International Conference on

Oncology

Scientific Program

Keynote Session:

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Thomas Varughese

Department of Oncology, Renai Medicity Hospital

Title: Efficacy of Jackfruit365â„¢ Green Jackfruit Flour Fortified Diet on Pegfilgrastim to Prevent Chemotherapy-induced Leukopenia, Irrespective of Tumor Type or Drugs Used - A Retrospective Study

Biography:

One of the most renowned Oncologist and Surgeon in the world, Dr. Thomas Varughese,  after getting  trained in Surgical Oncology and other treatments from India’s premier cancer centre Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai, brings to Renai Medicity legacy so unique. He is credited with the setting up of the first Cancer Surgery Centre in Private sector in Kerala at MOSCM Medical College, Kolenchery as early as in 1996. There are several innovative surgical approaches designed by Dr. Thomas Varughese, reported for the first time in literature such as Drain-less Breast Oncoplastic surgery for Operable Cancer breast (‘Thomas Technique’) and Scarless, Horizontal lateral Thyroidectomy, (‘Thomas Technique’). Dr. Thomas has vast experience in organ preservation surgeries of head and Neck, Lung, Extremity sarcomas and GI tract. Downstaging of various cancers of different organ systems and sarcomas of various types are routinely undertaken to preserve the organ and functions. Total Peritonectomy for GI tract and Ovarian cancer is routinely done and Fertility preserving cancer surgeries of genital tract is done here.).

 

Abstract:

Chemotherapy-induced Leukopenia (CIL) is associated with increased mortality and economic burden on patients. This study was conducted to evaluate whether inclusion of green jackfruit flour 30 gms per day along with regular diet of those patients receiving chemotherapy, could prevent CIL. This is a retrospective study conducted among a group of patients undergoing chemotherapy for solid tumors at Renai Medicity Hospital, Palarivattom, Cochin, Kerala, India, since June 2018. The study group comprised of 50 consecutive subjects, who were supplemented with green jackfruit flour diet in their regular diet and further followed up prospectively. The control group was retrospective with 50 subjects prior to June 2018, with no diet supplements. Those who received less than 3 cycles were excluded from either arm. The mean age of the participants in study group and control group were 53.16±11.06 and 56.96±12.16 years respectively. 6 patients, out of 37, in the study group and 20 patients out of 50 in the control group developed CIL. They received 38 and 105 vials of filgrastim respectively. After excluding those cycles in study group patients, where green jackfruit flour was not taken in spite of advice, the mean number of cycles in which CIL developed (P=0.00) and number of vials of filgrastim taken per cycle (P=0.00) were significantly different from control group and no patient in the study group developed CIL. Inclusion of green jackfruit flour as a dietary intervention prevents chemotherapy-induced leukopenia in patients undergoing chemotherapy along with Pegfilgrastim. Avoidance of CIL improves quality of life, reduces the cost of treatment, morbidity prevents ICU stay, mortality, avoids chemotherapy dropouts, prevents postponement of chemo cycles and even the quality of life of treating doctors since management of neutropenia is avoided. When extrapolated on global scale the money saved will be in billions. This will also permit usage of highly effective drugs, whether cytotoxic or immunotherapy, which otherwise are withdrawn due to chemotoxicity, thus enhancing cure rates

 

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Dr Daniela Capdepon

Campana Cancer Centre, Argentina

Title: The important benefits of different foods in the fight against cancer

Biography:

Dr. Daniela Capdepon, received from Medica at 22 years old and graduated with Honors from the medical school. She completed her Specialty in Clinical Oncology at the Universidad del Salvador, Buenos Aires, Argentina. She became the Medical Director of the Campana Cancer Center at age 32. She has many presentations at international congresses as well as being part of the organizing committee of several international congresses.

She also has more than 20 publications and has served as a member of the editorial board of renowned magazines.

Abstract:

There is no doubt that eating correctly and in a healthy way prevents us from developing certain diseases. More and more, doctors show and reveal that some cancers are closely linked to what we eat.

In fact, experts say that more than 50% of cancerous tumors could be prevented with a healthy diet. Fruits, vegetables, and greens, among many other foods, are part of anti-cancer foods.

Many foods have been identified as anticancer agents, such as oily fish, olive oil, berries, walnuts, garlic, and broccoli, among others.

Today, modern medicine relies on careful study and isolation of compounds or proteins from these products, however, this can be very difficult to achieve as these products are often made up of dozens or hundreds of proteins.

This is why developing a safe, effective, and reproducible drug is a challenge since the composition of a pharmacological product depends on several methods to be used and developed.

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Deepak Mane

Senior Data Scientist , Tata consultancy Services

Title: Machine Learning in Oncology: What Should Clinicians Know?

Biography:

Mr. Deepak S. Mane is a Senior Data Scientist/Enterprise Solution Architect in Global Consulting practice - Performance Engineering Lab at Tata Research Development and Design Center (A Research wing of TCS). In his previous role he was Scientific Officer at Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR). Mr. Deepak Mane has 17+ years of experience as Data Scientist/Enteprise Solution architect in Data Science , Data Management , governance , Science and Analytics , Big Data , Cloud Computing , Artificial Intelligence , Machine Learning , Deep Learning. Currently, he is working as Senior Data Scientist Commonwealth Bank of Australia through TCS. He has 7+ onsite experience at various locations  such as USA, Europe, Australia and Asia in big data and cloud domain. Mr.Deepak Mane holds 6 certifications in the Data Science and cloud computing domain. He has published 21 papers in Conferences Seminars , and has been conducting Seminars/workshops at various colleges in Maharashtra and MP under AIP/FDP activities - TCS . He's also a mentor for KreSIT, Indian Institute of Technology - Mumbai. He is working as Reviewer for 10 Scopus and Springer Journals including cyber war , cyber security , artificial Intelligence. He has also been a  Speaker for various international conferences across the globe(UK , USA , INDIA). He is also a member of the Technical program committee and reviewer for national/International conferences. Mr. Deepak Mane has implemented various data science projects in World’s top banks like HSBC , Bank of America , Visa and Commonwealth Bank of Australia. He has also undertaken the Implementation of Data Science projects for various business use cases including Data on-boarding, Analytics and data delivery in batch and real time mode with help of Big Data (Cloudera , Hortonworks) and Cloud (AWS , Azure and Google Cloud Platform)

Abstract:

Over recent years, the amount and scope of scientific and clinical data in oncology has increased significantly, including but not limited to the field of electronic health data, radiographic and histological data and genomics. This growth promises a deeper understanding of malignancy and therefore personalised and more reliable oncological treatment. However, such objectives entail the creation of new methods to allow full use of the wealth of available data. Improvements in computer processing power and the advancement of algorithms have placed master learning, an artificial intelligence branch, in the field of oncology research and practise. This analysis offers a summary of the fundamentals of computer education and addresses recent advances and difficulties in the application of this technology to cancer diagnostics, prognosis, and treatment recommendations.