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Dr Amitabh Kumar Upadhyay

DepartmentMedical Oncology
DesignationSenior Consultant and HOD
QualificationDNB (Medical Oncology) ECMO (Europe), MRCP (UK)

Educational qualifications:

  • MBBS: Tirunelveli Medical College, Dr MGR Medical University, Chennai, Tamilnadu from 2002-2007, Internship completed in 2008.
  • MD General Medicine: Rajendra Institute of Medical Sciences (RIMS), Ranchi, Batch 2009-2012.
  • DrNB Medical Oncology from Rajiv Gandhi Cancer Institute and Research Centre (RGCIRC), New Delhi, Session 2013-2016.
  • European Certification in Medical Oncology (ECMO) in 2015.
  • MRCP (UK) (SCE Medical Oncology) in 2017.
  • Gold medallist in subjects medicine and surgery during MBBS.
  • Award for best outgoing student of the year 2007.

Work experience:

  • Consultant physician at KIMS Super Speciality Hospital, Bilaspur, June 2012 to January 2013.
  • Attending Consultant, Department of Medical Oncology at Rajiv Gandhi Cancer Institute & Research Centre from February 2016 to May 2016.
  • Established and developed the Department of Medical Oncology at Grecian Super Speciality Hospital, Mohali, from May 2016 to July 2018.
  • I joined the Department of Medical Oncology and Hematology at Tata Main Hospital, Jamshedpur, in July 2018. I am working with the same, along with additional OPDs and IPDs, at Meherbai Tata Memorial Hospital, Jamshedpur.

Publications:

