T. G. Sagar,                               M.D., D.M. 
                               
                         
                                  
         
                                                    
                                                    
                            Cancer Institute 
                           
                                                                              
                            Deaprtment of Medical Oncology 
                           
                                                                              
                            Adyar 
                           
                                                    
                            Chennai - 600 036                                 
                           
                                                    
                            Tamil Nadu                                 
                           						  
                                                            
                           
                                                    
                            E-mail: caninst@md2.vsnl.net.in 
                           
                                                    
                               
                           
                          
                            URL:   http://www.webhealthcentre.com/Healthcorners/cancer.aspx  
                          
                          						  
                              
                           
						  
	                             
                            Positions Held:  
                                                    
                            
                                
                                  Position Affiliation Time Period   
                                                                
                                  Chairman and Professor  
                                  Cancer Institute, Chennai, India 
                                  
								  Present 
                                 
                                                            
 
                          
                              
                           
                                                                              
                            Area of Specialization:  
                          
                          
                          
  
    Medical Oncology 
   
    
                          
                        
                           
                          
                             
                                                    
                             Research Summary:  
                                                    
                            
                                                                
                                  Allogeneic bone marrow transplantation 
                                 
                                                                
                                  Paediatric Malignancies 
                                 
                                                                
                                  Lympho proliferative disorders and Haemato Oncology 
                                 
                                                            
 
                          
                              
                           
                                                    
                            Publications:  
                          
                            
	
		
			
				1. 
			
				Cyriac, S., Praveenkumar, D., Majhi, U. and Sagar, T. G.   Follicular dendritic cell sarcoma of the neck with an aggressive and fatal course. Journal of Cancer Research and Therapeutics.  2010.  6, 114-116. [PubMed]  
		 
		
			
				2. 
			
				Dubashi, B., Vidhubala, E., Cyriac, S. and Sagar, T. G.   Quality of life among younger women with breast cancer: study from a tertiary cancer institute in south India. Indian Journal of Cancer.  2010.  47, 142-147. [PubMed]  
		 
		
			
				3. 
			
				Biswajit, D., Patil, C. N. and Sagar, T. G.   Clinical presentation and outcome of pediatric ovarian germ cell tumor: a study of 40 patients. Journal of Pediatric Hematology/oncology.  2010.  32, e54-6. [PubMed]  
		 
		
			
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				Cyriac, S., Srinivas, L., Kathiresan, N., Sundersingh, S., Mahajan, V. and Sagar, T. G.   Ganglioneuroma of the retroperitoneum presenting as a pediatric renal mass. Indian Journal of Medical and Paediatric Oncology.  2009.  30, 105-107. [PubMed]  
		 
		
			
				5. 
			
				Rathnam, K. K., Sagar, T. G.  and Cyriac, S.  Acute uveitis following zoledronic acid infusion. Oman Journal of Ophthalmology.  2009.  2, 102-103. [PubMed]  
		 
		
			
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				Suneetha, K. J., Nancy, K. N., Rajalekshmy, K. R., Sagar, T. G.  and Rajkumar, T.  Role of GSTM1 (Present/Null) and GSTP1 (Ile105Val) polymorphisms in susceptibility to acute lymphoblastic leukemia among the South Indian population. Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention : APJCP.  2008.  9, 733-736. [PubMed]  
		 
		
			
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				George, M. K., Venkitaraman, R., Chandra, A. and Sagar, T. G.   Late solitary skeletal metastasis to the patella from retinoblastoma. Journal of the Indian Medical Association.  2008.  106, 313-314. [PubMed]  
		 
		
			
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				George, M. K., Ramachandran, V., Ramanan, S. G. and Sagar, T. G.   Primary esophageal T-cell non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. Indian Journal of Gastroenterology.  2005.  24, 119-120. [PubMed]  
		 
		
			
