Sarbani Ghosh Laskar,                               D.M.R.T., M.D., D.N.B. 
                               
                              Assistant Professor  
                           
                         
                                  
         
                                                    
                                                    
                            Tata Memorial Hospital 
                           
                                                                              
                            Dr. E Borges Road, Parel 
                           
                                                                              
                            Mumbai - 410 210                                 
                           
                                                    
                            Maharashtra                                 
                           						  
                                                            
                           
                                                    
                            E-mail: sarbanilaskar@yahoo.co.in 
                           
                                                                              
                            Phone: +91-22-24177162 
                           
                                                    
                            Fax: +91-22-24146937  
                           
                  
                          
                               
                           
                          
                            URL:   http://tatamemorialcentre.com/medical/departments/Facultypages/SGLaskar.htm  
                           
                          
                          						  
                              
                           
						  
	                                                       
                            Area of Specialization:  
                           
                          
                          
                          
  
     
    Radiation Oncology 
   
    
                          
                        
                           
                           
                         
                         
                                                    
                                                    
                          
                             
                           
                                                    
                             Research Summary:  
                           
                                                    
                            
                                                                
                                   
                                  Head and Neck malignancies  
                                 
                                                                
                                   
                                  Thoracic malignancies 
                                 
                                                                
                                   
                                  Brachytherapy 
                                 
                                                                
                                   
                                  Intensity-modulated radiation therapy  
                                 
                                                                
                                   
                                  Image guided radiation therapy 
                                 
                                                            
 
                           
                          
                              
                           
                                                    
                            Publications:  
                           
                          
                            
	
		
			
				1. 
			
				Rosenblatt, E., Jones, G., Sur, R. K., Donde, B., Salvajoli, J. V., Ghosh-Laskar, S. , Frobe, A., Suleiman, A., Xiao, Z. and Nag, S.  Adding external beam to intra-luminal brachytherapy improves palliation in obstructive squamous cell oesophageal cancer: a prospective multi-centre randomized trial of the International Atomic Energy Agency. Radiotherapy and Oncology.  2010.  97, 488-494. [PubMed]  
		 
		
			
				2. 
			
				Gupta, T., Jain, S., Agarwal, J. P., Ghosh-Laskar, S. , Phurailatpam, R., Pai-Shetty, R. and Dinshaw, K. A.  Prospective Assessment of Patterns of Failure After High-Precision Definitive (Chemo)radiation in Head-and-Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma. International Journal of Radiation Oncology, Biology, Physics.  2010.  [PubMed]  
		 
		
			
				3. 
			
				Ghosh-Laskar, S. , Murthy, V., Wadasadawala, T., Agarwal, J., Budrukkar, A., Patil, N., Kane, S., Chaukar, D., Pai, P., Chaturvedi, P. and D'Cruz, A.  Mucoepidermoid carcinoma of the parotid gland: Factors affecting outcome. Head & Neck.  2010.  [PubMed]  
		 
		
			
				4. 
			
				Gupta, T., Jain, S., Agarwal, J. P., Rangarajan, V., Purandare, N., Ghosh-Laskar, S.  and Dinshaw, K. A.  Diagnostic performance of response assessment FDG-PET/CT in patients with head and neck squamous cell carcinoma treated with high-precision definitive (chemo)radiation. Radiotherapy and Oncology.  2010.  97, 194-199. [PubMed]  
		 
		
			
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				Murthy, V., Master, Z., Gupta, T., Ghosh-Laskar, S. , Budrukkar, A., Phurailatpam, R. and Agarwal, J.  Helical tomotherapy for head and neck squamous cell carcinoma: dosimetric comparison with linear accelerator-based step-and-shoot IMRT. Journal of Cancer Research and Therapeutics.  2010.  6, 194-198. [PubMed]  
		 
		
			
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				Mallik, S., Agarwal, J., Gupta, T., Kane, S., Laskar, S. G. , Budrukkar, A., Murthy, V., Goel, V. and Jain, S.  Prognostic factors and outcome analysis of submandibular gland cancer: a clinical audit. Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery .  2010.  68, 2104-2110. [PubMed]  
		 
		
			