  1. Upadhyay A, Goel V, Batra U, Goyal P, Dutta K, Aggarwal M, Doval DC. Two cases of ovarian carcinoma with endobronchial metastases: Rare presentation. South Asian J Cancer. 2015 Jul-Sep;4(3):149. doi: 10.4103/2278-330X.173170. PMID: 26942149; PMCID: PMC4756493.
  2. Mucosal gastric metastases: A very rare site of metstasis from germ cell tumour Pankaj Goyal, Amitabh Kumar Upadhyay, D. Chandragouda, J. Gandhi, M. Agarwal South Asian J Cancer. 2015 Jul-Sep; 4(3): 153–154.  doi: 10.4103/2278-330X.173172 PMCID: PMC4756497.
  3. Dodagoudar C, Doval DC, Mahanta A, Goel V, Upadhyay A, Goyal P, Talwar V, Singh S, John MC, Tiwari S, Patnaik N. FOLFOX-4 as second-line therapy after failure of gemcitabine and platinum combination in advanced gall bladder cancer patients. Jpn J Clin Oncol. 2016 Jan;46(1):57-62. doi: 10.1093/jjco/hyv148. Epub 2015 Nov 24. PMID: 26603355.
  4. Pankaj G, Ullas B, Doval DC, Parveen J, Amitabh UK, Dash PK, Akhil J, Agarwal M, Rajat B. Efficacy and toxicity profile of maintenance pemetrexed in patients with stage IV adenocarcinoma lung in Indian population. South Asian J Cancer. 2016 Oct-Dec;5(4):196-203. doi: 10.4103/2278-330X.195345. PMID: 28032090; PMCID: PMC5184760.
  5. Batra U, Goyal P, Jain P, Upadhyay A, Sachdeva N, Agarwal M, Bhurani D, Talwar V, Gupta SK, Doval DC. Epidemiology and resistance pattern of bacterial isolates among cancer patients in a Tertiary Care Oncology Centre in North India. Indian J Cancer. 2016 Jul-Sep;53(3):448-451. doi: 10.4103/0019-509X.200647. PMID: 28244481.
  6. Prashant, Goel V, Singh S, Talwar V, Goyal P, Upadhyay A. Ovary: Oral Abstract: Study of efficacy and safety of adjuvant intraperitoneal chemotherapy in carcinoma ovary. Asian Journal of Oncology, 02(Suppl 1), S103–S103. https://doi.org/10.1055/s-0039-1685307.
  7. Dash P, Goel V, Talwar V, Doval DC, Raina S, Goyal P, Upadhyay A, Patnaik N. Study of efficacy and safety of modified adjuvant intraperitoneal chemotherapy regimen in carcinoma ovary. Indian J Cancer. 2016 Oct-Dec;53(4):607-611. doi: 10.4103/ijc.IJC_13_17. PMID: 28485363.
  8. 8.      Upadhyay AK, Dodagoudar C, Goyal P, Gupta R, Gupta N, Jagad V. Carcinoma ovary masquerading as metastatic hepatocellular carcinoma— case report. J Pharm Biomed Sci 2017;07(11):375–377.
  9. Gupta RK, Upadhyay AK, Gupta N, Jagad V, Mahajan M, Goyal P. Chemo-radiation in small cell neuroendocrine carcinoma oesophagus: a case report. J Pharm Biomed Sci 2017;07(11): 372–374. 
  10. 10.  Vijay Jagad, Munish Mahajan, Amitabh kumar upadhyay, seema chabbra. Chondrosarcoma of right upper limb: largest of its kind operated in our institute. Indian journal of clinical practice, December 2017,vol. 28, no. 7, 1062-63.
  11. Amitabh Kumar Upadhyay, Pankaj Goyal, Prasanta Kumar Dash, Parveen Jain, Chaturbhuj Agrawal and Venkata Pradeep Babu Koyyala -A prospective study of efficacy and safety of conventional chemotherapy vs targeted therapy plus chemotherapy in recurrent and metastatic colorectal malignancies. International Journal of Current Research10, (02), 65707-65714
  12. Amitabh Kumar Upadhyay, Pankaj goyal, Nidhi Gupta, Rakesh kumar Gupta, sandeep kukkar. adenoid cystic carcinoma of trachea-a rare case with review of literature, International Journal of Current Research,10, (02), 65120-65122 
  13. Upadhyay AK, Gupta N, Gupta RK, Jagad V, Chhabra S, Parneet S. A case of synchronous granulosa cell tumor ovary with endometrial carcinoma -a rare case report with review of literature. International journal of current research, 10, (05), 69188-69191.
  14. Upadhyay AK, Goyal P, Gupta N, Gupta RK, Kukkar S. Concurrent squamous-cell carcinoma esophagus and atypical carcinoid tumor: A rare case report and review of literature. Indian J Med Paediatr Oncol 2019;40:456-60.
  15. Yadav A, Goyal P, Agrawal CR, Bothra SJ, Jain P, Choudhury KD, Gupta SK, Sharma M, Bajaj R, Upadhyay A, Dash P, Doval DC. Efficacy and tolerability of nimotuzumab in combination with chemotherapy in recurrent and metastatic squamous cell carcinoma of head and neck at a cancer center in Northern India. Indian J Cancer. 2020 Jan-Mar;57(1):76-83. doi: 10.4103/ijc.IJC_469_18. PMID: 32129298.
  16. Parida GK, Upadhyay A, Mitra S, Suman A, Muthu GS. Rare Case of Docetaxel-Induced Myositis Detected on Fluorodeoxyglucose Positron Emission Tomography/Computed Tomography in a Patient with Carcinoma Breast. Indian J Nucl Med. 2020 Jul-Sep;35(3):248-250. doi: 10.4103/ijnm.IJNM_25_20. Epub 2020 Jul 1. PMID: 33082686; PMCID: PMC7537934.
  17. Prakash A, Kumar Upadhyay A. A Rare Case of Metastases to Paranasal Sinus From Colonic Adenocarcinoma. Cureus. 2021 Apr 27;13(4):e14718. doi: 10.7759/cureus.14718. PMID: 34055557; PMCID: PMC8158664.
  18. Kumar Upadhyay A, Prakash A, Rana F, Jain N. A Rare Case of Chondrosarcoma With Metastasis to the Oral Cavity. Cureus. 2021 Jul 9;13(7):e16283. doi: 10.7759/cureus.16283. PMID: 34373826; PMCID: PMC8346260.
  19. Chondrosarcoma of the Nasal Septum—A Rare Subsite: Case Report with Review of Literature: Nidhi Gupta? , Awadhesh Kumar Pandey, Kislay Dimri, Surinder K Singhal, Neeraj Rathee, Shalu Naryal, Pooja Sharma, Amitabh Kumar Upadhyay; CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · Indian J Med Paediatr Oncol 2021; 42(05): 506-509, DOI: 10.1055/s-0041-1736210
