Invited lectures at large International Conferences

 

 

1.       The need for mathematical models for understanding natural history of breast cancer. (30 min)

National Breast Cancer Symposium, 17th Annual Conference, Indian Asso. of Cancer Research.

Calcutta 22 January 1998.

 

2.       Radiosurgery: a novel method of treatment of early breast cancer (15 min).

International Meeting on Whole-Body Stereotactic Radiotherapy,

Edinburgh, 19 September 1998.

 

3.       Future implications of novel imaging and biopsy techniques.(30 min)

International Workshop: Multidisciplinary approach to breast cancer diagnosis,

Hamburg, Germany, 12-14 October 1998.

 

4.       TARGIT- A novel approach to local treatment of breast cancer. (30min)

23rd Annual San Antonio Breast Cancer Conference (Satelite Symposium)

San Antonio, USA, 9 Dec 2000.

 

5.       Targeted Intraoperative Radiotherapy for breast cancer- A randomised trial (20min)

International Conference of Radiation Oncology (ICRO) (Satellite Symposium)

Melbourne, Australia 31 Jan 2001

 

6.       Targeted Intraoperative radiotherapy- rationale, technique and results (30 min)

3rd European Breast Cancer Conference.

Barcelona, Spain, 20 March 2002

 

7.       Targeted Intraoperative radiotherapy-a randomised trial (30 min)

4th Milan Breast Cancer Conference,

Milan, Italy, 5 June 2002

 

8.       Update on Cosmetic Outcome of TARGIT, Satellite Symposium on Intraoperative radiotherapy

8th International Conference: Primary Therapy of Early Breast Cancer

St Gallen, Switzerland, 13 Mar 2003.

 

9.       TARGIT- Targeted Intraoperative radiotherapy for breast cancer (30 min).

5th Milan Breast Cancer Conference

Milan, Italy, 6 Jun 2003

 

10.   Intraoperative radiotherapy for breast cancer (Targit) (30 min)

26th Annual Breast Cancer Conference,

San Antonio, USA, Dec 2003  Webcast (Powerpoint),  SABCS Webcast (Flash), Webcast on CD

 

11.   Updated results of TARGIT (15 min)

6th Milan Breast Cancer Conference

Milan, Italy, 18 Jun 2004

 

12.   Debate for Partial breast irradiation  in selected patients and accurate targeting of boost in others.

13th European Cancer Conference (ECCO-13), Paris, 1 Nov 2005

 

Rationale for partial breast irradiation in selected patients (15 min)

 

13.   Intraoperative radiotherapy for breast cancer

3rd European conference on Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery of the Breast.

Milan 17 December 2005.

 

14.   8th Milan Breast Cancer Conference

Milan, Italy, 24 Jun 2006

 

Invited lectures at smaller international, national and institutional conferences in various countries

 

15.   Chi-square and p-values plus workshops on various applications of Statistics to medical research (full day) Workshop on Clinical Trials and Biostatistics

Seth GS Medical College and KEM Hospital, Bombay, 12 April 1995.

 

16.   Dangers of Tobacco (1 hr) to Schoolchildren (Std. 8,9 and 10)

Golden Jubilee Girls School, the Out-reach programme of the Prince Ali Khan Hospital Trust,

Bombay, 7 December, 1995.

 

17.   Cancer and Tobacco (1 hr)

Community health workers of the

Bombay Municipal Corporation, 23 December, 1995.

 

18.   Importance of non-linear mathematical modelling in hypothesis generation in cancer with special reference to breast cancer  (30min)

Workshop on Mathematical Modelling of Cancer Invasion and Metastasis

University of Warwick, England, 11 September 1996.

 

19.   Multicentricity of breast cancer: new findings & their clinical and biological implications (15 min)

1st Annual Meeting of the Indian Breast Group at Tata Memorial Hospital,

Bombay 2 March 1997

 

20.   Fraction of Normal Remaining life: a new method for expressing survival in cancer. (15 min)

1st Annual Meeting of the Indian Breast Group, Tata Memorial Hospital,

Bombay 2 March 1997

 

21.   Phenomenon in the natural history of breast cancer which demand a novel non-linear model (1hr) Seminars on non-linear dynamics

University College London, London, 18 Feb 1997.

 

22.   Recent advances in Cancer Surgery  (1 hour)

Indian Medical Association, Tiswadi Branch,

Panaji, Goa, India, 6 March 1997.

 

23.   The need for mathematical models for understanding natural history of breast cancer (30 min)

Tata Memorial Hospital,

Bombay, 15 January, 1998

 

24.   Local recurrence has nothing to do with residual disease. (20 min)

Biennial Presidential Conference of the British Oncological Association,

Royal Society of Medicine, London, 2 March 1998.

 

25.   Communication of breast cancer prognosis: Women wish to know their chance of cure-a novel method of expressing survival in terms of cure rates. (oral) 

Law Hospital,

Law, Scotland 18 September 1998

 

26.   Radiosurgery: A novel method of treatment of early breast cancer (15 min)

North London Cancer Network-Breast Cancer Tumour Board-Away Day,

Royal Society of Arts, London 13 November 1998.

 

 

28.   Logical inconsistencies in the contemporary paradigm: Is it time for a paradigm shift? (30 min) CoMPLEX seminar on Breast cancer, Centre for Mathematics and Physics in the Life Sciences and EXperimental Biology,

London, 10 Mar 1999

 

29.   Radiosurgery an innovative approach to management of early breast cancer. (45 min)

Surgical Forum, Department of Surgery,

Norfolk and Norwich Hospital, UK 22 Jun 1999.

