(LO 059) FEBRUARY 2019 Sub. Code: 1804
M.Ch. SURGICAL ONCOLOGY
Paper IV RECENT ADVANCES IN SURGICAL ONCOLOGY
Q.P. Code: 181804
Time: Three Hours Maximum: 100 Marks
I. Elaborate on: x 15 30)
1. Discuss the recommendations for cervical cancer screening with an
emphasis on the evidences pertaining to the use of Visual Inspection
after Acetic Acid (VIA).
2. Advances in the management of clinically neck node negative
neck) in early stage oral cancers.
II. Write notes on: (10 x 7 70)
1. Role of inter-sphincteric resections in the management of Rectal Cancers.
2. Current status of Neoadjuvant chemoradiation in the management of soft
tissue sarcomas.
3. Advances in the management of Radio-iodine refractory thyroid cancers.
4. Discuss about targeted therapy in Renal cancers.
5. Evidence based adjuvant treatment strategies for high risk endometrial
cancers.
6. Advances in the management of estrogen positive metastatic breast cancer
in a post-menopausal lady.
7. Role of cyto reductive surgery and hyperthermic intraperitoneal
chemotherapy (HIPEC) in peritoneal metastasis from colonic cancers.
8. Newer Targeted therapies in the management of metastatic bone disease.
9. Advances in the management of pleural mesotheliomas.
10. Current status of Liver transplantation in the management of hepatocellular
carcinomas.