Submissions from 2024
Peer review in radiation oncology: Where does the middle East, North Africa, and Türkiye region stand?, Shatha Abutaha, Layth Mula- Hussain, Mostafa ElHaddad, Ahmed Nadeem Abbasi, Sara Sami, Khawla Ammar, Zineb Dahbi, Caroline Jabbour, Ugur Selek, Ramiz Abu- Hijlih, and Akram Al-Ibraheem
Artificial neural network-assisted prediction of radiobiological indices in head and neck cancer, Saad Bin Saeed Ahmed, Shahzaib Naeem, Agha Muhammad Hammad Khan, Bilal Mazhar Qureshi, Amjad Hussain, Bulent Aydogan, and Wazir Muhammad
Further insights into MARS 2, Yumna Ahmed, Agha Muhammad Hammad Khan, Calogero Casa, and Ahmed Nadeem Abbasi
In regard to Ethan B. Ludmir et al, Sarah Akhtar, Maria Tariq, Bareera Shamsi, Sehrish Abrar, Nasir Ali, Asim Hafiz, Bilal Mazhar Qureshi, and Ahmed Nadeem Abbasi
In regard to Kim et al, Tooba Ali, Mariam Hina, laraib khan, Bilal Mazhar Qureshi, Asim Hafiz, and Ahmed Nadeem Abbasi
Addressing the critical gap: Conscious sedation for pediatric oncology patients in LMICs, Syed Ibrahim Bukhari, Gashaw Arega, and Sadaf Altaf
Global immunization crisis amid the COVID-19 pandemic: Implications for pediatric oncology, Syed Ibrahim Bukhari, Asim Belgaumi, and Fyezah Jehan
Initiation of haploidentical stem cell transplantation with post-transplant cyclophosphamide in children: A low-middle-income country institutional experience, Syed Ibrahim Bukhari, Javeria Saeed, Zehra Fadoo, Asim Belgaumi, Naureen Allani, and Sadaf Altaf
Estimation of the optimal radiotherapy utilization rate for childhood neuroblastoma, Azumi Fukushima, Varsha Hande, Katherine Wakeham, Michael B. Barton, Mohamed S. Zaghloul, Daniel C. Moreira, Nickhill Bhakta, Kathy Pritchard-Jones, Michael Sullivan, and Bilal Mazhar Qureshi
Re: 'Is a 14-Day pathway from decision to treat to radiotherapy for head and neck cancer patients feasible in the national health service? The torbay experience 5 years on', Mariam Hina, laraib khan, Sehrish Abrar, Bilal Mazhar Qureshi, Asim Hafiz, Nasir Ali, and Ahmed Nadeem Abbasi
Recurrent cutaneous manifestation in multiple myeloma, Mariam Hina, Saad Salim Naviwala, Munira Moosajee, and Nasir Ali
Real-world challenges of managing Diffuse Large B-Cell Lymphoma in a developing country, Raheel Iftikhar, Usman Ahmad, Ghulam Haider, Humera Mahmood, Maryam Khan, Misbah Masood, Nida Anwar, Qamar Javed, Nadia Sajid, and Munira Moosajee
Correspondence in regard to Patil N, et al, Maham Javed, Bilal Mazhar Qureshi, Sehrish Abrar, Asim Hafiz, Ahmed Nadeem Abbasi, laraib khan, and Nasir Ali
Rationale of establishment of adolescents and young adult multidisciplinary team (AYA MDT) tumor board in Pakistan, Saba Karim, laraib khan, Amna Farooqui, Ahmed Nadeem Abbasi, and Bilal Mazhar Qureshi
Correspondence: In regard to gogineni et al, laraib khan, Maham Javed, Tooba Ali, Mariam Hina, Asim Hafiz, Sehrish Abrar, Nasir Ali, Ahmed Nadeem Abbasi, and Bilal Mazhar Qureshi
Kidney disease in childhood cancer survivors treated with radiation therapy: A PENTEC comprehensive review, Matthew M. Poppe, An Tai, Moyed Miften, Arthur Olch, Lawrence B. Marks, Bilal Mazhar Qureshi, Sheri L. Spunt, Margarett Shnorhavorian, Geoff Nelson, and Cecile Ronckers
