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]
5.
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]
6.
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]
7.
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]
8.
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]
9.
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]
10.
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]
11.
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]
12.
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]
13.
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]
14.
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]
15.
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]
16.
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]
17.
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]
18.
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]
19.
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]
20.
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]
21.
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]
22.
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]
23.
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]
24.
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]
25.
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]
26.
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]
Education
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D.M.R.T.
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M.D. in Radiation Oncology
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D.N.B.
Type of Neoplasms
Head and Neck
Larynx, Nasal cavity