				Munshi, A., Jain, S., Budrukkar, A., Jalali, R. and Sarin, R.   Radiotherapy-induced depigmentation in a patient with breast cancer. Indian Journal of Cancer.  2007.  44, 157-158. [PubMed]  
		 
		
			
				23. 
			
				Sarin R.   Denying open access to published health-care research: WHO has the password? Journal of Cancer Research and Therapeutics.  2007.  3, 133-134. [PubMed]  
		 
		
			
				24. 
			
				Budrukkar, A. N., Sarin, R. , Chinoy, R. F., Badwe, R., Shrivastava, S. K. and Dinshaw, K. A.  Prognostic factors in node negative premenopausal women treated with breast conserving therapy without adjuvant systemic therapy. Breast.  2008.  17, 263-269. [PubMed]  
		 
		
			
				25. 
			
				Munshi, A., Sarin, R. , Dudhani, A. and Dinshaw, K. A.  Age related macular degeneration: a study of patients managed with radiotherapy. Journal of Cancer Research and Therapeutics.  2007.  3, 12-16. [PubMed]  
		 
		
			
				26. 
			
				Sarin R.   A decade of discovery of BRCA1 and BRCA2: are we turning the tide against hereditary breast cancers? Journal of Cancer Research and Therapeutics.  2006.  2, 157-158. [PubMed]  
		 
		
			
				27. 
			
				Sarin R.   The journey of biospecimens: mortuaries to biorepositories. Journal of Cancer Research and Therapeutics.  2006.  2, 3-4. [PubMed]  
		 
		
			
				28. 
			
				Sarin R.   Indian National Cancer Control Programme: setting sight on shifting targets. Journal of Cancer Research and Therapeutics.  2005.  1, 240-248. [PubMed]  
		 
		
			
				29. 
			
				Sarin R.   National Cancer Control Programme: beyond number games. Journal of Cancer Research and Therapeutics.  2005.  1, 197. [PubMed]  
		 
		
			
				30. 
			
				Nagraj, H. and Rajiv, S.   War games and cancer. Journal of Cancer Research and Therapeutics.  2005.  1, 125. [PubMed]  
		 
		
			
				31. 
			
				Goel, V., Sarin, R. , Shrivastava, S. K., Desai, S. and Dinshaw, K. A.  Management dilemmas in radiation associated pelvic sarcoma. Journal of Cancer Research and Therapeutics.  2005.  1, 57-59. [PubMed]  
		 
		
			
				32. 
			
				Sarin R.   Trends in basic, translational, epidemiological and therapeutic research in cancer. Journal of Cancer Research and Therapeutics.  2005.  1, 4-6. [PubMed]  
		 
		
			
				33. 
			
				Jalali, R., Malde, R., Bhutani, R., Budrukkar, A., Badwe, R. and Sarin, R.   Prospective evaluation of concomitant tumour bed boost with whole breast irradiation in patients with locally advanced breast cancer undergoing breast-conserving therapy. Breast.  2008.  17, 64-70. [PubMed]  
		 
		
			
				34. 
			
				Sarin, R.  and Chopra, S.  Accelerated partial breast irradiation using multicatheter brachytherapy. Nature Clinical Practice. Oncology.  2007.  4, 382-383. [PubMed]  
		 
		
			
				35. 
			
				Sarin R.   Telemedicine complements effective health-care delivery but is not a panacea. PLoS Medicine.  2006.  3, e367. [PubMed]  
		 
		
			
				36. 
			
				Dinshaw, K. A., Sarin, R. , Budrukkar, A. N., Shrivastava, S. K., Deshpande, D. D., Chinoy, R. F., Badwe, R. and Hawaldar, R.  Safety and feasibility of breast conserving therapy in Indian women: two decades of experience at Tata Memorial Hospital. Journal of Surgical Oncology.  2006.  94, 105-113. [PubMed]  
		 
		
			
				37. 
			
				Kinhikar, R. A., Sharma, P. K., Tambe, C. M., Mahantshetty, U. M., Sarin, R. , Deshpande, D. D. and Shrivastava, S. K.  Clinical application of a OneDose MOSFET for skin dose measurements during internal mammary chain irradiation with high dose rate brachytherapy in carcinoma of the breast. Physics in Medicine and Biology.  2006.  51, N263-8. [PubMed]  
		 
		
			
				38. 
			