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				Agarwal, J., Dutta, D., Palwe, V., Gupta, T., Laskar, S. G. , Budrukkar, A., Murthy, V., Chaturvedi, P., Pai, P., Chaukar, D., D'Cruz, A. K., Kulkarni, S., Kulkarni, A., Baccher, G. and Shrivastava, S. K.  Prospective subjective evaluation of swallowing function and dietary pattern in head and neck cancers treated with concomitant chemo-radiation. Journal of Cancer Research and Therapeutics.  2010.  6, 15-21. [PubMed]  
		 
		
			
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				Budrukkar, A., Bahl, G., Bhalavat, R., Laskar, S. G. , Agarwal, J. P., Jamema, S. V. and Patil, K.  High-dose-rate brachytherapy boost for carcinoma of external auditory canal. Brachytherapy.  2009.  8, 392-395. [PubMed]  
		 
		
			
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				Budrukkar, A., Shahid, T., Murthy, V., Hussain, T., Mulherkar, R., Vundinti, B. R., Deshpande, M., Sengar, M., Laskar, S. G.  and Agarwal, J. P.  Squamous cell carcinoma of base of tongue in a patient with Fanconi's anemia treated with radiation therapy: case report and review of literature. Head & Neck.  2010.  32, 1422-1427. [PubMed]  
		 
		
			
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				Murthy, V., Gupta, T., Kadam, A., Ghosh-Laskar, S. , Budrukkar, A., Phurailatpam, R., Pai, R. and Agarwal, J.  Time trial: a prospective comparative study of the time-resource burden for three-dimensional conformal radiotherapy and intensity-modulated radiotherapy in head and neck cancers. Journal of Cancer Research and Therapeutics.  2009.  5, 107-112. [PubMed]  
		 
		
			
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				Gupta, T., Agarwal, J. P., Ghosh-Laskar, S. , Parikh, P. M., D'Cruz, A. K. and Dinshaw, K. A.  Radical radiotherapy with concurrent weekly cisplatin in loco-regionally advanced squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck: a single-institution experience. Head & Neck Oncology.  2009.  1, 17. [PubMed]  
		 
		
			
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				Agarwal, J. P., Mallick, I., Bhutani, R., Ghosh-Laskar, S. , Gupta, T., Budrukkar, A., Murthy, V., Sengar, M. and Dinshaw, K. A.  Prognostic factors in oropharyngeal cancer--analysis of 627 cases receiving definitive radiotherapy. Acta Oncologica.  2009.  48, 1026-1033. [PubMed]  
		 
		
			
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				Vanetti, E., Clivio, A., Nicolini, G., Fogliata, A., Ghosh-Laskar, S. , Agarwal, J. P., Upreti, R. R., Budrukkar, A., Murthy, V., Deshpande, D. D., Shrivastava, S. K., Dinshaw, K. A. and Cozzi, L.  Volumetric modulated arc radiotherapy for carcinomas of the oro-pharynx, hypo-pharynx and larynx: a treatment planning comparison with fixed field IMRT. Radiotherapy and Oncology .  2009.  92, 111-117. [PubMed]  
		 
		
			
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				Ghosh-Laskar, S ., Agarwal, J. P., Mohindra, P., Sengar, M., Vyas, S., Pai, V. R., Budrukkar, A., Pai, P., D'Cruz, A. K. and Dinshaw, K. A.  Ifosfamide-based chemotherapy in locoregionally advanced nasopharyngeal cancer: evaluation of its role as neoadjuvant chemotherapy. Medical Oncology.  2009.  26, 393-401. [PubMed]  
		 
		
			
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				Gupta, T., Chopra, S., Agarwal, J. P., Laskar, S. G. , D'cruz, A. K., Shrivastava, S. K. and Dinshaw, K. A.  Squamous cell carcinoma of the hypopharynx: single-institution outcome analysis of a large cohort of patients treated with primary non-surgical approaches. Acta Oncologica.  2009.  48, 541-548. [PubMed]  
		 
		
			
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				Agarwal, J. P., Baccher, G. K., Waghmare, C. M., Mallick, I., Ghosh-Laskar, S. , Budrukkar, A., Pai, P., Chaturvedi, P., D'Cruz, A., Shrivastava, S. K. and Dinshaw, K. A.  Factors affecting the quality of voice in the early glottic cancer treated with radiotherapy. Radiotherapy and Oncology.  2009.  90, 177-182. [PubMed]  
		 
		
			
