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Dr. Basavaraj Harijan

Dr. Basavaraj Harijan

Dr. Basavaraj Harijan

QualificationMBBS, DMRT, DNB (Radiotherapy)

Specialities Radiation Oncology

Locations HCG Cancer Center - Hubli
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Introduction

Dr. Basavaraj is an experienced clinical radiation oncologist, specializing in advanced technology conventional planning and delivering radiation therapy through various techniques such as 3DCRT, IMRT/IGRT, RapidArc, SRS and SBRT, along with brachytherapy for a broad spectrum of cancers. With a patient-centric approach and a focus on providing the most effective treatment, Dr. Basavaraj's aim is to ensure the best possible outcome for every patient.

Area of Expertise

  • Dr. Basavaraj's expertise lies in clinical radiation oncology and advanced technology conventional planning and delivering radiation therapy through various techniques, such as 3DCRT, IMRT/IGRT, RapidArc, SRS and SBRT.
  • He also has hands-on experience in advanced brachytherapy procedures – intracavitary brachytherapy (ICBT) /interstitial brachytherapy (ISBT) and intraluminal brachytherapy for cancers of esophagus, head and neck region, sarcoma and gynaecological malignancies, namely cervical and endometrial cancers.
  • Dr. Basavaraj has handled over 3500 cases so far

Research & Publications

  • Dr. Basavaraj has attended numerous events where he has presented his papers and posters and bagged multiple awards:
  • Presented a poster “Incidence of Vaginal Adhesion in Patients Treated with Radical Radiotherapy in Carcinoma Cervix” December 2013 held in Goa -GOKARNA. 
  • Presented a paper “Incidence of Laryngeal Edema in Head and Neck Cancer Patient Treated with Concurrent Chemoradiation.” AROICON Delhi-2013                              
  • Carcinoma oesophagus with Clivus metastasis Case series.
  • HCG Oncology Mirror April 2017                            
  •  Incidence of primary hypothyroidism in patients exposed to therapeutic external beam radiation, where radiation portals include a part or whole of the thyroid gland (Free paper) AROICON Bangalore 2018
  • Presented a Paper “Prospective comparative analysis of Dysphagia in Standard IMRT vs Dysphagia Aspiration Related Structure Sparing IMRT in Head and Neck Cancer. ICC Bangalore 

Medical Breakthrough

  • He is a member of numerous associations, such as the Indian Medical Association, Association of Radiation Oncologist of India, Indian College of Radiation Oncology and Indian Brachytherapy Society.                                        
  • He has served as an investigator and principal investigator for many clinical trials and below are a few:
  • Unresectable EGFR mutation-positive Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer (Stage III) whose disease has not progressed following definitive platinum-based chemoradiation therapy (LAURA) (Principal investigator – Ongoing 2018)
  • Efficacy and safety of Intas Denosumab in comparison with Xgeva in patients with solid tumours with bone metastasis (Co-Investigator)         

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