Mobilizing students to effect multidisciplinary cancer care: The tumor board establishment facilitation forum, Muhammad Abdul Rehman, Urooba Jawwad, Erfa Tahir, Unaiza Naeem, Maheen Qamar, Nowal Hussain, Nimrata Kumari, Ahmed Nadeem Abbasi, and Agha Muhammad Hammad Khan
RE: The impact of multidisciplinary cancer conferences on overall survival: A meta-analysis, Bareera Shamsi, Mariam Hina, Sarah Akhtar, Fabiha Shakeel, Bilal Ahmed, Sehrish Abrar, Asim Hafiz, Bilal Mazhar Qureshi, Nasir Ali, and Ahmed Nadeem Abbasi
Spinal typical teratoid rhabdoid tumor in a 14-year-old child with down syndrome: A case report, Soha Zahid; Farrah Bashir; Naureen Mushtaq; Eric Bouffet; Mohammad Khurram Minhas; Shayan Sirat Maheen Anwar,; Gohar Javed; and Cynthia Hawkins
Submissions from 2023
Rationale of establishment of cardio-oncology multi- disciplinary team tumour boards in Pakistan, Ahmed Nadeem Abbasi, Calogero Casa, and Andrea Daviero
Emotional intelligence training can be incorporated as an essential component of postgraduate medical education: Paving the way towards the development of multidisciplinary team culture, Ahmed Nadeem Abbasi, Maria Tariq, Muneeb Uddin Karim, and Calogero Casa
Chaotic transformation of parotid acinic cell carcinoma to metastatic dedifferentiated high-grade pathology - A rare case with clinical and emotional challenge, Faiza Ahmed, Saqib Raza Khan, Tasneem Dawood, Aliha Naeem, Munira Moosajee, and Yasmin Abdul Rashid
Impact of COVID-19 pandemic on delivery of pediatric radiotherapy: A critical review, Naba Ali, Mithra Ghalibafian, Katherine Sykes-Martin, Jeannette Parkes, Bilal Mazhar Qureshi, and Natia Esiashvili
Postoperative radiotherapy for high-grade primary cardiac spindle cell sarcoma: a rare entity, Tooba Ali, Nasir Ali, laraib khan, and Mohammad Khurram Minhas
Pakistan national guidelines for pediatric high-grade gliomas, Farrah Bashir, Bilal Mazhar Qureshi, Mohammad Khurram Minhas, Uri Tabori, Eric Bouffet, Cynthia Hawkins, Ather Enam, and Naureen Mushtaq
Acute Oral Mucositis During Hypo-Fractionated Radiation in Squamous Cell Carcinoma of Oral Cavity, Agha Muhammad Hammad, Sehrish Abrar, Rabia Tahseen, Bilal Mazhar Qureshi, Asim Hafiz, and Ahmed Nadeem Abbasi
Correspondence letter to "does current training in radiation oncology prepare radiation oncologists to optimally manage patients with head and neck cancer?", Mariam Hina, Tooba Ali, Maria Tariq, Bilal Ahmed, and Ahmed Nadeem Abbasi
A step towards personalised cancer treatment in lower middle-income countries (LMICS): Molecular tumour boards, Agha Muhammad Hammad Khan, Ikram Burney, Zeeshan Ansar Ahmed, and Ahmed Nadeem Abbasi
Importance of development of rare cancers National Tumour Board, laraib khan, Ahmed Nadeem Abbasi, and Sohail Rasool
Reply to A. Mangla, Muhammad A. Mansha, Ahmed N. Abbasi, and Muhammad M. Fareed
Evolution of systemic therapy in medulloblastoma including irradiation-sparing approaches, Naureen Mushtaq, Rahat Ul Ain, Syed Ahmer Hamid, and Eric Bouffet
Outcomes of patients with FLT3 positive acute myeloid leukaemia; An experience from a tertiary care hospital in Karachi, Pakistan, Maria Zulfiqar, Natasha Bahadur Ali, Mohammad Usman Shaikh, Hamzah Jehanzeb, Salman Arif, Zurrya Fasih Khan, Nabiha Saeed, and Zeeshan Ansar Ahmed
Submissions from 2022
In Regard to ng et al, Ahmed Nadeem Abbasi, Nasir Ali, Asim Hafiz, Bilal Mazhar Qureshi, Sehrish Abrar, and laraib khan