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				Agarwal, J. P., Mallick, I., Ghosh-Laskar, S. , Gupta, T., Budrukkar, A. and Murthy, V.  Selecting patients for planned neck dissection after chemoradiotherapy in regionally advanced head and neck cancer. Archives of Otolaryngology-head & Neck Surgery.  2008.  134, 1121-1123. [PubMed]  
		 
		
			
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				Agarwal, J. P., Nemade, B., Murthy, V., Ghosh-Laskar, S. , Budrukkar, A., Gupta, T., D'Cruz, A., Pai, P., Chaturvedi, P. and Dinshaw, K.  Hypofractionated, palliative radiotherapy for advanced head and neck cancer. Radiotherapy and Oncology : Journal of the European Society For Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology.  2008.  89, 51-56. [PubMed]  
		 
		
			
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				Chilukuri, S., Laskar, S. G. , Murthy, V., Agarwal, J. P., Budrukkar, A. and Dinshaw, K. A.  Need for objective patient selection criteria for palliative radiotherapy in advanced head and neck cancer. Radiotherapy and Oncology .  2008.  87, 308; author reply 309. [PubMed]  
		 
		
			
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				Agarwal, J. P., Ghosh-Laskar, S. , Budrukkar, A., Murthy, V. and Mallick, I.  Finding solutions for the endless wait-reducing waiting times for radiotherapy. Radiotherapy and Oncology.  2008.  87, 153-154. [PubMed]  
		 
		
			
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				Gupta, T., Chopra, S., Kadam, A., Agarwal, J. P., Devi, P. R., Ghosh-Laskar, S.  and Dinshaw, K. A.  Assessment of three-dimensional set-up errors in conventional head and neck radiotherapy using electronic portal imaging device. Radiation Oncology.  2007.  2, 44. [PubMed]  
		 
		
			
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				Agarwal, J. P., Budrukkar, A. and Laskar, S. G.   Unplanned interruptions: unresolved issues: in regard to Bese et al. (Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2007;68:654-661). International Journal of Radiation Oncology, Biology, Physics.  2007.  69, 1335-1341. [PubMed]  
		 
		
			
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				Srinivas, C., Laskar, S. G. , Mistry, R. C., Pramesh, C. S. and Dinshaw, K. A.  Systematic overview of preoperative chemoradiation trials in esophageal cancer: in response to article by Ian Geh et al. Radiotherapy and Oncology.  2007.  82, 106-113. [PubMed]  
		 
		
			
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				Chopra, S., Gupta, T., Agarwal, J. P., Budrukkar, A., Ghosh-Laskar, S.  and Dinshaw, K.  Re-irradiation in the management of isolated neck recurrences: current status and recommendations. Radiotherapy and Oncology.  2006.  81, 1-8. [PubMed]  
		 
		
			
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				Malde, R., Agarwal, J. P., Laskar, S. G. , Gupta, T. and Dinshaw, K.  High dose rate brachytherapy boost for primary nasopharyngeal carcinoma: preliminary results of an ongoing prospective study. Bulletin Du Cancer.  2005.  92, E45-50. [PubMed]  
		 
		
			
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				Dinshaw, K. A., Agarwal, J. P., Laskar, S. G. , Gupta, T., Shrivastava, S. K. and Cruz, A. D.  Head and neck squamous cell carcinoma: the role of post-operative adjuvant radiotherapy. Journal of Surgical Oncology.  2005.  91, 48-55. [PubMed]  
		 
		
			
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				Gupta, T., Laskar, S. G. , Thakur, M., Desai, S., Shrivastava, S. K., Dinshaw, K. A. and Agarwal, J. P.  Isolated prostatic metastasis from primary sigmoid colon carcinoma. Indian Journal of Gastroenterology .  2004.  23, 114-115. [PubMed]  
		 
		
			
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				Gupta, T. and Laskar, S. G.   Re: Cancers of the head and neck region in developing countries. Radiother Oncol. 2003 Apr;67(1):1-2. Radiotherapy and Oncology.  2004.  70, 207-215. [PubMed]  
		 
	 
	 
  
                           
                         
                                                
 
                      
                          
                            
                                                                 
                                   
                             
                            
                                
                             
                            
                              
                                  
                                     
                                   
                                  
                                                                            
                                        
                                                                                    
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                                      Type of Neoplasms 
 
                                     
                                                                        
                                        
                                     
                                    
                                      Head and Neck 
 
                                     
									                                    
                                      
                                          Larynx, Nasal cavity