Research Activities

The published studies of the Department of Cancer Registry and Epidemiology are on esophagus, mouth, hypopharynx, gallbladder, childhood cancer and uterine cervical cancers.

Ongoing Projects

• Task Force ICMR Project Hospital Based Cancer Registry
• Project E-Mortality (E-Mor project) at Dr B Borooah Cancer Institute supported by the National Center for Disease Informatics and Research-ICMR.
• Project Pattern of Care and Survival of Gallbladder Cancer by ICMR
• Project Indian Study for Healthy Ageing by the Department of Atomic Energy

Completed Projects

• Project “Multi-centric case control study to identify genetic and life style risk factors of gall bladder cancer”, funded by the National Cancer Grid.
• Project “Genome-Wide Association Study to Identify Role of Genetic Susceptibility in Buccal Mucosa Cancer”, a multi-centric project funded by the Department of Health Research, Government of India.
• Project “A Multi-Site study on environmental risk factors for gall bladder cancer, and mediating role on reproductive factors and diet” funded by Public Health Foundation of India (PHFI). Dr Krithiga Sridhar of PHFI is the Principal Investigator.