  20. Prakash A, Upadhyay A. Cutaneous Metastasis of Carcinoma Buccal Mucosa: A Rare Presentation. Cureus. 2022 Jun 10;14(6):e25812. doi: 10.7759/cureus.25812. PMID: 35822145; PMCID: PMC9271231.
  21. Kumar A, Upadhyay A, Pandey V, Kumar B, Mitra S. A Rare Case of Splenic Metastasis From Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Cervix Detected on 18F-Fluorodeoxyglucose PET/CT. Cureus. 2022 Nov 28;14(11):e31974. doi: 10.7759/cureus.31974. PMID: 36589186; PMCID: PMC9795960.
  22. Upadhyay AK, Prakash A. Clinicopathological Profile of Breast Cancer at a Tertiary Cancer Center in Jharkhand, India: A Descriptive Cohort Study. Cureus. 2023 Jun 5;15(6):e39990. doi: 10.7759/cureus.39990. PMID: 37416049; PMCID: PMC10321568.
  23. Upadhyay A, Shekhar S, Pandey V, Prakash A, Saha K. Synchronous Adenocarcinoma Stomach With Marginal Zone Lymphoma: A Sporadic Occurrence and Review of Literature. Cureus. 2023 Jul 10;15(7):e41631. doi: 10.7759/cureus.41631. PMID: 37565106; PMCID: PMC10410680.
  24. Kumar Upadhyay A, Prakash B, Shekhar S, Kumar A, Prakash A. Embolization of a Fractured Peripherally Inserted Central Catheter to Pulmonary Arteries: A Sporadic Life-Threatening Phenomenon. Cureus. 2023 Aug 6;15(8):e43044. doi: 10.7759/cureus.43044. PMID: 37680431; PMCID: PMC10480559.
  25. Kumar Upadhyay A, Kumar M, Prasad A, Shekhar S, Singh R. A Case of Hairy Cell Leukemia Variant: Literature Analysis With Focus on Unmet Needs. Cureus. 2023 Oct 15;15(10):e47085. doi: 10.7759/cureus.47085. PMCID: PMC10651060.
  26. Chaudhuri, A. Upadhyay, J. Bankira, R. Panda, V. Pandey, S. Mitra. 241P First-line cabozantinib in metastatic renal cell carcinoma (mRCC): A real-world exploratory study from eastern India, Annals of Oncology, Volume 34, Supplement 4, 2023, Page S1567, ISSN 0923-7534, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.annonc.2023.10.377.(https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0923753423045830)
  27. Kumar Upadhyay A, Shekhar S, Singh R, Kumar A, Pandey V, Prakash A. Extragonadal Nongestational Choriocarcinoma With a Widespread Metastasis in a Young Female: A Case Report and Literature Analysis With a Focus on Unmet Needs. Cureus. 2023 Nov 7;15(11):e48441. doi: 10.7759/cureus.48441. PMID: 38074016; PMCID: PMC10701193.
  28. Kumar Upadhyay A, Kumar M, Kumar A, Prasad A, Prakash A. Association Between Synchronous Occurrence of Multiple Myeloma and Carcinoma Prostate: Literature Analysis in the Context of a Case Report. Cureus. 2023 Nov 8;15(11):e48523. doi: 10.7759/cureus.48523. PMID: 38073916; PMCID: PMC10708916.
  29. Kumar A, Kumar B, Kumar Upadhyay A, Muthu GS, Mitra S. Gallium68-Labeled Fibroblast Activation Protein Inhibitor (68Ga-FAPI) PET/CT as an Alternative to Fluoro18-Fluorodeoxyglucose (18F-FDG) PET/CT: Discussion in a Case of Metastatic Adenocarcinoma of Pancreas. Cureus. 2023 Dec 8;15(12):e50183. doi: 10.7759/cureus.50183. PMID: 38186547; PMCID: PMC10771818.
  30. Sharma S, Shankar R, Ravi Kiran BS, Breh R, Sarangi S, Kumar Upadhyay A. A Narrative Review of Osteonecrosis of the Jaw: What a Clinician Should Know. Cureus. 2023 Dec 27;15(12):e51183. doi: 10.7759/cureus.51183. PMID: 38283469; PMCID: PMC10817767.
  31. Upadhyay AK, Shekhar S, Kumar A, Chowdhury S. Gallbladder carcinoma presenting with disseminated bony metastasis. BMJ Case Rep. 2024 Jan 4;17(1):e257753. doi: 10.1136/bcr-2023-257753. PMID: 38176748; PMCID: PMC10773285.
  32. Kumar A, Prakash A, Kumar Upadhyay A, et al. (January 16, 2024) A Rare Case of Neuroendocrine Prostate Cancer Detected on 68Ga – DOTANOC Positron Emission Tomography/Computed Tomography (PET/CT). Cureus 16(1): e52375. doi:10.7759/cureus.52375.
  33. Ahmed S, Prakash A, Kumar Upadhyay A. Evaluation of Different Regimens of Palliative Radiation Therapy for Symptomatic Bone Metastases: An Audit From a Tertiary Care Hospital in Jharkhand, India. Cureus. 2024 Feb 5;16(2):e53622. doi: 10.7759/cureus.53622. PMID: 38449966; PMCID: PMC10916909.
  34. Upadhyay AK, Kumar A, Shahab T, Sharma S, Saha BK, Narayan R. Squamous cell carcinoma of breast metastasising to upper lip. BMJ Case Rep. 2024 Mar 4;17(3):e259653. doi: 10.1136/bcr-2024-259653. PMID: 38442962.
  35. Upadhyay AK, Kumar M, Prakash A, Kumar A. Diagnostic and therapeutic challenges in a recurrent endometrial carcinoma in lung, 15 years after primary treatment. BMJ Case Rep. 2024 May 22;17(5):e259008. doi: 10.1136/bcr-2023-259008. PMID: 38782427.
  36. Upadhyay AK, Pradhan S, Shekhar S, Jakka SD, Kumar A, Rana F. Diagnostic and therapeutic challenges with germ cell tumours associated with transverse testicular ectopia and persistent Müllerian duct syndrome. BMJ Case Rep. 2024 May 28;17(5):e260905. doi: 10.1136/bcr-2024-260905. PMID: 38806400.
  37. Sharma S, Kumar Upadhyay A, Prakash A, Singodia P, Ravi Kiran S, Shankar R. Treatment Complications of Head and Neck Cancers and Rehabilitation Measures: A Narrative Review. Cureus. 2024 May 27;16(5):e61173. doi: 10.7759/cureus.61173. PMID: 38933634; PMCID: PMC11204137.