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Paediatric Haematology & Oncology

The Department of Paediatric Hematology Oncology and Bone Marrow Transplant is one of the first units in India to be set up in an academic teaching hospital for the care of children with blood diseases and cancer. The children cared for include various types of anaemia and haemoglobin disorders, a plastic anaemia, bleeding disorders, platelet disorders, acute and chronic leukemia and lympho-proliferative disorders. Solid tumours cared for include sarcomas (bone and muscle tumours), kidney tumours, liver tumours and other rare tumours.

Our Team

Unit Head

Most Rev. Prakash Mallavarapu
Professor & HOD

MBBS, MRCPCH, FRCPath, CCT (Hematology, UK)Department of Pediatric Hematology Oncology and BMT

Core Staff

Most Rev. Prakash Mallavarapu
Professor

MBBS, MD, FNB (Paed Haem Onc) Fellowship Haem Onc and BMT (Sickkids, Toronto)Department of Pediatric Hematology Oncol...

Most Rev. Prakash Mallavarapu
Associate Professor

MBBS, MD, DM, Fellowship Pediatric BMTDept. of Paediatric Haematology Oncology & BMT 

Most Rev. Prakash Mallavarapu
Associate Professor

MBBS, MD, DMDepartment of Pediatric Hematology Oncology and BMT

Most Rev. Prakash Mallavarapu
Assistant Professor

Dr. Somdipa is a highly accomplished Assistant Professor in the Department of Pediatric Hematology Oncology at St. Jo...

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Publications

Autologous stem cell transplant for high-risk neuroblastoma: Achieving cure with low-cost adaptations

Groups and Associations Jain R, Hans R, Totadri S, Trehan A, Sharma RR, Menon P, Kapoor R, Saxena AK, Mittal BR, Bhatia P, Kakkar N, Srinivasan R, Rajwanshi A, Varma N, Samujh R, Marwaha N, Bansal D.
Pediatr Blood Cancer 2020
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Non-Tubercular Mycobacterial (NTM) Infections in Children; One Game, Many Players Case series from a Tertiary Pediatric Centre

Groups and Associations Bharadwaj V, Indumathi CK
Pediatric Oncall Journal 2020
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PEST domain NOTCH mutations confer a poor relapse free survival in pediatric T-ALL: Data from a tertiary care centre in India

Groups and Associations Bhatia P, Totadri S, Singh M, Sharma P, Trehan A, Bansal D, Jain R, Varma N, Sachdeva MS, Patra N
Blood Cells Mol Dis 2020
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Re-thinking treatment strategies for febrile neutropenia in paediatric oncology population: the perspective from a developing country

Groups and Associations James V, Prakash A, Mehta K, Durugappa T
Infect Agent Cancer. 2021
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Autoimmune hemolytic anemia in children Clinical profile and outcomes.

Groups and Associations Paul V, Ittoop AL, Prakash A
Journal Appl Hematol 2021
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Twenty nail dystrophy in a child with Langerhans cell histiocytosis and tuberculosis

Groups and Associations James V, Prakash A, Indumathi C
Sudan J Paediatr 2021
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Fixed-dose combination therapies with and without aspirin for primary prevention of cardiovascular disease: an individual participant data meta-analysis

Groups and Associations Philip Joseph, Gholamreza Roshandel, Peggy Gao, *Prem Pais*, Eva Lonn, *Denis Xavier*, Alvaro Avezum, Jun Zhu, Lisheng Liu, Karen Sliwa, Habib Gamra, Shrikant I Bangdiwala, Koon Teo, Jackie Bosch, Gilles R Dagenais, Reza Malekzadeh, Salim Yusuf, Polypill Trialists’ Collaboration
Lancet 2021
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Tuberculosis coexistence in pediatric Hodgkin’s lymphoma: A tropical country experience

Groups and Associations Maneya Padma, Nuthan Kumar, Jyothi Munireddy, Arun Kumar, Pooja Chebbi Gujjal, S. Chennagiri Premalata
South Asian J Cancer 2021
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Complete Peripheral Blast Clearance is Superior to the Conventional Cut-Off of 1000/µL in Predicting Relapse in Pediatric Pre-B Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia

Groups and Associations Cherian T, John R, Joseph LL, Srinivasan HN, Boddu D, Geevar T, Mathew LG, Totadri S
Indian J Hematol Blood Transfus 2021
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Postchemotherapy tumor volume as a prognostic indicator in Wilms tumor: A single-center experience from South India.

