Dr. Smitha C Saldanha

Dr. Smitha is a highly trained and certified expert in haemato oncology and bone marrow transplantation. She specialises in treating a wide range of cancers, including breast cancer, leukaemias, lymphomas, multiple myeloma, gastrointestinal cancers, genitourinary cancers, head and neck cancers, and lung cancers. She also has an interest in treating paediatric tumours. Dr. Smitha is committed to providing individualised care to each patient, tailored to their unique needs.

• Study on Awareness among School Children on the spread, symptoms, treatment and prevention of Malaria in an urban endemic area of South India. Karnataka Paediatric Journal, 24 (1), January-March 2010: p 4-6
• A Study on the Awareness observed among Individuals living in Endemic Area on the Spread, Symptoms, Treatment and prevention of Malaria. Al Ameen J Med Sci 4 (1), January-March 2011: p 80-83
• An Interesting Case Report on Cerebellar and Psychiatric Manifestations in Malaria. Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, October 2011, 5 (5): 1104-6
• Extermination of the Smallpox Virus – Light at the End of the Tunnel… or not – the Stalemate Continues. Annals of Community Health, 2014 Apr; 2 (2): 2-3.
• Langerhans Cell Sarcoma – Review of Literature and a Rare Case Report . J Mol BiomarkDiagn2014; 5:181.
• Plasmablastic lymphoma of bone in a human immunodeficiency virus positive child – A rare extra-oral presentation. Pediatric Infectious Disease, 2014;  6 (4), 142 – 144
• Epigenetic therapy of cancer with histonedeacetylase inhibitors. Journal of Cancer Research and Therapeutics, 2014; 10 ( 3): 469-478
• A study of comparison of prognostic models in peripheral T cell lymphoma in a tertiary care centre in South India. Annals of Oncology 26 (Supplement 9): ix85–ix92, 2015
• The Efficacy, safety and cost benefit of Olanzapine versus Aprepitant in Highly Emetogenic Chemotherapy: a pilot study from south India. Chemotherapy Research and Practice, vol. 2016, Article ID 3439707, 2016.
• Hairy Cell Leukemia – Clinical Profile and treatment outcome from a tertiary regional cancer institute in South India. Clin Cancer InvestigJ, 2016; 5:141-5.
• Breast cancer as second malignant neoplasm after acute myeloid leukemia: A rare occurence.Clin Cancer investig J, 2016; 333-5. 
• Gemcitabine – induced supraventricular tachycardia: A rare manifestation. Clin Cancer Investig J 2016; 5:200-2.
• Clinicopathological profile of pure Neuroendocrineneoplasms of the Esophagus: A South Indian center experience. Journal of Oncology