Financial toxicity tumor board: A multi-disciplinary team activity required in low and middle-income countries (LMIC), Ahmed Nadeem Abbasi, Sohail Rasool, and Laraib Khan
Solitary rib metastasis from primary nasopharyngeal carcinoma: A rare clinical presentation, Sehrish Abrar, Bilal Mazhar Qureshi, Nasir Ali, Asim Hafiz, Agha Muhammad Hammad Khan, and Ahmed Nadeem Abbasi
Total skin electron beam therapy (TSEBT) in management of mycosis fungoides: A case series, Sehrish Abrar, Bilal Mazhar Qureshi, Asim Hafiz, Nasir Ali, Agha Muhammad Hammad Khan, and Ahmed Nadeem Abbasi
Fertility preservation is an imperative goal in the clinical practice of radiation oncology: A narrative review, Yumna Ahmed, Agha Muhammad Hammad Khan, Urooba Jawwad Rao, Fatima Shaukat, Arhum Jamil, Syed Mohammad Hasan, Sehrish Abrar, Bilal Mazhar Qureshi, and Ahmed Nadeem Abbasi
Acute dermatitis in adult female patients receiving hypofractionated radiotherapy for breast cancer: Experience from a low- and middle-income country, Yumna Ahmed, Agha Muhammad Hammad Khan, Fatima Shaukat, Rabia Tehseen, Maria Tariq, Bilal Mazhar Qureshi, Sehrish Abrar, and Nasir Ali
Estimated incidence, prevalence, mortality, and registration of childhood cancer (ages 0-14 years) in the WHO Eastern Mediterranean region: An analysis of GLOBOCAN 2020 data, Ibtihal Fadhil, Ranin Soliman, Sawsan Jaffar, Sawsan Al Madhi, Raya Saab, Asim Belgaumi, and Alaa Elhaddad
In regard to hesse et al, Bilal Mazhar Qureshi, Maria Tariq, Agha Muhammad Hammad Khan, Nasir Ali, Asim Hafiz, Sehrish Abrar, and Ahmed Nadeem Abbasi
Submissions from 2021
Impact of multidisciplinary team meetings and decision-making on cancer management in lower and middle income countries, Ahmed Nadeem Abbasi, Bilal Mazhar Qureshi, and Muneeb Uddin Karim
Central nervous system metastases: A rare presentation of nasopharyngeal carcinoma, Sehrish Abrar, Nasir Ali, Bilal Mazhar Qureshi, and Rabia Tehseen
Submissions from 2020
The pivotal role of patient-centred approaches in successful outcome of evidence-based high quality cancer care, Ahmed Nadeem Abbasi
Tumor boards during COVID-19 pandemic, Ahmed Nadeem Abbasi
Site-specific multi disciplinary tumour board is an important milestone in cancer patient's treatment journey, Ahmed Nadeem Abbasi, Sehrish Abrar, and Bilal Mazhar Qureshi
Commentary on '' A meta-analysis on surgery with or without postoperative radiotherapy to treat squamous cell esophageal carcinoma", Ahmed Nadeem Abbasi and Bilal Mazhar Qureshi
Clinical audit a valuable tool for quality improvement of care: Radiation oncologists' perspective, Sehrish Abrar, Ahmed Nadeem Abbasi, and Maria Tariq
Acute toxicity and local response using three fractions of high dose rate (HDR) brachytherapy for curative treatment of carcinoma cervix, Nasir Ali, Bilal Mazhar Qureshi, Ahmed Nadeem Abbasi, Asim Hafiz, Benazir Mir, and Abdul Qadir Jangda
Impact of a learning objective based self-study plan in an introductory radiation oncology curriculum, Muneeb Uddin Karim, Bilal Mazhar Qureshi, and Ahmed Nadeem Abbasi
Submissions from 2019
Recent updates in the management of merkel cell carcinoma, Ahmed Nadeem Abbasi, Syed Mustajab Ahmed, and Bilal Mazhar Qureshi
Radiomics - Using artificial intelligence in the quest towards personalised radiation treatment, Ahmed Nadeem Abbasi, Agha Muhammad Hammad Khan, and Bilal Mazhar Qureshi