Groups and Associations Joseph LL, Boddu D, Srinivasan HN, Regi SS, Antonisamy B, John R, Mathew LG, Totadri S
Pediatr Blood Cancer 2021
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The Unique Balancing Act of Managing Children With Cancer and COVID-19 Infection: A Single Center Experience From South India

Groups and Associations Totadri S, Srinivasan HN, Joseph LL, Boddu D, Suresh Kochath P, Moorthy M, Mathew LG, John RR
J Pediatr Hematol Oncol 2021
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A single assessment of methotrexate levels at 42 hours permits safe administration and early discharge in children with lymphoblastic lymphoma and leukemia receiving high-dose methotrexate

Groups and Associations Totadri S, Srinivasan HN, Joseph LL, Boddu D, Mathew LG, John R
Pediatr Hematol Oncol 2021
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A Case of Novel GATA-1 Mutation-positive Transient Abnormal Myelopoiesis With Life-threatening Complications in a Neonate With Down Syndrome

Groups and Associations Sah RR, Ray S, Bhatia P, Dhir SK, Totadri S, Kumar N, Kumar P
J Pediatr Hematol Oncol 2021
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Effect of 3-6 months of Systemic Glucocorticoids on Bone Mineral Density in Children

Groups and Associations P Kukreja, S Pal, N Sachdev, T Yadav
Sri Lanka Journal of Child Health 2021
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Evaluation of enthesitis in patients with juvenile idiopathic arthritis by power color and spectral Doppler ultrasonography

Groups and Associations A Yadav, N Mehra, S Pal, J Hlawndo, N Sachdev , T P Yadav
European Journal of Rheumatology 2021
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Magnetic resonance imaging findings in the sternoclavicular joint in juvenile idiopathic arthritis and comparison with prl examination

Groups and Associations P Brijendra, M Sudhakar, S Pal, JL Hlawndo, N Sachdev , T P Yadav
Clinical Rheumatology 2021
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et al Outcomes of COVID-19 in children with cancer – Report from the Indian Pediatric Oncology Group (InPOG) COVID-19 registry in India

Groups and Associations Revathi Raj, Anand Prakash, Vandana Bharadwaj
Pediatric Hematology Oncology Journal 2022
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Leukocyte adhesion defects Type III: A rare association of primary immunodeficiency and platelet functional defect

Groups and Associations Prakash A
J Appl Hematol 2022
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The Nutritional Trajectory of Children with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia: A 10-Year Follow up Study from a Referral Center in South India

Groups and Associations Joseph LL, Srinivasan HN, Robert M, Boddu D, John R, Mathew LG, Totadri S
Nutr Cancer 2022
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Colo-Colic Intussusception as the Presenting Feature of Neutropenic Typhlitis during Induction Phase of Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia in an 8-Year-Old Child

Groups and Associations S Pal, Y Krishnan, Gazel S, V P Krishnan
Clin Pediatr Hematol Oncol 2022
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Effect of 2–6 weeks of systemic steroids on bone mineral density in children,

Groups and Associations A Kuniyil, S Pal, N Sachdev, TP Yadav
Clinical and Experimental Pediatrics 2022
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The reliability of Juvenile Arthritis Magnetic Resonance Imaging Scoring system in the evaluation of the shoulder joint in juvenile idiopathic arthritis

Groups and Associations M Sudhakar, S Deswal, N Sachdev, S Pal, TP Yadav
Archives of Rheumatology 2022
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Covid-19 Pandemic and Childhood Cancer: Lessons Learnt from a Pediatric Oncology Unit in a Developing Country

Groups and Associations Kakunje M, Bharadwaj N, Alex KS, Bharadwaj V, Prakash A
Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Care 2023
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Clinical Profile of Congenital Factor XIII Deficiency in Children

