Dr. Rajeev Kumar

Professional Journey

Achievements

• First surgeon to perform Robotic Nipple Sparing Mastectomy in India
• First surgeon in India to develop new technique for breast reconstruction.

Awards

• Bharat Jyoti award 2011
• Mahendra Misra Fellowship in Oncology in 1995
• Best paper award for paper entitled Arterial Chemotherapy in advanced/recurrent Head and Neck Cancer – VIIth Biennial National Conference of Society collaboration with Info- American Cancer Congress in USA – March 1996.
• Best Paper Award for “Scintimammography in restaging of Breast Cancer”, Asia- Oceana – 2004.

Publication

• Daga G, Kumar R. Metaplastic Breast Cancer with Chondroid Differentiation. Archives of Breast Cancer. 2021 Jul 27:251-4.
• Adenomyoepithelioma of breast: A Report of two cases and short review of literature Annals of Breast diseases/Volume 1/July- December 2023
• CanAssist Breast Impacting Clinical Treatment Decisions in Early-Stage HR+ Breast Cancer Patients: Indian Scenario. Nov 2019
• Extra capsular extension in oral cavity cancers – predictive factors and impact on recurrence pattern and survival: International Journal of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery. April 2019
• Donut Mastopexy Lumpectomy: Indian J Surg Oncol (2019)
• Malignant Peripheral Nerve Sheath Tumor of the Parotid Gland: Indian J Surg Oncol (2018) 9: 629
• Robotic nipple-sparing mastectomy: The first experience from Indian subcontinent. The Breast Journal. 2018
• Survival benefits of adjuvant radiation in the management of early tongue cancer with depth of invasion as the indication: Journal of the Sciences and Specialities of the Head and Neck Vol 24, Nov/ Dec. 2018, 1114 – 5.
• Screening of over 1000 Indian patients with breast and/or ovarian cancer with a multi-gene panel: prevalence of BRCA1/2 and non-BRCA mutations Breast Cancer Research and Treatment: 2018 Jul 1:1-8
• Tailored approach to management of bilateral breast cancer in Indian women- Asian Journal of Oncology Vol-1 – issue 2, Jul- Dec 2015
• Bellini duct carcinoma – World Journal of Surgical Oncology
• Feasibility of Scintimammography in restaging of breast carcinoma post lumpectomy for planning further management: A pilot study – World J Nucl. Medicine 203, 2:211-215.
• Radiation induced sarcoma following treatment of breast cancer – The Indian Journal of Cancer – Vol 36 No. 2, 3, 4 June, Sept. Dec. 1999 192 – 193.
• Combination chemotherapy in advanced ovarian cancer – A prospective study of sixty patients. Proceedings of the XVIth International Cancer Congress – MonduzziEditore – International proceedings division S. P.A. Bolongna( Italy), 3095 – 3098.
• Benign Breast Diseases in males – Annals of Endocrine Surgery, Vol 1, No 1, 49-57, Nov. 1996.
• Combination chemotherapy in advanced ovarian cancer – A prospective study of sixty patients. Proceedings of the XVIth International Cancer Congress – Monduzzi Editore – International proceedings division S. P.A. Bolongna(Italy), 3095 – 3098.
• Benign Breast Diseases in males – Annals of Endocrine Surgery, Vol 1, No 1, 49-57, Nov. 1996.
• Radiation induced sarcoma following treatment of breast cancer – The Indian Journal of Cancer – Vol 36 No. 2, 3, 4 June, Sept. Dec. 1999 192 – 193.
• Feasibility of Scintimammography in restaging of breast carcinoma post lumpectomy for planning further management: A pilot study – World J Nucl. Medicine 203, 2:211-215.
• Bellini duct carcinoma – World Journal of Surgical Oncology
• Trailored approach to management of bilateral breast cancer in Indian women, Asian Journal of Oncology VOI-1 – issue-2 Jul-Dec 2015
• Contribution to the TextBook- Being breast diseases in males in Disease of the Breasts, Editors P.E Mansel, Hayward, Lippincott.