Siddhartha  Laskar,                               D.M.R.T., M.D., D.N.B. 
                               
                              Associate Professor  
                           
                         
                                  
         
                                                    
                                                    
                            Tata Memorial Hospital 
                           
                                                                                                        
                            Dr. E Borges Road, Parel 
                           
                                                    
                            Mumbai - 410 210                                 
                           
                                                    
                            Maharashtra                                 
                           						  
                                                            
                           
                                                    
                            E-mail: laskars2000@yahoo.com 
                           
                                                                              
                            Phone: +91-22-24177167 
                           
                                                    
                            Fax: +91-22-24146937  
                           
                  
                          
                               
                           
                          
                            URL:   http://tatamemorialcentre.com/medical/departments/Facultypages/Slaskar.htm  
                           
                          
                          						  
                              
                           
						  
	                             
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                                  Associate Professor  
                                  Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai, India 
                                  
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                            Area of Specialization:  
                           
                          
                          
                          
  
     
    Radiation Oncology 
   
    
                          
                        
                           
                           
                         
                         
                                                    
                                                    
                          
                             
                           
                                                    
                             Research Summary:  
                           
                                                    
                            
                                                                
                                   
                                  Pediatric malignancies 
                                 
                                                                
                                   
                                  Brachytherapy, intensity-modulated radiation therapy and image guided radiotherapy 
                                 
                                                                
                                   
                                  Extracranial stereotaxy  
                                 
                                                                
                                   
                                  Magna-field irradiation  
                                 
                                                            
 
                           
                          
                              
                           
                                                    
                            Publications:  
                           
                          
                            
	
		
			
				1. 
			
				Laskar, S. , Nair, C., Mallik, S., Bahl, G., Pai, S., Shet, T., Gupta, T., Arora, B., Bakshi, A., Pramesh, C. S., Mistry, R., Qureshi, S., Medhi, S., Jambhekar, N., Kurkure, P., Banavali, S. and Muckaden, M. A.  Prognostic factors and outcome in Askin-Rosai tumor: a review of 104 patients. International Journal of Radiation Oncology, Biology, Physics.  2011.  79, 202-207. [PubMed]  
		 
		
			
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				Jamema, S. V., Sharma, P. K., Sharma, D., Laskar, S. , Deshpande, D. D. and Shrivastava, S. K.  Dose optimization of intra-operative high dose rate interstitial brachytherapy implants for soft tissue sarcoma. Journal of Cancer Research and Therapeutics.  2009.  5, 240-246. [PubMed]  
		 
		
			
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				Viswanathan, S., George, S., Ramadwar, M., Shet, T., Arora, B., Laskar, S. , Qureshi, S., Medhi, S., Muckaden, M. A., Kurkure, P. A., Kane, S. V. and Banavali, S.  Extraconal orbital tumors in children--a spectrum. Virchows Archiv : An International Journal of Pathology.  2009.  454, 703-713. [PubMed]  
		 
		
			
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				Laskar, S. , Mohindra, P., Gupta, S., Shet, T. and Muckaden, M. A.  Non-Hodgkin lymphoma of the Waldeyer's ring: clinicopathologic and therapeutic issues. Leukemia & Lymphoma.  2008.  49, 2263-2271. [PubMed]  
		 
		
			
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				Mohindra, P., Zade, B., Basu, A., Patil, N., Viswanathan, S., Bakshi, A., Muckaden, M. A. and Laskar, S.   Primary PNET of maxilla: an unusual presentation. Journal of Pediatric Hematology/oncology.  2008.  30, 474-477. [PubMed]  
		 
		
			
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				Gupta, T., Laskar, S. , Gujral, S. and Muckaden, M. A.  Brain metastases in soft tissue sarcomas: case report and literature review. Sarcoma.  2005.  9, 147-150. [PubMed]  
		 
		
			
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				Shet, T., Arora, B., Laskar, S. , Basak, R., Kane, S. and Kurkure, P.  Epstein-barr virus-associated lymphoepithelioma-like carcinoma of mandible. Pediatric and Developmental Pathology.  2009.  12, 152-155. [PubMed]  
		 
		
			
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				Laskar, S. , Basu, A., Muckaden, M. A., D'Cruz, A., Pai, S., Jambhekar, N., Tike, P. and Shrivastava, S. K.  Osteosarcoma of the head and neck region: lessons learned from a single-institution experience of 50 patients. Head & Neck.  2008.  30, 1020-1026. [PubMed]  
		 
		
			
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				Laskar, S. , Bahl, G., Muckaden, M., Pai, S. K., Gupta, T., Banavali, S., Arora, B., Sharma, D., Kurkure, P. A., Ramadwar, M., Viswanathan, S., Rangarajan, V., Qureshi, S., Deshpande, D. D., Shrivastava, S. K. and Dinshaw, K. A.  Nasopharyngeal carcinoma in children: comparison of conventional and intensity-modulated radiotherapy. International Journal of Radiation Oncology, Biology, Physics.  2008.  72, 728-736. [PubMed]  
		 
		
			
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				Basu, A., Patil, N., Mohindra, P., Zade, B., Gujral, S., Muckaden, M. A. and Laskar, S.   Isolated non-Hodgkin's lymphoma of the pancreas: case report and review of literature. Journal of Cancer Research and Therapeutics.  2007.  3, 236-239. [PubMed]  
		 
		
			
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				Sharma, S. D., Upreti, R. R., Laskar, S. , Tambe, C. M., Deshpande, D. D., Shrivastava, S. K. and Dinshaw, K. A.  Estimation of risk of radiation-induced carcinogenesis in adolescents with nasopharyngeal cancer treated using sliding window IMRT. Radiotherapy and Oncology : Journal of the European Society For Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology.  2008.  86, 177-181. [PubMed]  
		 