 

30.   Radiosurgery: an innovative approach to local treatment of breast cancer (1 hr)

Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School,

Boston, USA. 7 Sep 1999

 

31.   Radiosurgery: an innovative approach to local treatment of breast cancer (1 hr)

Cleveland Clinic,

Cleveland,  OH, USA, 8 Sep 1999

 

32.   Radiosurgery: an innovative approach to local treatment of breast cancer (1 hr)

Our Lady of Mercy Medical School,

New York, USA, 13 Sep 1999

 

33.   Breast Conservative Therapy- novel approaches- Targeted Intraoperative Radiotherapy.(20 min) Breast Cancer in the New Millenium

Nagpur, India 18 February 2000.

 

34.   Locally advanced breast cancer- the Surgeon’s Role. (10 min)

Breast Cancer in the New Millenium

Nagpur, India 18 February 2000.

 

35.   Why we cannot cure cancer? (30 min)

Public lecture, Lunch Hour Lectures of the University College London,

Darwin Lecture Theatre, London 29 February 2000

 

36.   Rethinking Cancer Research – discussion.

“Blue-Skying” the Future of Cancer research

Cambridge, UK, 1-2 December 2000

 

37.   Intraoperative radiotherapy Breast Cancer (20 min)

Breakthrough breast cancer,

London.UK  27 Feb 2002

 

38.   Intraoperative radiotherapy for breast cancer- the UK experience

8th Annual Clinical Oncology Symposium: Current concepts and developments in Intraoperative radiation oncology,

New York, USA.  8 March 2002

 

39.   Targeted Intraoperative radiotherapy- rationale, technique and results.

Congress of the Portuguese Society of Radiology and Radiotherapy, 

Portugal 17 May 2002

 

40.   Targeted Intraoperative radiotherapy for early breast cancer- a randomised trial.

American Brachytherapy Society meeting.

Florida, USA  22 May 2002

 

41.   TARGIT.

5th meeting of UK clinical trialists,

Birmingham, UK, 17 June 2002.

 

42.   Supervision of first two cases of Intraoperative Radiotherapy for breast cancer using INTRABEAM  and lecture (1 hr),

CRO (National Cancer Institute),

Aviano, Italy. 25 Sep 2002

 

43.   Intraoperative radiotherapy for breast cancer

Symposium on novel treatments for breast cancer,

Empoli, Italy, 5 Nov 2002

 

44.   Rationale and results of intraoperative radiotherapy for breast cancer.

Guy’s Hospital,

London. 3 April 2003

 

45.   The novel approach of targeted intraoperative radiotherapy for breast cancer (45 min),

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Centre,

New York, USA. 9 December, 2003

 

46.   The novel approach of targeted intraoperative radiotherapy for breast cancer (45 min),

New York Presbyterian Hospital, Cornell Institute,

New York, USA. 9 Dec 2003

 

47.   Intraoperative radiotherapy for breast cancer (Targit)

Ninewells Hospital and Medical School, University of Dundee

Dundee, UK. 3 Feb 2004.

 

48.   Intraoperative radiotherapy for breast cancer

Annual Meeting of Scottish Radiological Society,

Dundee, UK, 19 Nov 2004

 

49.   Intraoperative Radiotherapy for breast cancer

Focus on Innovative and Locoregional Treatments-VII Congresso Nazionale SITILO (Societa’ Italiana Di Terapie Intergrate Locoregionali in Oncologia) ,

Florence, 26 Nov 2004

 

50.   Targit Meeting with Surgeons and Radiation Oncologists

New Orleans, USA, 7 Dec 2004

 

51.   The International TARGIT trial

1st Workshop on Health Technology assessment Programme for Italy (Programma Ricerca e Innovazione Emilia-Romagna – 1° Workshop- La radiotherapia intraoperatoria nel tumore della mammella),

Bologna, Italy, 21 Dec 2004

 

52.   Targeted Intraoperative radiotherapy trial

Scottish Cancer trialists Meeting

St Andrews, UK, 25 Feb 2005

 

53.   Adjuvant! Vs NPI- a critique

Meeting of the Tayside Breast Services

Dundee, UK, 6 May 2005

 

54.   A mathematical model to assess the impact of choice of axillary sampling techniques on breast cancer mortality

Management of Axilla in patients with breast cancer.

Royal Society of Medicine, London, 8 Sep 2005

 

55.  Targeted Intraoperative radiotherapy trial
Breast Cancer trialists Meeting
Dundee, UK, 10 Mar 2006

 

56.  Mathematical modelling of radiotherapy strategies in breast cancer treatment.
Cancer modelling workshop: “Cell stress, signalling, growth and treatment”,
Scottish Informatics Mathematics Biology & Statistics Centre, Mathematics Biomedical Network
West Park centre, Dundee, 6 June 2006
 

57.   Preventive strategies in women with high risk of breast cancer (30 min)

      Emerging trends in early breast cancer, Trivandrum Breast cancer conference

Trivandrum, Kerala, India, 23 Feb 2007

 

58.   Expanding horizons of breast conserving surgery- Targit for the 21st century (30 min)

      Emerging trends in early breast cancer, Trivandrum Breast cancer conference

Trivandrum, Kerala, India, 24 Feb 2007

 

59.   New advances in Breast cancer (45 min)

      Goa Medical College

Goa, India, 20 Dec 2007

 

60   Diagnosis of breast cancer: FNAC, Core biopsy and innovative treatments.

     Indian Breast Cancer Initiative,

     New Delhi, 11 April 2008

 

61. Individualised treatment for breast cancer: Targit for the 21st century.

      Indian Breast Cancer Initiative,

      New Delhi, 12 April 2008

 

62. Demonstration of operative technique: Targeted intraoperative radiotherapy for breast cancer

      Indian Breast Cancer Initiative,

      New Delhi, 12 April 2008