1. Thesis for the Master of Surgery (MS) degree in Surgery
University of Bombay
Mediastinal Tumours: A review of cases treated during 1985-1988 at the Tata Memorial Hospital:
under the guidance of Dr. Prafulla B. Desai, Tata Memorial Centre.
2. Thesis for the Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
University of London
A Novel Approach to local treatment of breast cancer
under the guidance of Prof Michael Baum, University College London.
WWW, double spaced, Two-column,
Instructional Video demonstrating the novel technique of delivering intraoperative radiotherapy for breast cancer.
Performed and edited by J S Vaidya- High-Res,
Randomised Controlled Clinical Trial: Targeted Intraoperative radiotherapy (Targit)- comparing targeted intra-operative radiotherapy with conventional post-operative radiotherapy after breast conserving surgery for early stage breast cancer. JS Vaidya, M Baum, JS Tobias, J Houghton. 29/3/2000 This novel approach has the potential to do away with the usual 6-wk course of postoperative radiotherapy.
The trial protocol has been peer reviewed and published by the Lancet http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/misc/protocol/99PRT-47 PDF.
Concept first presented in the Hong Kong Cancer Congress in 1995. PDF
Recent Presentation at San Antonio Breast Cancer Conference Flash, PowerPoint or PowerPoint
Click here for papers related to targit
Featured in Tomorrow’s world and ITV London today Nov 2000 (small window)
Lancet Oncology Newsdesk May 2001,
TIME Magazine 10 June 2002 cover, article and in
Readers’ Digest Oct 2003 PDF