				Sarin R.   Evidence-based clinicoradiobiological model for fractionation. The Lancet Oncology.  2006.  7, 445-447. [PubMed]  
		 
		
			
				39. 
			
				Sarin, R.  and Jalali, R.  Optimizing the sequencing of adjuvant chemotherapy and radiotherapy for early breast cancer. Nature Clinical Practice. Oncology.  2005.  2, 606-607. [PubMed]  
		 
		
			
				40. 
			
				Sarin R.   Partial-breast treatment for early breast cancer: emergence of a new paradigm. Nature Clinical Practice. Oncology.  2005.  2, 40-47. [PubMed]  
		 
		
			
				41. 
			
				Kinhikar, R. A., Deshpande, S. S., Mahantshetty, U., Sarin, R. , Shrivastava, S. K. and Deshpande, D. D.  HDR brachytherapy combined with 3-D conformal vs. IMRT in left-sided breast cancer patients including internal mammary chain: comparative analysis of dosimetric and technical parameters. Journal of Applied Clinical Medical Physics / American College of Medical Physics.  2005.  6, 1-12. [PubMed]  
		 
		
			
				42. 
			
				Dinshaw, K. A., Budrukkar, A. N., Chinoy, R. F., Sarin, R. , Badwe, R., Hawaldar, R. and Shrivastava, S. K.  Profile of prognostic factors in 1022 Indian women with early-stage breast cancer treated with breast-conserving therapy. International Journal of Radiation Oncology, Biology, Physics.  2005.  63, 1132-1141. [PubMed]  
		 
		
			
				43. 
			
				Kotnis, A., Sarin, R.  and Mulherkar, R.  Genotype, phenotype and cancer: role of low penetrance genes and environment in tumour susceptibility. Journal of Biosciences.  2005.  30, 93-102. [PubMed]  
		 
		
			
				44. 
			
				Jhavar, S. G., Sarin, R. , Chopra, S., Kotnis, A., Mulherkar, R., A'hern, R., Agarwal, J. P., Shrivastava, S. K. and Dinshaw, K. A.  Females with paired occurrence of cancers in the UADT and genital region have a higher frequency of either Glutathione S-transferase M1/T1 null genotype. Journal of Carcinogenesis.  2005.  4, 6. [PubMed]  
		 
		
			
				45. 
			
				Jalali, R., Budrukkar, A., Sarin, R.  and Sharma, D. S.  High precision conformal radiotherapy employing conservative margins in childhood benign and low-grade brain tumours. Radiotherapy and Oncology : Journal of the European Society For Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology.  2005.  74, 37-44. [PubMed]  
		 
		
			
				46. 
			
				Gupta, T. and Sarin, R.   Palliative radiation therapy for painful vertebral metastases: a practice survey. Cancer.  2004.  101, 2892-2896. [PubMed]  
		 
		
			
				47. 
			
				Jhavar, S., Sarin, R. , Mulherkar, R., Benner, A., Agarwal, J. P. and Dinshaw, K.  Glutathione S-transferase M1 or T1 null genotype as a risk factor for developing multiple primary neoplasms in the upper aero-digestive tract, in Indian males using tobacco. Oral Oncology.  2004.  40, 84-91. [PubMed]  
		 
		
			
				48. 
			
				Sarin, R.  and Murthy, V.  Medical decompressive therapy for primary and metastatic intracranial tumours. Lancet Neurology.  2003.  2, 357-365. [PubMed]  
		 
		
			
				49. 
			
				Murthy, V., Jalali, R., Sarin, R. , Nehru, R. M., Deshpande, D. and Dinshaw, K. A.  Stereotactic conformal radiotherapy for posterior fossa tumours: a modelling study for potential improvement in therapeutic ratio. Radiotherapy and Oncology : Journal of the European Society For Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology.  2003.  67, 191-198. [PubMed]  
		 
		
			
				50. 
			
				Narayanan, S. S., Goel, V., Sarin, R. , Jalali, R., Shrivastava, S. K., Deshpande, D. D. and Dinshaw, K. A.  Intraoperative high-dose-rate 192Ir radical implant in early breast cancer: a quality assurance and dosimetry study. International Journal of Radiation Oncology, Biology, Physics.  2003.  56, 690-696. [PubMed]  
		 
		
			
				51. 
			
				Siddiqui, F., Sarin, R. , Agarwal, J. P., Thotathil, Z., Mistry, R. and Dinshaw, K. A.  Squamous carcinoma of the larynx and hypopharynx in children: a distinct clinical entity? Medical and Pediatric Oncology.  2003.  40, 322-324. [PubMed]  
		 
		
			
				52. 
			