Audit on incidents and knowledge of nurses regarding chemotherapy extravasations at day care oncology of a tertiary care hospital in Karachi, Pakistan, Arifa Aziz, Zarka Samoon, Zeenat Shaheen, Afsheen Feroz, Mohammad Khurshid, Nadia Ayoub, and Sobia Sawani
Incidence, clinical distribution, and patient characteristics of childhood cancer in Saudi Arabia: A population-based analysis, Asim Belgaumi, Ghulam Q. Pathan, Khawar Siddiqui, Afshan A. Ali, Ibrahim Al‐Fawaz, Suleimman Al‐Sweedan, Mouhab Ayas, and Amani A. Al-Kofide
Solitary brain metastasis: A rare initial presentation of prostate carcinoma, Asim Hafiz, Muneeb Uddin Karim, Bilal Mazhar Qureshi, Adnan Jabbar, and Zubair Ahmad
Evaluation of baseline cardiac function by echocardiography and its association with nutritional status in pediatric cancer patients at the Indus hospital in Karachi, Pakistan, Sadia Muhammad; Asim Belgaumi; Muhammad S. Ashraf; Saleem Akhtar; Sundus Iftikhar; Muhammad R. Raza; and Mohammad Y, Yakoob
Impact of peer review in the radiation treatment planning process: Experience of a tertiary care university hospital in Pakistan, Bilal Mazhar Qureshi, Muhammad Atif Mansha, Muneeb Uddin Karim, Asim Hafiz, Nasir Ali, Benazir Mir, Fatima Shaukat, Maria Tariq, and Ahmed Nadeem Abbasi
Intracranial tumors in children: A 10-year review from a single tertiary health-care center, Quratulain Riaz, Ehsun Naeem, Zehra Fadoo, Mahadev Lohano, and Naureen Mushtaq
Survival and treatment outcomes of metaplastic breast carcinoma: Single tertiary care center experience in Pakistan, Zarka Samoon, Madiha Beg, Romana Idress, and Adnan Jabbar
Incidental renal cell carcinoma in pelvic malignancies, Fatima Shaukat, Muhammad Atif Mansha, Nasir Ali, Agha Muhammad Hammad Khan, and Ahmed Nadeem Abbasi
Functional repair assay for the diagnosis of constitutional mismatch repair deficiency from non-neoplastic tissue, Andrew Y. Shuen, Stella Lanni, Gagan B. Panigrah, Melissa Edwards, Lisa Yu, Brittany B. Campbell, Ariane Mandel, Cindy Zhang, Nataliya Zhukova, and Naureen Mushtaq
Submissions from 2018
Extramedullary plasmacytoma: Rare neoplasm of parotid gland, Sehrish Abrar, Nasir Ali, Bilal Mazhar Qureshi, and Ahmed Nadeem Abbasi
Chemoradiation and the role of adjuvant chemotherapy in lymph nodal-metastatic cervical cancer, Nasir Ali, Azmina Tajdin Valimohammad, Ahmed Nadeem Abbasi, Muhammad Atif Mansha, Asim Hafiz, and Bilal Mazhar Qureshi
Clinical audit to assess delays in chemotherapy administration at daycare oncology center at a tertiary care hospital in Karachi, Pakistan, Arifa Arifa Aziz, Zarka Samoon, Afsheen Feroz, Nadia Ayoub, Safia Awan, and Madhia Beg
Challenges faced by Pakistani healthcare system: Clinician's perspective, Faran Khalid and Ahmed Nadeem Abbasi
Glioblastoma multiforme involving conus medullaris in a child, Muhammad Atif Mansha, Agha Muhammad Hammad Khan, Ahmed Nadeem Abbasi, Mohammad Usman Ali, Naureen Mushtaq, Maria Tariq, and Asmara Waheed
Hidradenocarcinoma: Five years of local and systemic control of a rare sweat gland neoplasm with nodal metastasis, Benazir Mir, Muhammad Atif Mansha, Nasir Ali, Ahmed Nadeem Abbasi, Syed Mustajab Ahmed, and Bilal Mazhar Qureshi