Groups and Associations Nadakuditi NK, Peters EF, Subramanian S, Prakash A
Indian J Pediatr 2023
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Dual Oral Iron Chelation (DOIC) in Children with Transfusion-Dependent Beta Thalassemia: Real-World Efficacy Data

Groups and Associations Chadha AS, Mohammad AUHK, Nadakuditi NKD, Agrawal S, Alex KS, Naik NS, Raj JM, Prakash A
Indian J Hematol Blood Transfus 2025
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The Outcome of Pediatric Philadelphia Chromosome-Positive Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia: Experience from a Referral Center in South India

Groups and Associations Totadri S, Bansal D, Donaldson SS, Binitie O, Teot L, Gupta AA, Oberoi S
Pediatr Blood Cancer 2023
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What happens to children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia in low- and middle-income countries after relapse? A single-center experience from India

Groups and Associations Sankar S, Srinivasan R, Bharadwaj V, Devi S
Annals of Clinical Biochemistry 2025
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Real time-PCR a diagnostic tool for reporting copy number variation and relative gene-expression changes in pediatric B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia-a pilot study

Groups and Associations Zoha Sadaqat, Smitha Joseph, Chandrika Verma, Jyothi Muni Reddy, Anand Prakash, Tinku Thomas, Vandana Bharadwaj, Neha Vyas
Biology Methods and Protocol 2024
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Nutritional Status and Body Composition at Diagnosis, of South Indian Children with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukaemia (ALL)

Groups and Associations Deepa Puttaswamy, Vaishnavi Ramesh, Tony Raj, Kishor G Bhat, Sumithra Selvam, Vandana Bharadwaj, Anand Prakash, Alexia J Murphy-Alford, Rebecca Kuriyan
Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention: APJCP 2024
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Nutritional Status and Body Composition at Diagnosis, of South Indian Children with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukaemia (ALL)

Groups and Associations Deepa Puttaswamy, Vaishnavi Ramesh, Tony Raj, Kishor G Bhat, Sumithra Selvam, Vandana Bharadwaj, Anand Prakash, Alexia J Murphy-Alford, Rebecca Kuriyan
Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention: APJCP 2024
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Pyruvate kinase deficiency: A case series of congenital non-spherocytic hemolytic anemia

Groups and Associations A.C. Shreyas, M. Jyothi, Vandana Bharadwaj, Anand Prakash
Pediatric Hematology Oncology Journal, 2024
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Dapsone for paediatric chronic immune thrombocytopenia: Short report from a tertiary centre in South India

Groups and Associations Bharadwaj N, Munireddy J, Selvam S, Bharadwaj V, Prakash A
Br J Haematol 2024
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Rethinking the Ironclad Approach to Iron Deficiency Anemia

Groups and Associations Totadri S
Indian Pediatr 2024
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Pericardial Effusion Post Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant: A Life-Threatening Complication with Myriad Causes

Groups and Associations Totadri S, Badiger S, Mallya P
Indian J Hematol Blood Transfus 2024
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Psychosocial issues faced by children with cancer: Lessons learnt from a tertiary care center in South India

Groups and Associations Shajan S, Srinivasan HN, Joseph LL, Boddu D, John RR, Mathew LG, Totadri S
Indian J Cancer 2025
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The Implications of Musculoskeletal Manifestations in Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia: A Decade's Experience from a Referral Center in Southern India

Groups and Associations Lyngdoh KS, Dhruti P, Totadri S, Pal S, Munireddy J, Bharadwaj V, Prakash A
Indian Pediatr 2025
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Safety and Tolerability of Interval Compressed Chemotherapy Schedule in Children Receiving Treatment for Ewing Sarcoma: A Real-world Experience From India

Groups and Associations S Pal, Y Krishnan, V P Krishnan, Gazel S
Journal of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology 2025
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Clinical profile and utility of biomarkers in children with cobalamin (vitamin B12) deficiency: A cross-sectional study

Groups and Associations Sruthi Sankar 1, Ranjini Srinivasan 1, Vandana Bharadwaj 2, Sarita Devi
Indian J Hematol Blood Transfus 2025
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