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				Sagar, T. G. , Chandra, A. and Raman, S. G.  Childhood Hodgkin disease treated with COPP/ABV hybrid chemotherapy: a progress report. Medical and Pediatric Oncology.  2003.  40, 66-69. [PubMed]  
		 
		
			
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				Talwar, V., Sreedharan, P. S., Warrier, N. K., Ramanan, S. G. and Sagar, T. G.   Intracardiac metastases from a testicular germ cell tumor. The Journal of the Association of Physicians of India.  2002.  50, 855. [PubMed]  
		 
		
			
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				Ramanujam, A. S., Chandra, A., Raman, S. G., Sagar, T. G.  and Mallikarjuna, V. S.  Persistent Mullerian Duct Syndrome (PMDS) with testicular seminoma. Indian Journal of Pathology & Microbiology.  2001.  44, 441-443. [PubMed]  
		 
		
			
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				Sagar, T. G. , Chandra, A., Raman, S. G. and Swaminathan, R.  Paucity of hematological neoplasia after treatment of Hodgkin disease: observation after long-term follow-up at Cancer Institute, Chennai, south India. Pediatric Hematology and Oncology.  2002.  19, 197-203. [PubMed]  
		 
		
			
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				Chandra, A., Sagar, T. G. , Raman, S. G. and Rajalekshmy, K. R.  Bone marrow involvement in a primary mediastinal extragonadal non-seminomatous germ cell tumour. The Indian Journal of Chest Diseases & Allied Sciences.  2002.  44, 53-55. [PubMed]  
		 
		
			
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				Talwar, V., Sreedharan, P. S., Warrier, N. K., Ramanan, S. G. and Sagar, T. G.   Acute lymphoblastic leukemia presenting as breast mass. The Journal of the Association of Physicians of India.  2000.  48, 1212-1213. [PubMed]  
		 
		
			
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				Sagar, T. G. , Ramanan, S. G. and Devarajan, S.  Impact of high-dose cytosine arabinoside in poor-prognosis acute lymphoblastic leukemia: Cancer Institute experience, Chennai, India. Pediatric Hematology and Oncology.  1998.  15, 317-323. [PubMed]  
		 
		
			
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				Shanta, V., Maitreyan, V., Sagar, T. G. , Gajalakshmi, C. K. and Rajalekshmy, K. R.  Prognostic variables and survival in pediatric acute lymphoblastic leukemias: cancer institute experience. Pediatric Hematology and Oncology.  1996.  13, 205-216. [PubMed]  
		 
		
			
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				Madiajagane, R., Maitreyan, V., Sagar, T. G.  and Shanta, V.  Antibiotics in febrile neutropenia: a randomized prospective comparison of two combinations. The National Medical Journal of India.  1993.  6, 67-70. [PubMed]  
		 
		
			
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				Rajkumar, T., Maitreyan, V., Sagar, T. G. , Raj, E., Chandrasekhar, A., Mayilvahanan, N., Vasanthan, A., Sukumaran, M. S. and Shanta, V.  Induction chemotherapy in non-metastatic high grade osteo sarcomas--results of pilot study at Cancer Institute (WIA), Madras. Indian Journal of Cancer.  1992.  29, 139-142. [PubMed]  
		 
		
			
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				Rajkumar, T., Sagar, T. G. , Maitreyan, V., Vasanthan, A., Devika, A., Sastry, D. V. and Shanta, V.  Germ-cell tumours of the ovary--treatment and results at Cancer Institute, Madras. Indian Journal of Cancer.  1992.  29, 18-23. [PubMed]  
		 
		
			
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				Kumar, L., Sagar, T. G. , Maitreyan, V., Majhi, U. and Shanta, V.  Chronic granulocytic leukaemia. A study of 160 cases. The Journal of the Association of Physicians of India.  1990.  38, 899-902. [PubMed]  
		 
		
			
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				Kumar, L., Sagar, T. G. , Majhi, U. and Shanta, V.  Priapism in leukaemia--report of three cases. The Journal of the Association of Physicians of India.  1990.  38, 229-230. [PubMed]  
		 