How to become a breast cancer specialist in 2018: The point of view of the second cohort of the Certificate of Competence in Breast Cancer (CCB2), Giacomo Montagna, David Anderson, Justyna Bochenek-Cibor, Ivana Bozovic Spasojevic, Conceicao Campos, Sandro Cavallero, Ivana Durutovic, Manuel Oscar Gomez Cuadra, Tazia Irfan, and Benazir Mir Khan
Delayed methotrexate clearance despite carboxypeptidase-G2 (Glucarpidase) administration in 2 patients with toxic methotrexate levels, Kirk Wyatt, Jeffrey Cooper, Katherine Scott, Eileen Broomall, Sadaf Altaf, Marie C. Hogan, Vilmarie Rodriguez, and Shakila Khan
Submissions from 2017
Comment on: Are we training the next generation of proficient Radiation Oncologists, or just better examination candidates?, Ahmed Nadeem Abbasi, Muneeb Uddin Karim, Bilal Mazhar Qureshi, Asim Hafiz, and Nasir Ali
Implementation of quality measures in site-specific multidisciplinary tumour boards, Ahmed Nadeem Abbasi and Huriye Senay Kiziltan
A suggested plan for specialist doctor's professional growth and development, Ahmed Nadeem Abbasi and Bilal Mazhar Qureshi
Role of metastasectomy and chemotherapy in carcinoma of uterine cervix, Nasir Ali, Muhammad Atif Mansha, Ahmed Nadeem Abbasi, and Bilal Mazhar Qureshi
SIOP PODC Adapted treatment guidelines for low grade gliomas in low and middle income settings, Laila Hessissen, Jeannette Parkes, Nisreen Amayiri, Naureen Mushtaq, Nongnuch Sirachainan, Yavuz nacak, Dipayan Mitra, Anthony Figaj, Antoinette Schouten‐van Meeteren, Michael Sullivan, Hester Burger, Alan Davidson, Eric Bouffet, and Simon Bailey
Postgraduate training in a low- and middle-income country: Sharing experience from a Joint Commission International Accreditation-accredited University Hospital, M U. Karim, A Nadeem Abbasi, N Ali, A Hafiz, Bilal Mazhar Qureshi, and B Mir
Outcomes of high risk Patients with febrile neutropenia at a tertiary care center, Asif Husain Osmani, Adnan Abdul Jabbar, Manesh Kumar Gangwani, and Bilal Hassan
Recommendations for the treatment of children with radiotherapy in low- and middle-income countries (LMIC): A position paper from the Pediatric Radiation Oncology Society (PROS-LMIC) and Pediatric Oncology in Developing Countries (PODC) working groups of the International Society of Pediatric Oncology (SIOP), Jeannette Parkes, Clayton Hess, Hester Burger, Yavuz Anacak, Verity Ahern, Scott C. Howard, Moawia Elhassan, Soha Ahmed, Mithra Ghalibafian, Ahmed Nadeem Abbasi, Bilal Mazhar Qureshi, Mohamed Zaghloul, Eduardo Zubizarreta, Pierre Bey, Alan Davidson, Eric Bouffet, and Natia Esiashvili
In Regard to Amdur, Bilal Mazhar Qureshi, Ahmed Nadeem Abbasi, Nasir Ali, Asim Hafiz, and Benazir Khaskheli
Nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC)-issues in the inclusion of cervical nodal region in radiation treatment volume, Bilal Mazhar Qureshi, Ahmed N. Abbasi, Nasir Ali, and Asim Hafiz
Knowledge, attitude and perceptions of Muslim cancer patients regarding cancer treatment during Ramadan: Results from a tertiary care hospital Karachi, Afshan Asghar Rasheed, Yasmin Abdul Rashid, Farah Tahir Pirzada, Fawad Haroon, Adnan Jabbar, and Ahmed Raheem Buksh
Incidence of venous thromboembolism in cancer patients treated with cisplatin based chemotherapy - a cohort study, Muhammad Nauman Zahir, Quratulain Shaikh, Munira Shabbir-Moosajee, and Adnan Abdul Jabbar
