Activities

1. Medical Oncology OPD and Inpatient care
2. Day Care services and cancer screening
3. Immunotherapy, targeted therapy and chemotherapy services
4. Multidisciplinary Tumor Board services

OPD schedule (Suresh Wagle Memorial Cancer Center)

1. Medical Oncology – Monday (AM) , Wednesday, Friday

Publications

1. Paudel B, Paudel BD, Mishra R, Karki O, Shahi R, Poudyal BS. Distress Screening among Patients with Hematological Malignancies: A Descriptive Cross-sectional Study. JNMA: Journal of the Nepal Medical Association. 2020 Aug;58(228):560.

2. KC A, Poudel BD, Shilpakar R, Thapa S, Sharma R, Acharya B, Chapagain S, Karn A, Poudel S, Paudel B. Malnutrition among Cancer Patients in a Tertiary Care Centre: A Descriptive Cross-sectional Study. Journal of the Nepal Medical Association. 2022 Nov 1;60(255).

3. Sharma R, Shilpakar R, Thapa S, Anuj KC, Dulal S, Prajapati R, Acharya B, Chapagain S, Paudel S, Paudel B, Pokhrel S. Comparison of Short Acting versus Long Acting Filgrastim for Reduction of Chemotherapy Induced Febrile Neutropenia. Annapurna Journal of Health Sciences. 2022 Aug 8;2(2):22-6.

4. Poudyal BS, Poudel B, Tuladhar S, Rijal SS, Shrestha GS, Joshi U. Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis: an Under-recognized and Life-threatening Condition.

5. Poudyal BS, Paudel B, Bista B, Shrestha GS, Pudasaini P. Clinical, Laboratory and Radiological Features of Paragonimiasis Misdiagnosed as Pulmonary Tuberculosis. Iranian Journal of Parasitology. 2022 Sep 12.

6. Poudyal BS, Tuladhar S, Neupane S, Sapkota S, Pandit S, Shrestha PR, Poudel B, Bajaracharya M, Sweiss K, Patel P, Mahmud N. Transplantation and Cellular Therapy.

7. Dulal S, Paudel BD, Neupane PC, Acharya B, Acharya SC, Shilpakar R, Paudel B, Acharya A, Thapa RR, Martin MG. Time delay barriers in diagnosis and treatment of gastrointestinal cancer in Nepal.

8. Poudyal BS, Tuladhar S, Neupane S, Sapkota S, Pandit S, Shrestha PR, Poudel B, Bajaracharya M, Sweiss K, Patel P, Mahmud N. Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation in Nepal: International Partnership, Implementation Steps, and Clinical Outcomes. Transplantation and Cellular Therapy. 2022 May 1;28(5):268-75.

9. Poudyal BS, Marahatta S, Solimeno L, Forsyth A, Tuladhar S, Prajapati V, Rayamajhi S, Poudel B, Bajrachrya M, Neupane S, Rayamajhi A. Arthroplasty in haemophilia: Double-edged sword in low/middle-income countries. Haemophilia: the official journal of the World Federation of Hemophilia. 2020 Nov;26(6):e344-5.

10. Dulal S, Paudel BD, Wood LA, Neupane P, Shah A, Acharya B, Shilpakar R, Acharya SC, Karn A, Poudel B, Thapa RR. Reliance on self-medication increase delays in diagnosis and management of GI cancers: results from Nepal. JCO Global Oncology. 2020 Aug;6:1258-63.

Future plan

1. Comprehensive cancer care service
2. Commencing and collaborating clinical trial in oncology
3. Electronic data record and collaborative research
4. Conduct Subspecialty-DM program in medical oncology