		
			
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				Nemade, B., Talapatra, K., Shet, T., Banavali, S., Muckaden, M. A. and Laskar, S.   Embryonal rhabdomyosarcoma of the biliary tree mimicking a choledochal cyst. Journal of Cancer Research and Therapeutics.  2007.  3, 40-42. [PubMed]  
		 
		
			
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				Talapatra, K., Nemade, B., Bhutani, R., Kane, S., Bakshi, A., Muckaden, M. A. and Laskar, S.   Recurrent episodes of hematuria: a rare presentation of leiomyosarcoma of prostate. Journal of Cancer Research and Therapeutics.  2006.  2, 212-214. [PubMed]  
		 
		
			
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				Mishra, S. K., Laskar, S. , Muckaden, M. A., Mohindra, P., Shrivastava, S. K. and Dinshaw, K. A.  Monthly palliative pelvic radiotherapy in advanced carcinoma of uterine cervix. Journal of Cancer Research and Therapeutics.  2005.  1, 208-212. [PubMed]  
		 
		
			
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				Jamema, S. V., Sharma, P. K., Laskar, S. , Deshpande, D. D. and Shrivastava, S. K.  Treatment planning comparison of electron arc therapy and photon intensity modulated radiotherapy for Askin's tumor of chest wall. Radiotherapy and Oncology.  2007.  84, 257-265. [PubMed]  
		 
		
			
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				Shet, T., Ramadwar, M., Sharma, S., Laskar, S. , Arora, B. and Kurkure, P.  An eyelid sialoblastoma-like tumor with a sarcomatoid myoepithelial component. Pediatric and Developmental Pathology.  2007.  10, 309-314. [PubMed]  
		 
		
			
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				Laskar, S. , Bahl, G., Muckaden, M. A., Nair, R., Gupta, S., Bakshi, A., Gujral, S., Shet, T., Shrivastava, S. K. and Dinshaw, K. A.  Primary diffuse large B-cell lymphoma of the tonsil: is a higher radiotherapy dose required? Cancer.  2007.  110, 816-823. [PubMed]  
		 
		
			
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				Laskar, S. , Bahl, G., Ann, M., Puri, A., Agarwal, M. G., Patil, N., Shrivastava, S. K. and Dinshaw, K. A.  Interstitial brachytherapy for childhood soft tissue sarcoma. Pediatric Blood & Cancer.  2007.  49, 649-655. [PubMed]  
		 
		
			
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				Laskar, S. , Bahl, G., Puri, A., Agarwal, M. G., Muckaden, M., Patil, N., Jambhekar, N., Gupta, S., Deshpande, D. D., Shrivastava, S. K. and Dinshaw, K. A.  Perioperative interstitial brachytherapy for soft tissue sarcomas: prognostic factors and long-term results of 155 patients. Annals of Surgical Oncology.  2007.  14, 560-567. [PubMed]  
		 
		
			
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				Laskar, S. , Muckaden, M. A., Bahl, G., de, S., Nair, R., Gupta, S., Bakshi, A., Prabhash, K., Maru, D., Gujral, S., Parikh, P., Shrivastava, S. K. and Dinshaw, K. A.  Primary non-Hodgkin's lymphoma of the nasopharynx: prognostic factors and outcome of 113 Indian patients. Leukemia & Lymphoma.  2006.  47, 2132-2139. [PubMed]  
		 
		
			
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				Palled, S., Bedre, G., Muckaden, M. A., Ramadwar, M., Bhagwat, R., Banavali, S. and Laskar, S.   Primary Burkitt's lymphoma of frontal bone: a rare presentation. Journal of Clinical Oncology.  2006.  24, 4521-4522. [PubMed]  
		 
		
			
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				Bahl, G., Laskar, S.  and Muckaden, M. A.  Radiotherapy alone for nasal natural-killer/T-cell lymphoma. Journal of Clinical Oncology.  2006.  24, 2684-2689. [PubMed]  
		 
		
			
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				Chopra, S., Bahl, G., Ramadwar, M., Ramani, S., Nair, R., Muckaden, M. A. and Laskar, S.   Synchronous mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue (MALT) lymphomas involving bilateral orbits and breasts: a rare clinical entity. Leukemia & Lymphoma.  2005.  46, 1247-1250. [PubMed]  
		 
		
			
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				Malde, R., Laskar, S. , Muckaden, M. A. and Desai, S.  Primary, multifocal extranodal lymphoma presenting with multiple cranial nerve palsies: an unusual presentation of an uncommon entity. Leukemia & Lymphoma.  2004.  45, 389-391. [PubMed]  
		 
		
			
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				Gupta, T. and Laskar, S.   Clinical effectiveness of radiotherapy for Hodgkin's lymphoma: a summary. Cancer Treatment Reviews.  2004.  30, 215-219. [PubMed]  
		 
		
			
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				Laskar, S. , Sanghavi, V., Muckaden, M. A., Ghosh, S., Bhalla, V., Banavali, S., Kurkure, P., Nair, C. and Dinshaw, K. A.  Nasopharyngeal carcinoma in children: ten years' experience at the Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai. International Journal of Radiation Oncology, Biology, Physics.  2004.  58, 189-195. [PubMed]  
		 
		
			
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				Gupta, T., Sanghavi, V. and Laskar, S.   Radiotherapy for advanced Hodgkin's disease. The New England Journal of Medicine.  2003.  349, 1187-1195. [PubMed]  
		 
	 
	 
  
                           
                         
                                                
 
                      
                          
                            
                                                                 
                                   
                             
                            
                                
                             
                            
                              
                                  
                                     
                                   
                                  
                                                                            
                                        
                                                                                    
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