				Sarin, R.  and Thomas, P. R.  Squamous carcinoma of the larynx and hypopharynx in children: An enigma and a dilemma. Medical and Pediatric Oncology.  2003.  40, 273-275. [PubMed]  
		 
		
			
				53. 
			
				Murthy, V., Bharia, G. and Sarin, R.   Tamoxifen non-compliance: does it matter? The Lancet Oncology.  2002.  3, 654. [PubMed]  
		 
		
			
				54. 
			
				Gupta, T. and Sarin, R.   Poor-prognosis high-grade gliomas: evolving an evidence-based standard of care. The Lancet Oncology.  2002.  3, 557-564. [PubMed]  
		 
		
			
				55. 
			
				Sarin, R.  and Budrukkar, A.  Efficacy, toxicity, and cost-effectiveness of single-dose versus fractionated hemibody irradiation (HBI). International Journal of Radiation Oncology, Biology, Physics.  2002.  52, 1146; author reply 1146-1147. [PubMed]  
		 
	 
	 
  
                           
                         
                                                    
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                                  Shrivastava, SK., Sarin, R., Gupta, T., D Cruz, A., Tongaonkar, H., Parikh, PM., and Dinshaw, KA. (eds.) Evidence based management guidelines: Head and neck, cervical and urological cancers, Vol. IV, Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai 2005.                               
                                 
                                                                
                                   
                                  Sarin, R., Kowtal, P. Inherited Predisposition to Cancer and issues in genetic testing. In Evidence based management of cancer: Guidelines for Molecular Diagnostics in Oncology, Vol. VII (B), Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai 2008. pg 1-13.  ISBN: 978-81-904583-1-3                               
                                 
                                                                
                                   
                                  Sarin, R.,Tongaonkar, H.B., and Engineer, R. The Clinical Management of Penile Cancer in Urological Cancers. Editor. Jonathan Waxman, Springer-Verlag, London, U.K. 2005. pg. 283-298.                               
                                 
                                                                
                                   
                                  Shrivastava, SK., Sarin, R., Gupta, T., D Cruz, A., Tongaonkar, H., Parikh, PM., and Dinshaw, KA. (eds.) Evidence based management guidelines: Head and neck, cervical and urological cancers, Vol. IV, Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai 2005.                               
                                 
                                                            
 
                           
                                                    
                              
                           
                                                    
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                                  International Cancer Genome Consortium - India Project 
                                  Principal Investigator 
                                  Department of Biotechnology, Government of India 
                                   
                                  
                                  
								  
								  
								  
								  
								  
								  
								  
								  2009-2012								   
                                 
                                                                
                                  Centre for Advanced Research for Cancer Genetics and Genomics 
                                   
                                  Indian Council of Medical Research 
                                   
                                  
                                  
								  
								  
								  
								  
								  
								  
								  
								  2007-2012								   
                                 
                                                                
                                  Breast Cancer Genetic, Environment and Lifestyle Study in Familial & Non Familial Breast Cancer (BRCA GEL) 
                                   
                                  University of South Carolina, Cancer Genetics Unit, USA & Advanced Centre for Treatment Research and Education in Cancer, Mumbai, India  
                                   
                                  
                                  
								  
								  
								  
								  
								  
								  
								  
								  2010-2012								   
                                 
                                                              
                                 
 
                           
                          
                              
                           
                                                
 
                      
                          
                            
                                                                 
                                   
                             
                            
                                
                             
                            
                              
                                  
                                     
                                   
                                  
                                                                            
                                        
                                                                                    
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                                            Editorial Board member - Lancet Oncology, Molecular Oncology, Radiotherapy Oncology, Cancer Biomarkers, Mammology                             
 
                                           
                                                                                    
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                                            Executive Editor of the Journal of Cancer Research & Therapeutics                             
 
                                           
                                                                                  
                                       
                                       
                                   
                              
 
                             
                          
                        
                            
                               
                             
                            
                                                                
                                  
                                    
                                      Type of Neoplasms 
 
                                     
                                                                        
                                        
                                     
                                    
                                      Head and Neck 
 
                                     
									                                    
                                      
                                          Central nervous system, Oral cavity                                      
 
                                     
                                                                                                                                                                                    
                                      Breast 
 
                                     
									                                    
                                      
                                          Female