		
			
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				Sagar, T. G. , Maitreyan, V., Majhi, U. and Shanta, V.  Breast involvement in acute lymphoblastic leukaemia. The Journal of the Association of Physicians of India.  1989.  37, 718-719. [PubMed]  
		 
		
			
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				Sagar, T. G. , Maitreyan, V., Majhi, U. and Shanta, V.  Ovarian granulocytic sarcoma in chronic granulocytic leukaemia with myeloblastic crisis. The Journal of the Association of Physicians of India.  1989.  37, 542-543. [PubMed]  
		 
		
			
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				Kumar, L., Rajkumar, T., Raghunath, R. a. o., Usha, D., Sagar, T. G.  and Shanta, V.  Intrathecal methotrexate toxicity. The Journal of the Association of Physicians of India.  1989.  37, 351. [PubMed]  
		 
		
			
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				Maitreyan, V., Sagar, T. G. , Jayakumar, K. T. and Shanta, V.  Central nervous system involvement in Hodgkin's disease. The Journal of the Association of Physicians of India.  1987.  35, 863-865. [PubMed]  
		 
		
			
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				Maitreyan, V., Sagar, T. G. , Majhi, U., Sukumaran, M. S. and Shanta, V.  Histiocytosis X. The Journal of the Association of Physicians of India.  1987.  35, 789-790. [PubMed]  
		 
		
			
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				Gomathinayagam, D., Krishnan, K. B., Maitreyan, V., Sagar, T. G.  and Madhavan, M.  Neutrophil function tests in disseminated malignancies. Indian Journal of Pathology & Microbiology.  1987.  30, 397-400. [PubMed]  
		 
		
			
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				Krishnarathnam, K., Bapsy, P. P., Muthukumaraswamy, P. K., Vijayasarathy, V., Vedamurthy, V., Majhi, U., Sagar, T. G. , Maithreyan, V. and Shanta, V.  Evolution of preleukaemia (myelodysplastic syndrome) into acute non-lymphocytic leukaemia. The Journal of the Association of Physicians of India.  1987.  35, 513-514. [PubMed]  
		 
		
			
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				Maitreyan, V., Sagar, T. G. , Vijayasarathi, K., Jeyakumar, K. T., Sivakumar, M. and Shantha, V.  Lithium and leukaemia--causal or coincidental? The Journal of the Association of Physicians of India.  1986.  34, 219-220. [PubMed]  
		 
		
			
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				Shanta, V., Sastri, D. V., Sagar, T. G. , Sasikala, K. and Krishnamurthi, S.  A review of Hodgkin's disease at the Cancer Institute, Madras. Clinical Oncology.  1982.  8, 5-15. [PubMed]  
		 
	 
	 
  
                         
                                                
                          
                            
                               
                            
                                
                             
                            
                              
                                  
                                     
                                  
                                                                            
                                        
                                                                                    
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M.B.B.S.                                                    in General Medicine				
				 
                                                                                                                            
 
                                                                                    
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M.D.                                                    in General Medicine, 				
				 
                                                    Stanley Medical College, Chennai, India                                                                        
 
                                                                                    
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D.M.                                                    in Oncology, , 				
				 
                                                    Cancer Institute (WIA), University of Madras, India                                                                        
 
                                                                                    
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Association of Physicians of India                
 
                                                                                    
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Indian Society of Oncology        
 
                                                                                    
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Indian Society of Medical and Paediatric Oncology                
 
                                                                                    
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Vice President of the Association of Indian Medical and Paediatric Oncology        
 
                                                                                    
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Editor for The Indian journal of Medical and Paediatric Oncology        
 
                                                                                  
                                       
                                       
                                   
                              
 
                          
                        
                            
                               
                            
                                                                
                                  
                                    
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                                      Musculoskeletal system 
 
									                                    
                                      
                                          Bone