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8. (Letter) Smokeless World Cup Jayant S Vaidya. Times of India 12 Jan 1996.159 (11): p14. PDF
9. (Letter) Haematogenous dissemination of prostate epithelial cells during surgery and Does surgery disseminate or accelerate cancer Rajendra A Badwe, Jayant S Vaidya The Lancet: 3 February 1996; 347:325-326. Printer’s correction 1996;347:842.
10. (Letter) Wills (the tobacco giant) makes Confession Jayant S Vaidya. Economic Times 9 Feb 1996. 35 (339): p 7 PDF
11. A new test for distinguishing direct and indirect inguinal hernia: JS Vaidya. Comtemp Surg Apr 1996. 48 (4): 225. PDF A simple fail-proof test especially useful for the clinical viva exam!
12. (Letter) HIV-Tobacco Theorem JS Vaidya. Natl Med J Ind. May-Jun 1996, 9 (3):144. Quoted in Minerva, BMJ, 24 Aug 1996; 313: 502. A smoker faces the same risk of death as a person who pricks himslef 3 times a year with a HIV +ve needle- 50% over 40 years.
13. Role of Ultrasonography to detect metastatic nodes in Breast Cancer JS Vaidya, JJ Vyas, KC Khandelwal, MH Thakur, I Mittra.: Eur J Surg Oncol. Apr 1996; 22(2): 140-143.PubMed, Abstract, PDF
In women below 45 years, clinical examination+ Ultrasonography (non-doppler 7.5MHz) has a sensitivity of 91% in detecting metastatic lymph nodes.
14. Chemotherapy for carcinoma of the esophagus: A comparison of evidence from meta-analyses of randomized trials and of historical control studies. MS Bhansali, JS Vaidya, RG Bhatt, PK Patil, RA Badwe, and PB Desai: Ann Oncol. Jun 1996; 7(4): 355-361. Quoted in Minerva, BMJ, 6 Jul 1996; 313:62.PubMed, Abstract, Meta-analysis of 8 historical-control trials showed a 68% reduction in risk of death-> an effect of bias -> 12 contemporary randomised trials showed no benefit.
15. Diseases of the Breast (1st Edition) Eds. Jay R Harris, Marc E Lippman,
Monica Morrow. [book review] VaidyaJS The Lancet 27Jul 1996; 348: 253-254.
16. Effect of sports sponsorship by tobacco companies on children’s experimentation with tobacco: SG Vaidya, UD Naik, and JS Vaidya. BMJ 17 Aug 1996; 313: 400. (+ a BMJ editorial). Interviewed on BBC radio (South County and Channel 5, ABC radio (Australia) and New Scientist (an editorial and ¾ page report: 24 August 1996 pp 3 & 6). WWW, HTML
Sports sponsorship by tobacco companies is highly successful in recruiting children into smoking even in the presence of a high level of education
17. Multicentricity of breast cancer: Whole organ analysis and clinical implications JS Vaidya, JJ Vyas, RF Chinoy, NH Merchant, OP Sharma, I Mittra. Br J Cancer. Sept 1996; 74 (5): 820-824. Commentary in The Lancet 9 Nov 1996; 348: 1257-1258 PubMed, Abstract, PDF
63% of mastectomy specimens contain other microscopic cancers and when analysed in 3-D, their spatial distribution is throughout the breast- 80% of them are in quadrants other than the primary cancer
18. A new noose type non-slip surgical knot that can be tied by one hand : JS Vaidya. Comtemp Surg. Nov 1996. 49 (5): 294. PDF
19. Omission of Nitrous oxide during anaesthesia reduces the incidence of post-operative nausea and vomiting: A meta-analysis J Divetia, JS Vaidya, RA Badwe, R Hawaldar: Anesthesiol. Nov 1996;85(5):1055-62 PubMed, Abstract
20. (Letter) Diastolic blood pressure can be reliably recorded by palpation: JS Vaidya. SJ Vaidya Arch Int Med. 22 July 1996; 156: 1586. A new way to record blood pressure without a stethoscope!
21. (Letter) Should breast reduction surgery be rationed? Only a third of women completed both questionnaires JS Vaidya, N Sacks. BMJ. 7 Dec1996;313:1278-79, HTML,
22. (Letter) The concept of scientific holism J S Vaidya Natl Med J Ind. Dec 1996; 9(6): 299-300
1997
23. (Letter) Multicentricity and recurrence of breast cancer M Baum, JS Vaidya, I Mittra, The Lancet. 18 Jan 1997; 349: 208. PDF
24. (Letter) Does CARET reduce lung cancer and heart disease? J S Vaidya. Natl Med J Ind. Jan 1997; 10(1):47.
25. (Letter) Multimodality therapy for adenocarcinoma of esophagus R A Badwe, J S Vaidya, M S Bhansali. New Engl J Med. 30 Jan 1997; 336: 374-375 WWW, HTML, We have shown in a meta-analysis of 12 randomised trials that chemotherapy does not improve survival. Current evidence does not support neoadjuvant chemotherapy for oesophageal cancer.
26. Tamoxifen breast cancer prevention: the UK trials. M Baum. JS Vaidya. Forum: Trends in Clin Exper Med 1997; 7.1 (suppl 2):107-11.
27 (Letter) Benefits and risks of screening mammography in women with BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutations. Jayant S Vaidya, Michael Baum JAMA, 23-30 Jul 1997; 278(4):290 HTML,
BRCA genes are involved in DNA repair so a person lacking functional BRCA genes would be exquisitely sensitive to even small amounts of ionizing radiation. Is mammography safe in these women?
28. Breast Imaging and Diagnosis (Diagnosis of Diseases of Breast and Rosen’s Breast Pathology) JS Vaidya [book review] The Lancet 16 August 1997;350:525-526 (Dissecting Room)
29. (Letter) Molecular staging of cancer. M Baum, JS Vaidya. The Lancet 27 Sept 1997; 350(9082):962.
30. Green tea and leukoplakia SG Vaidya, Balentine D, W Blot, RB Bhonsle, FL Chung, K Chigurupati, PC Gupta, D Harris, AG Huvos, UD Naik, JP Shah, AR Shaha, NS Vaidya, JS Vaidya, CS Yang, GPYu, SP Schantz American Journal of Surgery October 1997;174(5):552-555 PubMed, Abstract, PDF.
It is feasible to administer green tea for chemoprevention to rural population in Indian villages.
31. Fraction of Normal remaining life: a new method of expressing survival in cancer JS Vaidya, I Mittra. BMJ 7 Jun 1997; 314:1682-1684. Quoted in Cancer Topics, Oct-Nov 1997;10(8):5, Responses in BMJ 22 Nov 1997; 1375-76. WWW, PDF A novel way to answer ‘what is my chance of cure?’
32. (Letter) The Psion of times Jayant S Vaidya, M Baum. The Lancet 13 Dec 1997;350:1784. PDF
We used the Psion handheld to compute breast cancer risk due to family history in the clinic