Submissions from 2016
Establishment and maintenance of quality of site-specific multidisciplinary tumor boards in Pakistan, Ahmed Nadeem Abbasi
Establishment of site specific multi disciplinary tumour boards in Pakistan -Is it really necessary to discuss all cancer cases in multidisciplinary tumour board meetings?, Ahmed Nadeem Abbasi
In Regard to Takiar et al, Ahmed Nadeem Abbasi, Muhammad Atif Mansha, Bilal Mazhar Qureshi, Asim Hafiz, and Nasir Ali
Multidisciplinary team tumour boards are a lifeline for our cancer patients in lower and middle income countries, A N. Abbasi, Muneeb Uddin Karim, N Ali, A Hafiz, and Bilal Mazhar Qureshi
Correspondence on the article: Patients treated with neoadjuvant chemotherapy+radical surgery+adjuvant chemotherapy in locally advanced cervical cancer: long-term outcomes, survival and prognostic factors in a single-center 10-year follow-up, Nasir Ali, Ahmed Nadeem Abbasi, and Muhammad Atif Mansha
Innovation in chemotherapy administration process, A Aziz
Correspondence on review article published in oral oncology (Vol. 59, August 2016): "Evaluation of the benefit and use of multidisciplinary teams in the treatment of head and neck cancer.", Muhammad Atif Mansha, Ahmed Nadeem Abbasi, Nasir Ali, Asim Hafiz, and Bilal Mazhar Qureshi
Implementation of quality medical physics training in a low-middle income country - sharing experience from a tertiary care JCIA-accredited university hospital, Ahmed Nadeem Abbasi, Wazir Muhammad, and Amjad Hussain
Submissions from 2015
In regard to Zhou et al, Ahmed Nadeem Abbasi, Asim Hafiz, and Nasir Ali
Re: Impact of comorbidity in staging & management decision making of nasopharyngeal Ca (NPC), Ahmed Nadeem Abbasi, Asim Hafiz, Bilal Mazhar Qureshi, and Nasir Ali
Everolimus induced Pneumonitis, Q Badar, N Masood, and A N. Abbasi
Frequency and severity of acute toxicity of pelvic radiotherapy for gynecological cancer, Asim Hafiz, Ahmed Nadeem Abbasi, Nasir Ali, Khurshid Ahmed Khan, and Bilal Mazhar Qureshi
Sino-nasal mucosal malignant melanoma, Muneeb Uddin Karim, Khursheed Khan, Nasir Ali, and Mubasher Ikram
Plasmablastic lymphoma of the oral cavity with breast recurrence: a case report, Zarka Samoon, Romana Idrees, Nehal Masood, and Tayyaba Zehra Ansari
An overview of conditioning regimens for haploidentical stem cell transplantation with post-transplantation cyclophosphamide, Munira Shabbir-Moosajee, Lindsey Lombardi, and Stefan O. Ciurea
5-Fluorouracil-induced vasculitic injury manifesting as a multiorgan dysfunction in a patient with esophageal carcinoma, Mohammad Faizan Zahid, Nehal Masood, and Munira Shabbir-Moosajee
Metastatic pancreatic carcinoma and experience with FOLFIRINOX - a cross sectional analysis from a developing country, Muhammad Nauman Zahir and Adnan Abdul Jabbar
Submissions from 2014
Treatment updates regarding anaplastic oligodendroglioma and anaplastic oligoastrocytoma, Khurshid Ahmed Khan, Ahmed Nadeem Abbasi, and Nasir Ali
Vincristine-induced vocal cord palsy and successful re-treatment in a patient with diffuse large B cell lymphoma: a case report, Zarka Samoon and Munira Shabbir-Moosajee
1544P Risk of venous thromboembolism in patients receiving cisplatin based chemotherapy: A retrospective cohort study, M N. Zahir, Q Shaikh, M Shabbir-Moosajee, and A A. Jabbar