Dr. Smitha C Saldanha
Medical Oncology
Oncology
HCG Cancer Centre, K R Road - Bangalore, India
Qualification
MBBS, MD (General Medicine), DM (Medical Oncology), Fellowship in BMTLanguages
English Hindi Kannada TeluguWork Experience
18 YearsResearch Experience
• Study on Awareness among School Children on the spreadsymptoms
treatment and prevention of Malaria in an urban endemic area of South India. Karnataka Paediatric Journal
24 (1)
January-March 2010: p 4-6
• A Study on the Awareness observed among Individuals living in Endemic Area on the Spread
Symptoms
Treatment and prevention of Malaria. Al Ameen J Med Sci 4 (1)
January-March 2011: p 80-83
• An Interesting Case Report on Cerebellar and Psychiatric Manifestations in Malaria. Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research
October 2011
5 (5): 1104-6
• Extermination of the Smallpox Virus – Light at the End of the Tunnel… or not – the Stalemate Continues. Annals of Community Health
2014 Apr; 2 (2): 2-3.
• Langerhans Cell Sarcoma – Review of Literature and a Rare Case Report . J Mol BiomarkDiagn2014; 5:181.
• Plasmablastic lymphoma of bone in a human immunodeficiency virus positive child – A rare extra-oral presentation. Pediatric Infectious Disease
2014; 6 (4)
142 – 144
• Epigenetic therapy of cancer with histonedeacetylase inhibitors. Journal of Cancer Research and Therapeutics
2014; 10 ( 3): 469-478
• A study of comparison of prognostic models in peripheral T cell lymphoma in a tertiary care centre in South India. Annals of Oncology 26 (Supplement 9): ix85–ix92
2015
• The Efficacy
safety and cost benefit of Olanzapine versus Aprepitant in Highly Emetogenic Chemotherapy: a pilot study from south India. Chemotherapy Research and Practice
vol. 2016
Article ID 3439707
2016.
• Hairy Cell Leukemia – Clinical Profile and treatment outcome from a tertiary regional cancer institute in South India. Clin Cancer InvestigJ
2016; 5:141-5.
• Breast cancer as second malignant neoplasm after acute myeloid leukemia: A rare occurence.Clin Cancer investig J
2016; 333-5.
• Gemcitabine – induced supraventricular tachycardia: A rare manifestation. Clin Cancer Investig J 2016; 5:200-2.
• Clinicopathological profile of pure Neuroendocrineneoplasms of the Esophagus: A South Indian center experience. Journal of Oncology.
Awards & Achivements
NITTE Education Trust Award – Gold Medal and Highest marks in Community MedicineRGUHS
2003
NITTE Education Trust Award – Gold Medal and Highest marks in ENT
RGUHS
2003.
ESMO ASIA 2015 ISMPO travel grant at ISMPOCON
Mumbai
Nov 2015.
Best Poster Award at the ISMPOCON
Mumbai
Nov 2015.
Pfizer grant for Research Hypothesis presentation at ISMPOCON Nov 2016.
RCC Perceptorship programme at Taiwan.
ESMO Preceptorship on Metastatic Bladder and Kidney Cancer - Multidisciplinary management
standards of care
therapeutic targets and future perspectives
19-20 September 2018
Singapore.
ESMO Preceptorship on Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer - Standards of care
evolving paradigm and future perspectives
21-22 November 2018
Singapore.
ESMO Preceptorship on Immuno-Oncology - From the essentials of tumour immunology to clinical application
26-27 November 2018
Singapore.
Presentation at ESMO Congress 2019 at Spain
IASLC WCLC 2019 at Spain.
Memberships
Dr. Smitha C Saldanha actively engages with several esteemed professional organizationsdemonstrating her commitment to staying at the forefront of medical oncology advancements and contributing to the medical community:
• Indian Society of Medical Oncology (ISMCO)
• American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO)
• European Society of Medical Oncology (ESMO)
• Karnataka Chapter of Indian Society of Medical Oncology (ISMCO-Karnataka)
• International Bone Marrow Transplant Registry (IBMTR)
Area of Interest
• Dr. Smitha’s primary interest is in haemato oncology & bone marrow transplantation (BMT).• She also has an interest in treating pediatric tumors.
• Her expertise lies mainly in treating breast cancer
leukemia
lymphomas
multi