The Tata Memorial Centre Textbook of Oncology is an authoritative and comprehensive book, meticulously compiled to cover contemporary issues in oncology. It features contributions from 189 authors, culminating in 76 chapters. Authored by faculty members from the renowned Tata Memorial Centre, this textbook offers a harmonious blend of detailed information and practical approaches. It serves as a comprehensive resource that contextualizes the practice of oncology in TMC and offers insights into delivering high-quality cancer care in diverse settings. It offers an authentic overview of the TMC approach to multidisciplinary cancer care.
The Textbook is designed to cater to a wide array of readers – from undergraduate medical students to postgraduates specializing in general surgery, general medicine, pediatrics, gynecology, radiation oncology, and other disciplines, and practicing community oncologists. A notable feature of the Textbook is its utility in preparing students for entrance and exit examinations. This book is an essential resource for established cancer specialists, including surgeons, medical oncologists, radiation oncologists, and those in allied fields. It is also invaluable for super-specialty students and postgraduates with an interest in cancer management, offering a comprehensive guide to the dynamic field of oncology.
Prof. Rajendra A Badwe completed his MBBS from the King Edward Memorial Hospital, Mumbai in 1978 followed by MS in General Surgery from the same institution. Subsequently he trained at Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai, Toronomon Hospital, Tokyo, and the Royal Marsden Hospital, London. He joined Tata Memorial Centre in the Department of Surgical Oncology (Breast Cancer Unit) as a faculty member in 1992 and has been the Director of TMC since 2008. He is an internationally renowned breast cancer surgeon and researcher with seminal contributions in several themes including use of peri-operative interventions to improve long-term outcomes. He has received numerous national and international awards, including the Padma Shri by the Government of India in 2013.
Prof. Sudeep Gupta completed his MBBS, MD and DM (Medical Oncology) from the All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi in 2000 and has been a faculty member in the Department ofMedical Oncology, Tata Memorial Centre since 2001 and the Director of Advanced Centre for Treatment, Research and Education in Cancer (ACTREC), Navi Mumbai since 2018. His areas of expertise include breast cancer, gynecological cancers, clinical trial design, investigator-driven and industry sponsored clinical trials, tumor evolution, and endocrine treatment resistance in breast cancer. He led the landmark study which established the superiority of concurrent chemoradiation over neoadjuvant chemotherapy-surgery in locally advanced cervical cancer.
Prof. Shailesh V Shrikhande completed his MBBS (1992) and MS (General Surgery, 1997) from Lokmanya Tilak Municipal Medical College, Mumbai. He joined Tata Memorial Centre as a faculty member in 2002 and is currently the Deputy Director of Tata Memorial Hospital and Head of Gastrointestinal and Hepato-Pancreatic-Biliary Surgical Unit. He is an internationally acclaimed pancreatic cancer surgeon and has performed over 1200 Whippleoperations. He is a renowned teacher, has conducted 60 masterclass teaching demonstrations of gastrointestinal surgeries, been a visiting Professor to eight institutions in Europe, Japan and USA, edited nine oncology textbooks, authored 77 book chapters and published over 300 scientific papers. He is the President-Elect of the Asia Pacific HPB Association and Secretary General-Elect of the International Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Association (IHPBA). He has received numerous accolades and awards including the prestigious Honorary Fellowship of the American Surgical Association.
Prof. Siddhartha Laskar completed his MBBS from Guwahati Medical College and MD (Radiation Oncology) from Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai in 1996, and has been a faculty member in the Department of Radiation Oncology, Tata Memorial Centre since 2000. He specialises in the treatment of pediatric, bone & soft tissue, and hematolymhoid malignancies, with special expertise in interstitial brachytherapy and proton therapy. He has been an executive committee member of the International Society of Pediatric Radiation Oncology and chairman of the Sarcoma Group of the Indian Pediatric Oncology Group (InPOG). He serves as an expert faculty for the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) & the European Society for Therapeutic Radiotherapy/Oncology (ESTRO) and is also a steering committee member of the International Lymphoma Radiation Oncology Group (ILROG). Dr Laskar is a recipient of the prestigious Nollenberg Prize for research in bone sarcomas and has more than 150 publications in peer-reviewed national & international journals and books.
